[MUD-Dev] an essay on PK

[Adam Wiggins]

On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Marian Griffith wrote:
> In <URL:/archives/meow?group+local.muddev> on Mon 20 Sep, Matthew Mihaly wrote:
> > Yes, I agree with this for the most part, though purely out of
> > practicality (why set yourself up to deal with the whiners?)
> 
> You are apparently assuming that your victims (the whiners) are playing the
> same game as you are.  They obviously are not.

Normally I would agree with this, but since Matt is speaking in terms of
admining his *own* mud, I'd say that he gets to define exactly what kind
of game he wants.  If someone else tries to play a different game than the
one offered, good for them, but they certainly cannot complain when it
doesn't work out.

And, the original point was, "Make it clear what kind of game you're offering,
so as to avoid misunderstanding later on" - so in this case, someone like
you (Marian) would probably want to log off as soon as you read the
'we love PK, deal with it' disclaimer at the start. :)

Adam





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