[MUD-Dev] trade skill idea

[Zak Jarvis]

> From: Josh Olson [jolson at micron.net]
> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 10:21 AM

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Koster, Raph" <rkoster at verant.com>

> > Pretty big presupposition there--to have an interesting
> > context, you have to include a grand adventure? Sorry,
> > but to that I say pfft. :)


> Well pfft to you too.  :)  I was actually just referring to the
> interior decorating bit of your statement.  I think you have to
> have *something* interesting going on in order for the
> territory-marking aspect  to be of any value.  A game consisting
> of nothing at all but adorning one's environment wouldn't do well,
> I think.

Well, as the owner of a condo, I've got to say that adorning my environment
is really quite an enjoyable activity for me. There are restrictions placed
on the degree of modification I can do that seem to nicely mirror the
practical limitations that a game designer would be under designing
environments to be adornable by players.

But this is a pretty silly argument. You seem to more or less agree with
Koster, you just don't like the details he uses to get to the same point
you're making. It *is* possible to discuss the importance of trade skills
without defining exactly how they work. ;)

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

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