[MUD-Dev] On socialization and convenience

[J C Lawrence]

On Fri, 22 Jun 2001 14:42:45 -0700 
Dave Kennerly <Dave at Nexon.com> wrote:

> It suggests some players may be stating something untrue about
> their own preferences about game software features: that their
> conscious communication of their preference correlates more weakly
> to their preference than a close analysis of their behavior.  

Some of the early lessons of mailing lists would seem to apply:

  5% of the population won't like any configuration choice and will
  complain about it if asked

  5% will like any choice and will say so if asked

  90% will go with whatever the default is

  The population who complain or raise a rukus is generally very
  small.  < 1% is common.  However that tiny percentage will make
  more heat and noise than the other 99% combined.

> J C Lawrence wrote a lot on conversation about a common interest.
> It was a good read.  

<bow>

> One replays battles.  Besides replaying battles for storytelling,
> Shattered Galaxy team receives useful bug report information from
> it, when the player sends his battle replay file.

Neat.  Thanks, I wasn't aware of that one.

--
J C Lawrence                                       claw at kanga.nu
---------(*)                          http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/
The pressure to survive and rhetoric may make strange bedfellows
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