[MUD-Dev] On socialization and convenience

[Matt Mihaly]

On Mon, 18 Jun 2001 Daniel.Harman at barclayscapital.com wrote: 
>> From: Sean Kelly [mailto:sean at ffwd.cx]
 
>> One thing that's kind of surprised me is that none of the MMORPGs
>> I've played had any facility for sending messages to players who
>> aren't currently online (mail).  I grant that it has definate
>> impact on disk space, but arranging meetings and adventures with
>> friends invariably requires tracking that person down, and this
>> is much easier if you can leave a note for them to meet you
>> somewhere at such-and-such a time.  I would think that this would
>> be one very easy way to convenience players and help keep
>> socialization more game-centric.

> One of AOs best features is that it buffers messages to players
> who aren't online. All games should do this in some manner.

I figured they did. That is a standard feature in any MUD I've
played since about 1994. We let player send each other messages
directly, or for a more elaborate system, there is Achaea's postal
system. You can format your messages on a letter and include items
with it, etc. Pay a few gold and it'll get delivered next time the
player logs on.

--matt

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