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14504: Re: [MUD-Dev] Are eBay sales more than just a fad?

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From: Jeff Freeman <skeptack@antisocial.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 08:46:35 -0500
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At 02:50 PM 9/19/00 -0400, Phinehas wrote:

> Certainly a pastime *can* be based more on money than skill, and I would
think 
> that it is a stretch to call such a pursuit a game.

That seems like a really strange way to make the distinction.  

Isn't player-skill all client-side anyway?  What happened to "never trust
the client"?

Sounds like you're saying that if we DON'T trust the client (base the game
mostly on player skill), then it isn't a game.

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