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[Mikeyj]

[Meta] Can an ARG be too big?

[SpaceBass]

Mu.

[Ehsan]

- ARGs do not have an upper size limit, or any other formal rule or definition which anyone would agree upon, let alone impose.

- Small ARGs can be fun, and massive ARGs can be fun as well. Some players prefer one over the other, and some players enjoy both.

- You can go as big as you want to go.

My personal preference is 2 to 3 months long, requiring an average of 1 hour minutes per day to catch up to all the updates, regardless of whether you spend those 60 minutes reading websites, listening to audio clips, or reading forum spec.

Mu indeed.

[audioslave]

It depends on weither or not the PM wants it to be big or not. If the ARG becomes a run-away and the PM can't catch up with the needs of the players, then ya, it's too big

[Mikeyj]

I think I meant to ask whether enjoyment levels differ...but I think the answer's the same.

I shall have to investigate the Mu archive.

[Giskard]

Although you really should check out the Project MU archive, I think that what Space meant in this case is the Japanese word Mu, which means so much as "there is no answer to your question as it depends on incorrect assumptions"

[European Chris]

[Mikeyj]

I originally thought mu referred to growth of bacteria and how this was analogous to the size of ARG (mu being the specific growth rate of an organism). Now I know that mu is a rubbish answer ...you've left me hanging here! What was wrong with my question...please?

[chippy]

mu is not a rubbish answer, but is really a non-answer, usually given when the question cannot be answered properly. So for example "Do ARGs have an upper size limit?" seems to ask for a yes/no answer. This can't be given, so "mu!".

[European Chris]

[krystyn]

It's quite possible that if one were to discuss whether an ARG can be too large that we would simply whiplash ourselves into several alternate pasts where we try, once more, to define what an ARG is (or is not).

So, in my mind, 'mu' is a lovely and elegantly simple way to respond to a question with such a large scope.

[European Chris]

[krystyn]

"What is large-scale?"

"What is an ARG?"

"What determines the 'too' part of 'too big'?"


If these are not really answerable in a solid form, then yes, 'mu' is entirely acceptable.

[Phaedra]

[European Chris]