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22988: RE: [MUD-Dev] Is difficult communication the barrier to community in MMORPGs? (fwd)

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From: "Koster, Raph" <rkoster@soe.sony.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 16:10:59 -0700
Organization: Kanga.Nu
From: Patricia Pizer

> The interesting twist to using voice in an MMORPG is that it can
> not only break immersion but shatter it completely. Imagine, if
> you will, the 12-yr-old Ogre saying, "Fear my l33t skills!" It
> really doesn't maintain any fiction about who the player actually
> is.

Virtual worlds aren't all IC. :)

-Raph
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