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From: "Jon A. Lambert" <jlsysinc@ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 00:29:11 -5
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On 10 Oct 98, Koster, Raph wrote:
> A first pass on this project. Please feel free to question, debate, add,
> etc. Only try to do it in pithy little statements. ;) Many thanks to all
> those who helped with some of these laws, too.
Here's a few:
As a virtual world's "realism" increases, the pool of possible
character actions increase.
The opportunities for exploitation and subversion are directly
proportional to the pool size of possible character actions.
A bored player is a potential and willing subversive.
Players will eventually find the shortest path to the cheese.
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