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my.lotro.com - 7/9/2009
Thoughts on Exploits and Emergent Game Play
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First a disclaimer, as with all blogs everything herein is personal opinion. Feel free to agree or disagree, feel free to question motives and stances, but in your judgment of the content herein realize that the commentary contained is meant to offer an opinion not a true scientific explanation. ...

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Kill Ten Rats:  Orion on Emergent Gameplay

The Middle-Earth Adventurer:  The Perspective Dichotomy

Lord of the Rings Online Vault - The Ultimate Resource:  Of exploits and emergent behavior

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Orion on Emergent Gameplay
Kill Ten Rats — ... from the Twixt or Myers or whoever’s attempt to explain sociological emergence in a one-sided, four-colored narrative, Orion – one of the developers for Lord of the Rings Online – put up an excellent post discussing emergent gameplay on his blog.  He discusses how ...

The Perspective Dichotomy
The Middle-Earth Adventurer — ... Oooh, another fancy post name. Yes, I like fancy post names, and using my college accrued vocabulary. Anyhow, it's not mind-bending in any way, rather a look at the different perspectives between developers and players over game design, notably emergent behavior. This post is powered by Orion's latest blog entry on his ...

Of exploits and emergent behavior
Lord of the Rings Online Vault - The Ultimate Resource — ... To wit: Emergent behavior like Igash gets hung up on the throne is emergent, but an exploit because it impedes the normal function of game AI. If a mob cannot affect you because you are able to use game physics or a flaw in the game code or implementation then you have found an exploit! It is definitely emergent because it wasn’t caught in testing or was thought to be less exploitative than it turned out and therefore only discovered by mass consumption and usage. Full blog entry is at Orion's MyLotro . -- ...

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