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| | elements in such a way. His face is young, yet somehow emanates centuries | | elements in such a way. His face is young, yet somehow emanates centuries |
| | of knowledge and wisdom. His smile makes you feel calm and safe. | | of knowledge and wisdom. His smile makes you feel calm and safe. |
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| − | ==Important Notes==
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| − | [ 14] Syriac: An Implementor's Philosophy
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| − | Sat Oct 19 20:06:37 2013
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| − | To: All
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| − | Greetings,
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| − | I wanted to share my philosophy on being and implementor so that
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| − | there may be no questions as to how and why I conduct myself as
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| − | I do. Let me put this out front, I cannot please you all. When I
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| − | first started I used to stress a great deal over this, because I
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| − | truly want to make everyone happy, the difference between then and
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| − | now is that I know I cannot. So what can I focus on then? Making
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| − | compromises, and ensuring that the greater population of the MUD
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| − | is content. I strive to be fair, but also generous. If I had to
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| − | define what I constantly strive for in one word it would be balance.
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| − | You see, when you have a small percentage of the entire population
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| − | being exceedingly stronger than the rest, you have a disparage
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| − | that isn't fun for anyone except said group. While I do not aim
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| − | to punish people for playing successful, I also do not want to
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| − | punish those who haven't had the benefits of time and experience.
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| − | So I am forced to make difficult decisions, and this is where
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| − | some people become unhappy. If there is a player out there with
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| − | severely inflated equipment, what are my options? Kill them and
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| − | take the gear out of circulation? Can you imagine how well that
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| − | would go over? Raise the cap so as to make their equipment less
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| − | valuable? What would that do to new players? Or can I cap the
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| − | equipment, modify how the stats work for everyone and let them
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| − | retain it? This is the path I choose in this scenario, and while
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| − | ... (contd in Part 2)
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| − | [ 15] Syriac: An Implementor's Philosophy (Part 2)
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| − | Sat Oct 19 20:07:21 2013
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| − | To: All
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| − | (cont'd from part 1)
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| − | it isn't perfect it is still the best path. Additionally I work
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| − | to find objects that are over powered and at least flag them as
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| − | limited. When players lose gear over time, I do not replace it
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| − | (unless it was due to a bug, which I can say 100% honestly eq
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| − | loss is rarely the result of a bug, it has more to do with dying
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| − | and not getting everything from a corpse because your hands are
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| − | full). My goal has always been to create a game that can be
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| − | enjoyed by a wide variety of people. Even if I were to never
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| − | focus on balance and leave things over powered as they were, in
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| − | time those players wouldn't be happy either because new players
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| − | would never stay long and they would be alone. In the end, I ask
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| − | you to trust my judgment. I may not always be right, but there
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| − | may also be a bigger picture or hidden elements behind the scenes
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| − | you may not be privy to. I am always interested in hearing your
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| − | ideas, and the best place to do that is on the forums -
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| − | http://forums.realmofshadows.us
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| − | If you have questions or concerns, feel free to post a note or
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| − | find me online.
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| − | Best,
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| − | Syriac
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| | ==[[Veneration]]== | | ==[[Veneration]]== |
