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29887: Re: [MUD-Dev] believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation)

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From: Byron Ellacott <bje@apnic.net>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 09:30:02 +1000
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 11:14, Samantha LeCraft wrote:

> Or to actual abuse of power on the part of the NPC-actor.  If
> they're a avid and loyal player of the MMO, then they have
> undoubtedly formed friendships with some players and come to hate
> other players or guilds.  Should they be allowed to give their
> friends lower prices on whatever item or service they're there
> for?  Should they be allowed to refuse service to someone they met
> as a player and don't like?

Sounds like a faction system, to me.  We have those already in many
games, and they seem to work, though they're very simplistic and
inflexible when managed by a computer.

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bje
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