[MUD-Dev] UO rants

[Zak Jarvis]

> From: John Buehler [johnbue at email.msn.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 5:07 PM

> > Dan Merillat
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 2:26 PM

> > Now you're understanding.  A person who's "become a member of
> > the community" has done so by giving other people ties to
> > his RL person. It's rare to have a long-time member of the
> > community that nobody even knows what country
> > they live in.   Again, solving the anonymity (in a
> > non-abusable way!) will help.

> Huh?  We agree that eliminating anonymity has value, but we're
> talking about two rather different results.  I claim that it
> is needed so that players do not have an environment in which
> they can be irresponsible.  You claim that it is needed in
> order to ultimately foster community.

Er, how are these two things 'rather different'?

I've never seen a functioning community based around total
irresponsibility.

"'cause even in the most radical of groups
 you will find
 that when you stray from the doctrine
 you'll see hard times"  -Michael Franti

-Zak Jarvis
 http://www.voidmonster.com





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