[MUD-Dev] MMORPGs & MUDs

[William B. Taylor]

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Rickey" <daver at mythicentertainment.com>

> I have to disagree with all of your points:

>   1) We just opened our 3rd "Roleplay Server", the essential
>   difference is a prohibition on OOC names and public chat
>   enforced by CSR's.  Over 30k of our players play on "RP"
>   designated servers as their primary characters, and we opened
>   the third because the other two were consistently #1 and #2 on
>   the server count.  This does beg the question of how you define
>   RP.

>   2) The (tens of?) thousands of 3+ year veterans on UO would seem
>   to refute that.  In fact, once you've held them for 3 months,
>   you usually keep them for 18 months or longer.

>   3) The hundreds of guilds in the various games, not to mention
>   such oddities as the Reagent Cartels, would seem to be at odds.
>   Not to mention the many, *many* fan sites.

>   4) Griefers are actually a rarity in DAoC.  Of all the things
>   people might complain about, very few would even put grief play
>   on their list.

>   5) This presumes that you can only discourage griefing by
>   rewarding the opposite.  In fact, limiting their options and
>   kicking them out promptly works very well.  If you don't have a
>   significant population of griefers, and atavistic impulses are
>   put to constructive ends, grief play is a non-starter.

I have to agree with Dave here.  I have spent most of my RPG life on
text-based worlds and thought that a graphical would never be as
flexible.  As a matter of fact, I would have been the one making
putting forth the 5 points below.  After playing DAoC for a couple
of months, however, I have found that it is in fact very conducive
to role playing and group socializing.

I appreciate all the great work you guys are doing over at DAoC.
Keep it up!

-William (aka Yatlor)

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