Re: Olympia - Free Market Economy

From: morrow@romulus.rutgers.edu (John Morrow)

Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1992 00:25:44 +0000

For the record:

srt@aero.org (Scott "TCB" Turner) writes:
>Actually, I don't.  Turns out I've only killed 2 people like that.  On
>the other hand, guys like Varian are getting quite rich "protecting"
>the innocent.                                      ^^^^

If you really think I am...  :-)

>(Funny how when I kill guys that can defend themselves,
>everyone gets in an uproar, but when Varian and the muggers in
>Pesbrand go around jumping the innocent, no one thinks anything about
>it.  Varian doesn't even make your "interesting player list" - but
>he's killed/captured more players than anyone than I.)
      ^^^^^^ I have never killed a SINGLE soul and I don't think the
SIX independant units I captured and the three other units comes CLOSE
to the number of *P.C.s* Dr. Pain has executed.  In addition, when I
accidentally captured Kethry, I released that character, their unit,
and ALL their gold.  I HAVE also made the "interesting player list"
(see v4n3).  ALL of the units I captured (with the exception of Kethry
and Co. and the Men in Black who attacked NUMEROUS P.C.s) were
independants.  NONE of them were executed (including the Men in
Black).  I have split all of the gold and items evenly among the
people in my group (as opposed to requesting that THEY swear men to
ME).  I have offered to repay Shakti for the gold spent trying to
persuade two of the units I captured (after Shakti replied to a note I
left saying I would do so for ANYONE with a good case...).  Gee, I
really don't think I could be ANY nicer about this.  I suppose it is
easy to see how I could be put on the same level as someone who
executes player characters -- NOT!

>Anyway, I don't know why Rich simply turns off players when they drop
>out of the game.  Probably it's just the easiest thing to do.  But I've
>been lobbying him to drop "independent" completely.  I think it's a silly
>artifact that people are taking advantage of.  I can understand how with
>good Observation you might determine the faction of a unit.  But how do
>you look at someone and know there's no player behind him?  Seems silly.

Actually, I agree.  I also think that "independant" units should not
have more than, say, 500 gold on them.  All the rest should be removed
and there should be no "independant" flag.  And that comes from the
great independant snatcher himself...

Varian [856] (aka John Morrow)

References

Re: Olympia - Free Market Economy
morrow@romulus.rutgers.edu (John Morrow)
Fri, 19 Jun 1992 23:43:39 +0000
Re: Olympia - Free Market Economy
srt@aero.org (Scott "TCB" Turner)
Sat, 20 Jun 1992 21:31:41 +0000
Re: Olympia - Free Market Economy
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Mon, 22 Jun 1992 02:37:47 +0000
Re: Olympia - Free Market Economy
srt@aero.org (Scott "TCB" Turner)
Mon, 22 Jun 1992 04:04:11 +0000