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From: Colin Coghill <C.Coghill@auckland.ac.nz>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 10:43:39 +1200
References: [1] [2] <-newest
Organization: Kanga.Nu
Greg Miller wrote:
>
> Indeed, and this is good. PGs enjoy learning the ins and outs of a
> complex system and how to use it to their advantage. RPers, on
> the other hand, are probably not there for the ecologies and
> economies. They want a chance to play a role in some story, and
> such a simulation doesn't add much (if anything) for them.
I'd argue that it adds quite a lot, even for RPers.
It makes the environment just a little bit more realistic, which IMHO
gives players more to work with - and supplies interesting things
for them to talk about or base story threads on.
- Colin
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