#1 Offline communications

[J.D. Luke]

A weakness of <i>many</i> MORPGs has been
communication between characters. Even when we
have adequate tools for in-game communication, out-of-
game communication is often a challenge. Official and
Third Party web sites and messageboards can help pick
up the slack, but people, I'm sure we can do better than
this.

Let's think about IM interfaces, since we can exploit
GAIM or other open sourced communication products.
Let's think about IRC integration. Let's think about in-
game messageboard access...

In short, let's provide an immersive and comprehensive
enough environment to minimize the frustration and
maximize the fun.