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25915: RE: [MUD-Dev] Retention without Addiction?

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From: "Marc Fielding" <fielding@computer.org>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 18:25:30 -0800
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
[Amanda Walker]

> Sure, just like gambling.  Buying lottery tickets is boring.
> Occasionally getting a return is exciting.

Actually, if you don't count the extended waits some people endure
for tickets before big jackpots, buying lottery tickets isn't very
time consuming.

A better example: the slot machine. Talk about an unrepentant
Skinner Box.

;)

-Marc





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