Hiding the Numbers (was Re: [MUD-Dev] Maintaining fiction.)

[Marian Griffith]

In <URL:/archives/meow?group+local.muddev> on Tue 05 Jun, Derek Licciardi wrote:

> Player Killers win by dominating other players, Explorers win by
> having more knowledge than other players, Socializers win by
> building the most valuable network of people they can establish,
> and Achievers win by gaining skill points or some other game
> measurement.

The fact that there is a measurement does not automatically imply
that there is competition. Killers do perhaps 'win' by dominating
other players, but that does not mean they make a competition out of
it to see who is the best.  Similarly, socialisers may develop a
network of people they play the game with, but that is not for
competition but to make the game more enjoyable to them. In fact, I
would guess that the majority of players, even if they are max-
imising their favourite measurement are doing so for their own
purpose that has nothing to do with other players.


Marian
--
Yes - at last - You. I Choose you. Out of all the world,
out of all the seeking, I have found you, young sister of
my heart! You are mine and I am yours - and never again
will there be loneliness ...

Rolan Choosing Talia,
Arrows of the Queen, by Mercedes Lackey

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