Oh Persephone, you wouldn’t have me any other way and you know it

Actually I was originally planning to use examples from a number of games but ended up keeping to just two (deciding on one persistent and one non-persistent environment). For my next article I’ll avoid any reference to EVE at all, just for you <3

The solution is to recognize that humans have learning capacities. Learning curves vary due to physical conditions and factors, all measurable but not all well understood or reasonable to measure.

I think the most important thing to realize is that people are eager to inform residents how to build and create content, but they do not really do much to inform noobs about copyright. I think free expression is good, and part of the geniusness is to use fair use to “transform” a concept. However, there is risk involved with even transformations, parodies, student work, etc.

I don’t understand why people cannot be direct, unless they seek free advertising, in which case the lack of direct action. It’s better to be direct, respectful and quick with feedback – without practicing this best practice it becomes real clear real fast that something underhanded is happening.

Spoiler Alert!

Jack dies.

The farmers accept this and also accept that foxes do what foxes do, like what you said. So they shoot the foxes whenever they come onto the farm.

Online providers a bit like farmers as well. Can ask people like Fred Rookstown about how discouraging it is for a virtual fox to get shot every time he comes onto the LL virtual farm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPTu4awRQkI

Hey ho.

“This strikes a chord with my belief that a lot of the virtual world reinforces a simplistic world view. In the easily influenced (and kids) that adversity is something to be removed by a checkbox rather than a problem to be solved. Getting your world (real or otherwise) fecked over is how learning and growth happens. Remember trial and error, that common sense recursive favourite towards a sensible solution? Without the error, the problem, we are in lala land far removed from a remotely plausible set of possibilities. Part of the charm of EVE or life for that matter is that there are consequences, dangers, incidences where skill will win out and inexperience will fail, that’s life and that’s learning. If MMOG’s or similar environments are going to be engaging and challenging they must avoid the sanitisation of threat and consequences otherwise it’s a lobotomising environment that becomes a wholly passive existence.

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My point being that MMOG’s should not be simplifying the world as their size and scale increases, they should be doing a better job of their original remit, making a more accurate and engaging representation of the reality we all share in what you would call meatspace.”