[MUD-Dev2] Importance of emoting (Was: A rant against Vanguard reviews and rants)

[Jeffrey Kesselman]

On 3/29/07, Hudson, Thomas C. <hudsont at uncw.edu> wrote:
, I'd expect that they'd never learn how.
>
> >From my personal experience (anecdote time), it only punches above its
> weight in the most hardcore of RP guilds. Many players I've interacted
> with (closely; guildmates/regular party members/neighbors in worlds with
> persistent building) showed no sign of emoting even once a week.


Agreed.  We consort with people who like to play as we do.  Ergo we
often get skewed picture of the population from personal experience.

To roleplayers, acting tools (chat, emotion etc) is everything.

To strategic players, its virtually nothing.