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Old 03-01-2006, 07:35 PM   #11
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- I think the issued with privacy would require that the MUD wouldn't actually "see" your data, ever. There would be a server somewhere, and the player and the MUD would coordinate somehow to ask "Is this person KaVir?" If you want to use a government ID (SSN would be most logical in the US), that server would likely have to be a government agency. (They already know your ID information, of course, but now they'd also know that you're registering at game X.)

- Another possibility is a private company with an authentication process like PayPal's. That would be an opt-in system that is difficult to forge. Games could either require people to use it, or offer incentives to those who do. The problem would be that unless a system was in very widespread use, it's a big pain, especially for people who just want to drop by and check a place out.

- I think the most obvious benefit to players is: Not having to play a game alongside morons. One of the reasons Carrion Fields is tough on cheaters/griefers/etc. is because we operate under the assumption that one sufficiently unchecked idiot can drive away more than one good player. Being able to reliably exclude chronic problems would help you cultivate a much more appealing group of people to game with.
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