On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Cranfill, Wendy wrote:

> Twenty minutes later, Shadownight walks in - level 41 with
> level 41 cleric friend. I actually know and am "friends" with the SK. My
> group rather tiredly confirms that he is there to KS from us... I ask him
> why... he says to us (dressed in full rubicite) "I don't have much time to
> get this i... I am selling my account on ebay and will need this rubi to
> twink my level 1 character on my new account."
> Is it me, or is this just ridiculous? I guess the point of

I think this whole EBay thing is an important lesson to any
future persistent online games that are planning on making
certain resources scarce by time management. Yes it is
ridiculous.

> this rather long winded post is that it is this stuff which makes the game
> less enjoyable to me, not the lack of binding ability. I guess this is just
> part of the game now, and I will put off my dreams of rubi pants until level
> 40+ when I will lower myself to KS just because I can. :-)

I felt the same way. Now that I'm L35 and *can* do this, I
still can't bring myself to do it. Kinda makes me wonder
about the character of people who do.

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John H. Kim
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