>I propose a different way: only require them to play for one
>hour before they quit out. Then, automatically purge level 1
>characters that haven't played in more than a week. That way,
>you prevent people from just creating a flood of new chars to
>piss off the administrators; and you kill off abondoned newbie
>characters.
Ohhh. Stellar idea. It's on my list.
For me, it's not the abandoned chars in the pfile that is an
annoyance as much as the hoard of newbie equipment that ends up being
left in or around the Temple area. Quite a few times, it's scrolled for
a considerable length upon entering the room.
This also snowballs, since when a new char enters the game and
sees this situation, they're more likely to play 'follow the leader' and
quit their own selves adding to the junk equipment in the room.
I've considered just purging the equipment when someone quits but
that never felt right to me, since there are those instances when someone
plays a mud on weed/acid/etc and someone types 'quit' by mistake. :)
-jac
ButterMud - telnet://betterbox.net:4000
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