[MUD-Dev] Real Life Consequences

[the_logos at www.achaea.com]

On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Kerem HADIMLI wrote:

> the_logos at www.achaea.com wrote:

>> If you're going to do it by credit card, then there is no need to
>> do it at all. You just ban the troublemaker and ban his credit
>> card. He might use another one, but most troublemakers are not the
>> sorts to have multiple credit cards at their beck and call I find.

> What about having a central player database (such as a
> security-network for MUDs), and in order to play on MUDs that're
> joined to this network, the user will have to sign-up with this
> central database, enterin his credit card, etc, and if a MUD admin
> decides someone needs global ban (ban from all muds in the network),
> then he'll fill some form from web, explaining ban reason, etc, and
> if the 'council' (for example 10 MUD admins, re-elected montly)
> accepts the reason for ban, then the player (so the credit card) be
> banned from the central player database, and so from all MUDs
> that're joined to this security-network.

I thought about doing this quite awhile ago, but I don't see it
working. I wouldn't wish to let hobbyist muds have any control over
who can and cannot play Achaea. For that matter, I wouldn't wish to
let Sony, Microsoft, and Verant determine who can play
Achaea. Everyone's motivations are different and a problem player one
place may not be a problem player in another.

--matt

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