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Restart, Restore, or Continue Creating Democracy?

Posted by michael on from the abort-retry-ignore dept.

The Importance of writes "LawMeme's James Grimmelmann, whose work has previously been noted on Slashdot, has written a new piece about virtual life and death in MMORPGs, and what that means for online democracy. Any serious discussion of democracy online that features comments on "The Secret of Monkey Island" has got to be good."

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  1. the reason i respawn is needed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    respawn is needed because i dont want to wait forever waiting forever for players to take forever in completing the mission.

    i once played this game where there was no respawn.. so if i was killed in the first 5 minutes, i would have to wait almost 30 minutes to play again. i could have shit, showered, and shaved!

    respawn is needed because players dont want to wait for their turn again. waiting for other players is like waiting for paint to dry. i would rather play the game then wait for other players to complete their mission. respawn keeps the players playing and not waiting for the remaining players to complete or die off so they can play again. no one likes to wait.