It would seem more !FUN (probably more for the game masters than the players themselves) if the game masters disguised as NPCs make powerful attacks that bring the player characters' health down to zero (and destroy/steal some items too)! ๐ฎ๐คฏ๐คฃ
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I don't know, I kind of like the idea of players teaming up to battle a boss NPC being played by an admin. ๐ ๐ ๐ โจ ๐ค
!ALIVE
If that "boss NPC" gets played by a game master or admin, then it no longer remains as an NPC until its human operator logs out !INDEED. ๐ฎ๐คฏ๐ค
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True, but it would be just as fun no matter the nomenclature. ๐๐๐โจ๐ค
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I wonder which among the NPC being played publicly known or secretly by a game master/admin is more !FUN (for the players or for the game admins) though. ๐คฏ๐
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!ALIVE
Who knows? Fun is rather subjective, and if you're asking a question then you need some way to measure the level of fun, which I'd say would be quite challenging indeed, so it's a mute point. ๐๐๐โจ๐ค
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Perhaps those game masters can have a survey of the players who fought game masters as NPC boss enemies, whether such game masters control those NPCs publicly or secretly. ๐ค In the case of secret NPC control though, they should make the survey only after they announce that they indeed took control of such boss monsters. ๐ค
!ALIVE
That seems like a reasonable methodology for collecting useful game data to improve game play. ๐๐๐โจ๐ค
!ALIVE
Survey results can be inaccurate though, as some players could simply try to finish such survey as quickly as possible, especially when anticipating rewards for completing such activity !INDEED. ๐คฏ๐ค
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