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7949: [MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun
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From: "Damion Schubert" <zjiria@texas.net>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 21:45:11 -0500
Organization: Kanga.Nu
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From: Mike Sellers <mike@bignetwork.com>
>Hmm. In these terms maybe Disney has it right again: the "game" is that
>the heavy RPers walk amongst the OOCers, having to keep the world running
>and staying in character -- the online version of playing Mickey in a theme
>park surrounded by zillions of sweating tourists. You'd bet you'd want to
>select those RPers carefully! But it could be fun if you framed it
>correctly...
Yes, I'd have to agree. Going further, I predict that online companies
will begin to get extremely aggressive about kicking antisocial
people out of their online environments. If you started
pushing little old ladies into fountains in Disneyland, you'd be
dragged to the gates by security in no time.
Heavy-handed? Yes. But ultimately, commercial providers will
realize that losing the $10 bucks a month from 1 person is better
than losing the $10 bucks a month from all 50 people that that
person ticked off.
--damion