[MUD-Dev] Morality and Values Based Role Play in MMORPGs.

[Paul Schwanz - Enterprise Services]

Hello all.  About two years ago, the Vault Network asked readers to submit 
their ideas for the perfect MMORPG.  I responded with an editorial entitled 
"A World in which PvP Makes Sense."  I've been hooked on the concept (to 
the point of obsession :-) ) ever since.  I find the moral and social 
challenges especially fascinating.  This fascination led me first to the 
Middle-Earth Dev board and then to Gamasutra when ME went south.  Recently, 
another regular at Gamasutra pointed me in this direction and suggested 
that this might be a good place to share a few ideas.  Looking through the 
archives has been a bit intimidating, so let me preface my remarks by 
freely admitting that I am a layman and wanabee (solicitations are welcome 
:-) ).

Rather than bloating this eamil, I thought I'd give a link to a small site 
which was kind enough to publish a summary of what is perhaps the keystone 
to my thoughts on making the MMORPG more enjoyable.  This is the abstract 
for the article.

> "With the excitement about Massively Multi-Player Online Role-Playing 
Games, many questions arise about the representation of right and wrong in 
these worlds. Most people think that imposing moral values in a game is 
equivalent with removing the player's decision-making abilities, but 
perhaps there is another way."
	
	http://www.dreamwater.com/paxharmonica/articles/morality.html
	
Thanks in advance for your comments and suggestions.



----- 	"Allow myself to introduce...myself" --Austin Powers   -----
 		      
        Paul E. Schwanz, II  (a.k.a. Phinehas)    
        Email: paul.schwanz at east.sun.com
 
                




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