"Similar things had worked in text-based MUDs of the time." Not really, in my experience. In MUDs with unrestricted player killing, in-game policing did very l

"Similar things had worked in text-based MUDs of the time." Not really, in my experience. In MUDs with unrestricted player killing, in-game policing did very little to stop it (unless you count intervention from immortals/wizards, I.e. admins)