[MUD-Dev] Re: Marian's Tailor vs. Psychopaths

[Koster]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hal Black [mailto:hal at moos.ml.org]
> Sent: Friday, September 18, 1998 4:05 PM
> To: mud-dev at kanga.nu
> Subject: [MUD-Dev] Marian's Tailor vs. Psychopaths
> 
> 
> 
>   I'd like to offer some discussion as to how to deal with 
> part of the Marian's
> Tailor problem: how does a tailor enjoy tailoring life 
> without having to deal
> with a disproportionate number of psychopathic characters?

[snip methods I agree with]

> Some Caveats:
> 
> 1. Not all the fish will bite at this opportunity.

[playing creatures other than human]

>  The more 
> clever psychos
> will play humans to cause havoc.  But hopefully it will 
> divert some borderline
> psychos to constructive violent behavior.  !!!!  8')

Maybe. We haven't tried this one yet. We have given different venues
(free for all guild warfare, etc), but they are still humans. :)

> 2. There is a great problem in totally safe cities as opposed 
> to mostly safe
> cities. 

UO went with mostly safe cities; you can be attacked only if you have
just committed a crime yourself, or if you are in a mutually declared
war.

>  Of course, I haven't had a chance to implement any of this 
> so it's all
> conjecture at this point.  8')  Hopefully it can inspire some 
> ideas if nothing
> else.

Basically, these measures seem to be insufficient based on UO's
experience thus far. A big factor to consider: are the safe cities
enough for a tailor, or does the tailor want to see the whole of the
world? 

-Raph