[MUD-Dev] On socialization and convenience

[Matt Mihaly]

On Sat, 16 Jun 2001, Koster, Raph wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Matt Mihaly
>> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 1:15 PM
>> To: 'mud-dev at kanga.nu'
>> Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] On socialization and convenience

> In terms of traffic flow, it's of course necessary to talk about
> it in terms of locations. But your example is not location-based,
> it's time-based. The area changes in function as different stages
> of the gameplay/activity occur.
 
> The problem with not paying attention to traffic flow is that in
> your above example, it is extremely likely that the politicians
> will only talk to other politicians, unless there's some traffic
> flow reason for non-politicians to come through there. And I WANT
> strangers to rub up against one another, because it encourages
> that more open 250-person community (hermetic cliques tend to be
> much smaller), it increases the odds of welcoming novices to the
> environment, and it therefore acts as a retention mechanism.

Well, in Achaea for instance, each city has a channel for its use
that works continent-wide between members of the city. There's
really where the city members do a lot of talking (and on the city
newsboard). It's also in a politicians best interest to be friendly
with as many citizens as possible if he or she wants to stay in
power.

--matt

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