[MUD-Dev] Who Killed Miss Norway?

[Daniel.Harman at barclayscapital.com]

From: Paul Schwanz [mailto:pschwanz at comcast.net]

>> There is apparently a 'Unification Day' holiday celebrated in SWG
>> on the 4th of July, and people are a little miffed that the
>> continuity has been bent around a US holiday.

> You realize, don't you, that Raph is merely obeying the Laws of
> Online World Design here?  From his web site:

>     In game calendars
>     It's nice to have an in-game calendar. But emotional
>     resonances will never accrue to in-game holidays. The only
>     calendar that really matters is the real world one. Don't
>     worry about breaking fiction--online games are about social
>     interaction, not about fictional consistency.

Well on that count the measure still failed for a huge proportion of
the world's population, although admitedly not the game's
population. Ah well - I guess American cultural imperialism is part
and parcel of an SOE game ;)

Dan
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