[MUD-Dev] Commercial value of RP

[Mike Sellers]

At 07:47 AM 1/9/98 PST8PDT, Koster, Raph wrote:
>>  - Lead by example.  Create one or more characters of your own and 
>roleplay
>>    it/them on the mud.
>
>The larger the scale of the game, the more difficult it is to do this, 
>btw.

Not only that, but it doesn't always work.  I heavily RPed several (okay,
many :) ) incognito characters on M59, and only rarely was the RPing picked
up.  I once challenged a guy to a duel in fairly florid language, and his
only response was "yah, whatever dude."  Sigh.  If the environment doesn't
encourage RP, those who make the effort will soon give up even trying.


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may despise it, is the invention of good games.  And it cannot be done 
by men out of touch with their instinctive values."  - Carl Jung