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Old 02-16-2012, 03:09 PM   #5
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Re: The Key Element - RPI MUD's

SnowTroll you posted:

"Then, they complain that they're bored the rest of the time waiting around for the mud administration to make special things happen, and when the administration does do something, they complain that they didn't have enough control as a player over how things went."

I've encountered this repeatedly on other RPI's I've played. The players just sit there waiting for the staff to put on an event. I really want them to do most of it themselves, but with staff assistance. I've created limits to what they can do without staff help, but they would still be able to form plots themselves. I don't know why that hasn't happened on the other RPI muds that I've played, whether they either fear their character dying through engaging in a plot, so just do social RP, or they're just lazy and have no real desire to develop their creative writing and instead just want to advance their character's abilities.
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