Of course! I understand this completely and I\'m not suggesting they change their worthy goal, however, why should this goal get in the way of adding other features? Especially since there\'s no buget or timeline to speak of.
In terms of immersion and the suspension of disbelief, I *think* I covered that in my last post (but I\'ll be happy to respond to any other points on the subject via pm).
In terms of playing with other people, I can see how my points may have been lost, so I will attempt to reword them once more if you\'ll read on.
Do we have to be face to face with a person to communicate and play together? Of course not. That\'s what online gaming is all about. Taking that further, do we need to have a real time connection with a person to communicate and play together? I say no.
These forums, for instance, are the life blood of this community and they are not in real time. In fact, their real time equivalent (IRC) is a joke compared to the information kept here. No global community could work over IRC alone - at least not with the efficiency of a forum... Then again, we do have both don\'t we?
Talking in person is better than talking over the phone is better than reading letters, but that doesn\'t mean I\'m going to stop reading books just because it\'s possible for me to listen to a live storyteller.
Sometimes it\'s just easier to sit down by yourself with a good book late at night when no one\'s up to chat with you.
With that said, I\'ll tie up this last attempt to push the idea - if it\'s so hard to sell that I\'m drawing the flames of a respectable member of the community like you, it\'s not worth the effort. I\'ll continue looking into it\'s potential in private.
P.S. Back when I developed games our goal was usually to create something fun, we never seemed to mind changing our concept as long as we could keep to the deadlines.
