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From: "Andrew L. Tepper" <teppy@egenesis.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 18:17:54 -0400
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
Raph Koster wrote:
> We may not like it, but all empirical evidence at the moment seems
> to show that requiring cooperative team play for success causes
> greater retention.
> More data points would certainly be helpful, since it's quite
> possible that other factors are at play here. I personally have
> nothing against team play but also wouldn't want it to be the sole
> defining gameplay paradigm.
Anecdotal data point: Our players (http://www.atitd.com/) complain bitterly
when an activity requires more than one person, but love it when
having additional people increases their efficiency.
Andy
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