copyright

[Alex Koponen]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Maouse" <maouse at FULTON-NET.COM>
To: <POWERS-AND-PERILS at geo000.CiTG.TUDelft.NL>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: copyright


> I would think that P&P would lend itself to a MUDD type game quite well.
> If it were interactive it would be even better.  But paying to play a MUDD
> is less desireable than playing say a full blown multimedia game like AC.
> I would find it hard to justify any sort of ressurrections or such which
> are prevelant in AC, UO, and EQ.  I think SOME (sadistic) people would
even
> prefer to play with randomly rolled up characters(as far as background
> goes) and just be happy with their skills, spells and equipment
> selections.  And if you die you die would be the BEST!  It would teach all
> those rug-rats out there that they can't just create wanton havoc.  Oh the
> work that would be involved in this sort of thing would be massive, but if
> I could be a part it'd be worth it (god, I'd love to see my name on a
> "brand new" best selling online game - who wouldn't?!?).  Legal rights is
> another thing entirely of course...
>
It would be a lot of work -- not worth doing if legal copyright problems
would happen. But it could be fun, it could even be profitable (maybe).

> ps. I wonder if Hasbro even has a copy of P&P... they don't in their
"blast
> from the past" area, but they do have Runequest (which I never liked due
to
> the fact that humans were SOOO weak).
>
> -maouse
>
Ah, in RQ you should have multimissiled arbalests - the way to give your
opponents a bad day.

        Alex