[MUD-Dev] Griefer repellant (Was Decision making...)

Mike Rozak Mike at mxac.com.au
Wed Sep 15 23:43:45 CEST 2004


Jason Messer wrote:

> I don't believe that habitual griefers act the way they do because
> of fairness or lack of empathy, I'd say that griefer play is its
> own reward to such players.

After thinking about it, I think my hypothesis about a potential
link between griefing and austistic tendencies was wrong. (Being a
computer-person / engineer, I may well have autistic traits myself,
and am certainly not a griefer.) Griefing, of course, is primarily
caused by the ability for someone to grief, combined with anonymity
- neither of which are easily attained in the real world. Hence,
griefers are attracted to VWs.

Has anyone every done a study (formal or informal) of VWs and
noticed if there are any styles of VWs that griefers are
particularly attracted to?

Mike Rozak
http://www.mxac.com.au
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