[MUD-Dev] I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game des igners]

[Koster]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Travis Nixon
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 12:43 PM
> To: mud-dev at kanga.nu
> Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game
> designers]

> Raph Koster wrote:

>> As a side note, originally, some of us opposed having moongates
>> either, because of the reduction of travel time. We were told that
>> they had to be there. We then pointed out crowding issues and
>> slowdowns that would occur if they were placed in cities (their
>> traditional location), so they got moved outside of the cities.

> Huh?

> Silly nitpicking point, but the moongates were never in the cities.

Yah, someone else pointed that out. But I do seem to recall Richard
Garriott holding out for moongates in the cities, that's where the
"subway station" metaphor came from...

-Raph
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