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26767: Re: [MUD-Dev] Star Wars Galaxies: 1 character per server

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From: Paul Schwanz <pschwanz@comcast.net>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 16:12:21 -0500
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
Matt Mihaly wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Amanda Walker wrote:

>> Agreed.  I view this as an argument against having the principal
>> reward be time spent (as in "loot 'n' level" games).  After all,
>> if the game is engaging, players will not need encouragement to
>> spend time in the game.

> But the game IS engaging. That's why people spend a lot of time in
> them.

Maybe Amanda should have talked about the game being enjoyable then
instead of merely engaging?  It seems to me that a lot of players
who are engaged are not enjoying a good portion of the time they
spend on the treadmill.  I know I don't.

--Phin


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