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24935: RE: [MUD-Dev] Cans of Achievements and Quests

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From: "Justin Quimby" <justin@turbinegames.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 19:16:09 -0400
Organization: Kanga.Nu
Sean Kelly wrote:

> Thing is, in Real Life the end of one quest creates the
> opportunity for others.

<snip>

> I grant that coding such a system would likely be an incredible
> amount of work, but that is the kind of persistent world I'd like
> to see.

Players consume content at an exponentially faster rate than it can
be generated.  To generate a system to keep up with the content
demands of MMP players would require either allowing user-generated
content or completely automating content generation.  But both of
those approaches have *huge* problems in an environment where people
are paying for content.

It would be much more efficient to create such a system for a
single-player game or a peer-to-peer game, ala NWN.

Justin


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