Regarding 'mini-events'

[DAnvilFan]

Hosting the event was not Zelot's responsiblity. He is a player, not a mod designer.

The developers, who are in charge of making rules and are the world builders of Discovery, should have explained (in-game) why there was no food available on the Freeports. As a game designer, you must make clear definitions regarding gameplay, particularly in a multiplayer environment. Zoner players discovered the "ERR Out of Stock" message because they were on their way to perform a regular "Feed Corsairs" event. What did you think was going to happen? That Zoners would not do what they do on a regular basis as part of cannon RP? (Food runs to Corsairs)

Instead of closing thread after thread, I would suggest making a statement to players regarding how Mod development mishaps like these will be handled in the future.


From:
Tom Hall's "10 Commandments of Game Design"
Co-Founder of Id Software and Ion Storm

X. Thou shall respond reasonably and fairly to player actions.

• The game must respond as the player expects (Food out of stock -- explaination at the Freeport is required)
  
• The game world must be consistent (Zoners ship food to Crete as part of regular RP)
  
• No unexplained deaths!
  

I highlighted excerpts from Tom Hall's text that apply to our situation.