Top Mud Sites Forum - View Single Post

Milawe · 08-05-2010, 02:46 AM

We've had a return of a ton of old characters lately on one of my games. (By old, I mean characters that created in 1998.) One of the people who came back is a mother who stopped playing for 5 years because she had children. She's back and playing now that her children are in school most of the day and she no longer has toddlers to run around after. She missed her character during that time but made her family a priority. I would have felt pretty guilty deleting her character because she chose real life over her in-game life.

While I don't disagree with your points that long absent characters and idle characters can hurt or stagnate a game badly, a big enough population simply absorbs the missing spots and fills in the holes with new characters naturally. I'm not sure that deleting characters is actually necessary and may impede a player's return.

08-05-2010, 02:46 AM	#19
Milawe Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: USA Home MUD: Threshold RPG Home MUD: Stash Home MUD: Archons of Avenshar Posts: 653	Re: Troublesome Aspects We've had a return of a ton of old characters lately on one of my games. (By old, I mean characters that created in 1998.) One of the people who came back is a mother who stopped playing for 5 years because she had children. She's back and playing now that her children are in school most of the day and she no longer has toddlers to run around after. She missed her character during that time but made her family a priority. I would have felt pretty guilty deleting her character because she chose real life over her in-game life. While I don't disagree with your points that long absent characters and idle characters can hurt or stagnate a game badly, a big enough population simply absorbs the missing spots and fills in the holes with new characters naturally. I'm not sure that deleting characters is actually necessary and may impede a player's return.