Re: Ultimate Goals in Olympia

From: brj@cle.ab.com (Brent R. Johnson)

Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 16:39:26 +0000

I'm posting the following for someone who can't post to the net:

|> >What do you think role-playing is, anyway? Just sitting around making
|> >pots and sending messages to each other?
|>
|> Now there's an idea!
|>
|> But seriously, the demand for violence differs from player to player.
|>
|> In a big multiplayer game (>10 players, say), there ought to be scope for
|> a variety of playing styles.   Some players want to be homocidal maniacs,
|> but others perfer to be able to explore the world without too great a risk
|> of being killed.   If the game is long, or the players are paying real world
|> money, they have a right to some protection.
|>
|> The solution is really very simple.   The world is generally divided into
|> countries; let each country have different standards of policing.
|> The real fanatics can stick to the wilds, killing monsters and each other,
|> while the less adventurous can stay in a nice civillized part of the world,
|> making pots and sending messages to each other.   And othres can makes heaps
|> of money buying pots in the city and selling them in the waste lands.
|>
|> Surely a virtual world can be made big enough for everyone?
|>
|>
|> By the way, I can't post to the net; be a sport and post this for me!
|> Tim Robinson,                                     _
|> Transport Researcher,                            / | =|====|=   =|====|=
|> Logging Industry Research Organisation,          |_| =|====|=   =|====|=
|> PO Box 147, Rotorua                               OO~~~~~~OO~---OO~~~~OO

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References

Re: Ultimate Goals in Olympia
srt@sun-dimas.aero.org (Scott Turner)
Mon, 16 Jan 1995 20:36:17 +0000
Re: Ultimate Goals in Olympia
skrenta@pbm.com (Rich Skrenta)
Tue, 17 Jan 1995 03:13:45 +0000