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- From: brumleve@iboga (Dan Brumleve)
- Subject: Re: Guild Wars
- References: <1992Dec24.013430.3273@nuscc.nus.sg> <1992Dec24.154801.4674@netcom.com>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 19:20:04 GMT
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- cass@netcom.com (Diana Tenery-Fisher) writes:
-
- >
- >Personally, I think Guild wars are unproductive. I think the
- >loyalty and camaraderie inspired by guilds is a good thing, but
-
- Certainly.
-
- >when you get into the area of sparking conflict just to incite
- >another guild, it's gone too far. This attitude of 'You killed
- >my guild brother, prepare to die!', is very negative. On
-
- Negative? How so? Not unless the victim isn't prepared to be
- attacked. I certainly would if I'd killed someone's brother.
- These kinds of situations also tend to promote roleplaying
- (like what you said above as opposed to 'You friggin' asshole!
- You're dead!'), which is also a 'good thing'.
-
- >GenericMud, where we have a core group of about 15 or so people
- >who have been playing for a LONG time... I guess they must feel
- >that this is the only way to amuse themselves. I think it is our
-
- It IS the only way they can amuse themselves, really. Ever played
- a carreer level 20 character when another of your characters was
- already immortal? When I get bored of that I usually do something
- new... Start up a thief clan, dedicated to lightening the loads
- of other peoples' pockets, or even go on a player-killing rampage
- just for kicks. Sure, new players might be terrorized for a little,
- then some "player-killer-killer" group sprouts up, and both usually
- annhiliate each other. It's kind of an endless cycle, and everyone
- has a real blast in the long run. ;-)
-
- >job, as gods to find other ways for them to amuse themselves.
-
- Yeah, but only if you're really opposed to it.
-
- >Cass
- >Imp, GenericMUD
- >Imm, ShineMUD
-
- -Dan
-