[MUD-Dev] On socialization and convenience

[Koster]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Caliban Tiresias Darklock
> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 8:21 PM
> To: mud-dev at kanga.nu
> Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] On socialization and convenience

> On Fri, 15 Jun 2001 22:33:34 -0700, "Sean Kelly" <sean at ffwd.cx> wrote:
 
>> 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'm shocked. NONE of them have this? Why not? It's one of the
> primary wish-list features for my own system. Has been for years.

The logic against it goes like this:

  * Yeesh! HOW much storage per player again? That's (takes out
  * calculator) WAAAY too much money!

  * Won't they use email anyway? We can't possibly make a nice
  * enough email system to match Outlook!

  * Yikes, think of the complications--email to account or to user?

We did put it into UO, but it was badly implemented and never got
used, and was removed eventually.

-Raph
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