RE: [MUD-Dev] Gamasutra: Online Justice Systems

["Koster, Raph" <rkoster#origin,ea.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sayeed [mailto:yu219121#YorkU,CA]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 10:13 PM
> To: mud-dev#kanga,nu
> Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Gamasutra: Online Justice Systems
> 
> I don't think this is a very big problem in a pay-for-play 
> system because
> people WILL be discouraged by the extra cost.  Sure, a few 
> will shell out
> the extra cash and figure out a way around the checks for a 
> character they
> can "risk," but on the whole you will have a lot fewer 
> multiple characters.

Fewer doesn't mean too few to cause the problem. I'd guess a double-digit
percentage of our players have multiple accounts. The problems it causes can
be quite severe since the advantages can be very large.

-Raph 



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