Posted by Drinks with Evil. on November 3, 2000 at 14:07:43:

In Reply to: Re: I vehemently disagree. posted by Ophiuchi on November 3, 2000 at 11:04:48:

> I'm sure you've read the 1800 page e mail that specifies some of the guidelines to design an area. Suggested mob stats, item stats, etc.

> Once you read that, I'm sure a half wit monkey can crank out an area based on the theme.

I think your frame of reference might be out of date.
The excellent quality of some of the new areas
suggest you might want to opt for a regular monkey
(or possibly one of those super-powered monkeys from
Brazil we're hearing about in the news these days).

> So long as everybody follows the rules we all agree to, finger pointing will be reduced.

Replace "we all agree to" with "provided" and you'd
still be missing the boat.

> What's easier? Put a monkey in charge to find all the cheaters, or, get people involved to police themselves?

If the people policed themselves we wouldn't need the
monkey now would we?
>
> > No. See above argument about "game balance", "originality", and "experience". It is damned hard to create a level playing field among the classes. Newer players don't appreciate this as much. Proof? Read the ideas posted on the Forum. Some are good, some are awful. They're all over the map. The staff has better things to do than troubleshoot all of them.

> I don't think the staff has anything better to do than to troubleshoot and help newbies wanting to make a contribution.

I bet that gave Proud Blade an aneurysm.

> > > I don't see any reason why a computer literate, lvl 1 who's never mudded before can't write an area or a feature for CF so long as they can stick to the themes, be willing to work with someone who were there before them.

Then just call the Immorting process a filter to stop
e-mailed areas and features from half wit monkeys.

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