[MUD-Dev] UO rants

[Paul Schwanz - Enterprise Services]

> From: Matthew Mihaly <the_logos at achaea.com>

> I really don't understand this. If you want to keep players uninterested
> in 'criminal' acts, why code in the ability for them to commit criminal
> acts? It seems like a massive waste of time to design and implement
> features that you want to actively discourage the players from using.
> 

While I'm sure we'd all like to avoid the political discussions that this post 
could inspire, I see the inclusion of 'criminal' acts as a deterrent not unlike 
a nuclear weapon.  No one really wants to use it because of the ugliness and 
consequences, but having it there can curb some of the lesser forms of ugliness 
that might have free rein in its absence.

Someone once said that a surprising amount of courtesy is rooted in the 
knowledge that anyone can punch me in the mouth if I become too rude.  Now I 
think that it is important to have dire consequences for punching someone else 
in the mouth.  We should actively discourage this kind of action.  However, the 
very possibility that someone can resort to this action if pushed too far could 
make the world a better place.

Anyway, that's the theory.

--Phinehas


-----------------------------------------------------------------
		"All things are permissible,
			but not all things are expedient."
-----------------------------------------------------------------                 




_______________________________________________
MUD-Dev mailing list
MUD-Dev at kanga.nu
http://www.kanga.nu/lists/listinfo/mud-dev