 | | | MUD Dev | | Just to continue the old "Who really owns the virtual property in a
game? " thread
Source
http //www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/fun.games/12/19/china.gamer.reut/index.html
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BEIJING ChinFrom "Paul Schwanz " <pschwanz@(protected) >
> Chanur Silvarian wrote
> > From "Rayzam " <rayzam@(protected) >
> > You missed some of my previous stuff. Yes this would be true
> > with statJ C Lawrence wrote
> 4) there can be multiple forms of level transformations and
> transactions both within a character a game system a player
> multiple players the intersection of tShannon Appelcline 's column "Trials Triumphs & Trivialities "
<http //www.skotos.net/articles/TTnT_.shtml > in the Skotos
Articles section <http //www.skotos.net/articles/ > recently
featured a triloFrom gbtmud <gbtmud@(protected) >
> Ola Fosheim Gr?stad [mailto olag@(protected)] wrote
> > There is no reason to believe that humans in online worlds are
> > significantly different than humans in
Writing as list owner
I apologise for the recent delays in moderation. As some of you
already know I headed back home to California over the Christmas
break. The short version of the sFrom "Brent P. Newhall " <me@(protected) >
> What would a game look like if monsters stayed dead? E.g.
> monsters can only be added to the game if the admins explicitly
> add them.
From "Corpheous Andrakin " <corpheous@(protected) >
> In your ideal world without "barriers " to entertainment (that also
> act as challenges to other people) what kind of world would you
> propose iFrom "Michael Tresca " <talien@(protected) >
((snip post about Skaff effect by Jim Butler))
Jim Butler is a smart man and I have myself noticed this effect
without knowing the name for it. I wandFrom "Sheela Caur 'Lir " <dstgasey@(protected) >
> From "Chanur Silvarian " <chanur@(protected) >
> > From "John Buehler " <johnbue@(protected) >
> > > Say the developers create an encounter that takes 1After reading the massive -- and fascinating -- thread on
entertainment spawning etc. in games I had the following thought.
Would love to know what you all think.
What would a game look likeHere 's an article questioning "Where 's the real MMORPGs? " It reviews
the industry and the gamers dedicated MMOG 's. Without remorse the
article takes a stab at nearly every mainstream MMO available. Okay so I started watching the Video Game Awards (VGA).
http //www.spiketv.com/shows/vga/player.jhtml
Then I turned it off after the first half hour. There were too many
cheerleaders cheeri
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From Tony Hoyt
> And it revolves around controling Mobs.
> The ideas was this Mobs/NPC 's in general where seperate
> applications that where launched via Cron jobs and then acted like
> From "John Buehler " <johnbue@(protected) >
> Say the developers create an encounter that takes 10 high level
> characters with average gear. The powergamers will take down this
> encounter within a On Tue 2 Dec 2003 08 15 09 -0800 (PST)
Tony Hoyt <gmtonyhoyt@(protected) > wrote
> The ideas was this Mobs/NPC 's in general where seperate applications
> that where launched via Cron jobs and thHi everyone
I am collecting some info on Payment Transmisson Processing and
Billing Services for MMPOG and other online gaming services. I heard
of PayPal and some others. However I have no cleI posted this a couple weeks ago on Meta so it is probably a decent
time to post on the DEV list. My design team at Auran Developments
is currently seeking designers and a senior engineer for a M
I was chatting to a friend in Everquest last night and he mentioned
that the Korean server was being closed down. I can 't find anything
about it on the web but if the report is accurate this is (replying to an old message (again))
"Richard A. Bartle " <richard@(protected) > writes
> On 02 July 2003 Edward Castronova wrote So although there is
> some of self-selection here in that peopI only have journalistic sources for the following but there is a
lot of research around on the relationship between dopamine and
addiction. (Dopamine is a chemical substance released in the
braiI 've suggested something similar a long time ago but will try
again. Hoping for some discussion.
One core problem in virtual worlds with a large user-base is that
there are no surprises as the http //www.rubiesofeventide.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat &Number 38315&page 0&view collapsed&sb 5&o &fpart 1
Posted by Marc E. Howe President of Cyber Warrior Inc. developers
of Rubies of Eventi "Castronova Edward " <ecastronova@(protected) > writes
> Eamonn wrote
> > I started to wonder why players can trade items for money and
> > the answer is simple because in game mechan "Michael Tresca " <talien@(protected) > writes
> What 's wrong with having the items scale in power to the person
> using them? Therefore a newbie can 't get actually achieve the
[...]
> The noAndrew Batyuck wrote
> I am doing non-commercial text MUD and rewritten platform from
> scratch several times. Main question is - "What language and
> platform can give good speed and decent extDear list
I am attempting to write a server from scratch and will probably be
using Java. My question is does compiling Java to native code
(using the GNU tool for doing it under Linux (I thin <EdNote Quote fixed and trimmed >
From Michael Tresca
> More data about the missing young prime-time audience and their
> gaming habits.
Interesting
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