[MUD-Dev] Self-Sufficient Worlds

[Raph Koster]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mud-dev-admin at kanga.nu [mailto:mud-dev-admin at kanga.nu]On Behalf Of
> J C Lawrence
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 3:59 PM
> To: mud-dev at kanga.nu
> Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Self-Sufficient Worlds
>
>
> On Wed, 3 May 2000 16:48:49 -0700
> Zak Jarvis <zak at voidmonster.com> wrote:
>
> > Can you give me an example of how you tell a compelling story
> > using 2000 people at the same time without using a huge degree of
> > automation? I simply don't think it can be done.
>
> Compelling for whom?
>
> Compelling when?

Somewhere in Hamlet on the Holodeck Janet Murray talks about a live
storytelling experiment done wherein a group of people improvised parts in a
story in front of an audience. The participants uniformly said that it was
one of the most amazing experiences they had ever had. And the audience said
it sucked.

-Raph




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