[MUD-Dev] Gamasutra: Online Justice Systems

[Koster]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sayeed [mailto:yu219121 at YorkU.CA]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 4:43 PM
> To: mud-dev at kanga.nu
> Subject: RE: [MUD-Dev] Gamasutra: Online Justice Systems

> Hmmm, if the problem is severe enough to warrant OOC consequences, 
> I don't see how the account could not be treated as a whole.  
> Problem being that IC justice systems and responsibility systems 
> (such as the community), are not able to do so and they may
> discourage this sort of behavior before it begins.

The possibility of having IC repercussions such as reputations accrue to
entire accounts (perhaps via fictions such as "families") has come up many
times for consideration in UO. We've always backed away from it, however.

-Raph



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