[MUD-Dev] Re: A little help

[Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt]

On Tue, 29 Sep 1998 Michael.Willey at abnamro.com wrote:
>=20
> Think of it as a virtual lollipop.  It's a nearly meaningless
> reward in any practical sense, but it's also a way to
> convey attention (our only form of currency in this medium,
> some would suggest).  Turning this pointless reward into a
> ceremony with celebration following results in a far greater
> reward than any other we could give.
>=20

An alternative that i have yet to see tried out would be a listing
of everything a person have contributed to the game. Such a listing
would also be a 'virtual lollipop', but much less meaningless since
it gives the contributor some social status directly derived from
the work done. Also you'd not get into problems such as 'why does
buffy get an admin level for doing xxx, when buffo didn't get one=20
for doing yyy .. that unfair!'. If anyone have had experiences with
this kind of reward (other than monetary) in a multi contributions=20
virtual world, i'd very much like to know.


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