[MUD-Dev2] [DESIGN] Newbie Player Retention

[Johnicholas Hines]

On 11/29/06, Nicholas Koranda <nkk at eml.cc> wrote:
> If that theory is correct, I would be wondering why game designers are
> not putting systems in place to achieve this, such as rewards for
> veteran players who help newbies, or guilds with similar purposes.
There certainly are systems to reward newbiehelpers in a lot of muds.
Sometimes they work and sometimes they don't.
Often, in BatMUD, I have been handed panties by a nun doing a "give
clothes to the newbies" quest.

Johnicholas