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EVE Online Economist: Scarcity Is The Basis Of Fun

The key to MMO economics, and the basic elements of fun gameplay boils down to the idea of resource scarcity causing necessary conflict, according to EVE Online's in-house Economist, Dr. Eyjólfur "Eyjo" Guđmundsson. As Edward Castronova wrote in his book Synthetic Worlds, "the very process of making choices under scarcity is enjoyable."

Edited by vel on 22-Feb-2008 at 09:40am: Minor edits

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From: Butyful on 22-Feb-2008 at 10:35am

Its true..scarcity is what drives people's desire to obtain.

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