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7925: [MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun
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From: Mike Sellers <mike@bignetwork.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 14:37:11 -0700
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At 09:40 AM 7/24/98 -0700, J C Lawrence wrote:
> As some of the currently petitioning-for-posting-authority can
>attest I vet who gets let in fairly closely. An obstacle course. I
>confidently predict that this pre-selection of the membership has far
>more effect on the character and culture of this list than any of us,
>encluding myself, are aware of.
I reluctantly have to agree. This goes to what Raph has been saying about
strong-RP environments being heavily controlled in terms of who gets access
and/or what they are allowed to do once they have access. Of the two I'd
prefer strong controls on the first of these, though it's neither
commercially viable nor philosophically satisfying. =20
Hmm. In these terms maybe Disney has it right again: the "game" is that
the heavy RPers walk amongst the OOCers, having to keep the world running
and staying in character -- the online version of playing Mickey in a theme
park surrounded by zillions of sweating tourists. You'd bet you'd want to
select those RPers carefully! But it could be fun if you framed it
correctly...
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