We did do the Malaki event, but you need to understand the context: A Tale in the Desert II was a non-combat game about building a perfect society in the face of social challenges constructed by the developers. There were challenges that required game-wide cooperation (building the Seven Great Works), while a mysterious stranger ("Gharib," played by me) did things to cause turmoil among players. Malaki was (as many players suspected) one of Gharib's agents, though the event was constructed to make this uncertain.
Players had a number of tools to deal with Malaki, including the lawmaking process and the power of the Demi-Pharaoh. Either of these could have banned Malaki from the game, but players were reluctant to do so because there was a chance that the rare goods he offered would somehow advance (shortcut) the technology tree. It was a genuine case of moral ambiguity. More details about the event itself are here:
http://web.archive.org/web/20081203221126/http://wiki.atitd.net/tale2/TheTraderMalaki
Though neither formal tool was used, community leaders created enough social pressure on would-be defectors to run Malaki out of town, thereby "winning" the scenario.
ATITD explored all sorts of socially difficult puzzles, including the acquisition of power ("The Test of the Demi-Pharaoh,") online trust ("The Test of Marriage,") Monopolies ("The Test of the Funerary Temple"), the tragedy of the commons (mushroom ecology) and addiction (Speed of the Serpent.)
A Tale in the Desert, now in it's 6th telling, still runs, though most of my attention these days is on Dragon's Tale.
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Yes, Teppy.
That's.. horrible. Guess I'm never playing here.
Yes, Teppy.
FYI, the developer behind this is also responsible for this gem:
I'll be voting with my Bitcoins.
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A Tale in the Desert, owned and operated by Andrew Tepper (also known as Teppy and Pharaoh, in-game) of eGenesis, sponsored and condoned a game-wide event that introduced sexual discrimination, upsetting a large portion of female players. The event was known throughout the game as "The Trader Malaki" in which a character named Malaki traveled throughout Egypt trading rare goods. Players lined up,waiting a great deal of time, to trade with Malaki but when a female character's turn to trade came, she was greeted with comments such as "Who is your master?", refusing to trade good with her stating that he did not trade with "slaves." As the event continued, female characters were continually treated to defamatory slurs and sexual discrimination, inciting a riot within the game.
I'll be voting with my Bitcoins.
The owner of Dragon's Tale did that?
Seems to be a problem to reach the servers in CR at the moment.
sounds like something coinchat would do to there users 
I believe those gender roles are switched though. Flash a bit of tit and you get paid monthly
sounds like something coinchat would do to there users
FYI, the developer behind this is also responsible for this gem:
I'll be voting with my Bitcoins.
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A Tale in the Desert, owned and operated by Andrew Tepper (also known as Teppy and Pharaoh, in-game) of eGenesis, sponsored and condoned a game-wide event that introduced sexual discrimination, upsetting a large portion of female players. The event was known throughout the game as "The Trader Malaki" in which a character named Malaki traveled throughout Egypt trading rare goods. Players lined up,waiting a great deal of time, to trade with Malaki but when a female character's turn to trade came, she was greeted with comments such as "Who is your master?", refusing to trade good with her stating that he did not trade with "slaves." As the event continued, female characters were continually treated to defamatory slurs and sexual discrimination, inciting a riot within the game.
I'll be voting with my Bitcoins.
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In the last week we've been in The Guardian, Joystiq, Gamasutra - how many other gambling games can say that?
After 2.5 years in development, the world's first gambling MMORPG enters Beta on Friday, July 12, 2013, 12:00 Noon EDT.
We'll be celebrating all weekend with tournaments, drinks & cigars, and special player awards. Everyone included in this newsletter has created a character in Dragon's Tale, or in our other game, "A Tale in the Desert," but many of you have not been in Dragon's Tale in some time. Dragon's Tale now has:
* 61 gambling games, all novel
* A Level System based on completing gambling quests
* Dragon's Treasures, which are bundles of Bitcoins earned at a rate based on your Level
* A Mentorship system where your students can earn Dragon's Treasures for you
* A Tournament system that allows luck games to be played at an advantage (and much more)
* A Governance system that allows private control of a part of Dragon's Tale
We'll celebrate Beta with over 10 BTC worth of giveaways. Some of these will be freeroll tournaments, and others will be most accessible to those that deposit. Which brings up another new Dragon's Tale feature...
Dragon's Tale now accepts credit cards, for anyone playing from outside the United States. Within the game we now have ATMs where you can buy Bitcoins (Dragon's Tale's native currency) with a credit card, and cash out your winnings to that same card. US players are still welcome when playing directly with Bitcoins.
It will be great to see everyone back - this should be a wonderful weekend.
Teppy ("Di")
Standard Stuff:
Download Dragon's Tale from http://www.dragons.tl
After 2.5 years in development, the world's first gambling MMORPG enters Beta on Friday, July 12, 2013, 12:00 Noon EDT.
We'll be celebrating all weekend with tournaments, drinks & cigars, and special player awards. Everyone included in this newsletter has created a character in Dragon's Tale, or in our other game, "A Tale in the Desert," but many of you have not been in Dragon's Tale in some time. Dragon's Tale now has:
* 61 gambling games, all novel
* A Level System based on completing gambling quests
* Dragon's Treasures, which are bundles of Bitcoins earned at a rate based on your Level
* A Mentorship system where your students can earn Dragon's Treasures for you
* A Tournament system that allows luck games to be played at an advantage (and much more)
* A Governance system that allows private control of a part of Dragon's Tale
We'll celebrate Beta with over 10 BTC worth of giveaways. Some of these will be freeroll tournaments, and others will be most accessible to those that deposit. Which brings up another new Dragon's Tale feature...
Dragon's Tale now accepts credit cards, for anyone playing from outside the United States. Within the game we now have ATMs where you can buy Bitcoins (Dragon's Tale's native currency) with a credit card, and cash out your winnings to that same card. US players are still welcome when playing directly with Bitcoins.
It will be great to see everyone back - this should be a wonderful weekend.
Teppy ("Di")
Standard Stuff:
Download Dragon's Tale from http://www.dragons.tl
Thanks for the update. Will keep trying and checking back.
When I try, I use elaunch and fltk-client.dynamic alternately in case there are any changes to be dl'd
Scarecrow
When I try, I use elaunch and fltk-client.dynamic alternately in case there are any changes to be dl'd
Scarecrow
Di said the server in Costa Rica is down and he's not sure why. He's still looking into it.
Herb here 
Down here, too. Boo, hiss.
yea im also having problem, can't get in either at the moment
Having login difficulties, anybody else?
scarecrow
scarecrow
Beta was fun, can we go back to Alpha now?
Lag and crash, lag and crash, now can't get in at all.
Lag and crash, lag and crash, now can't get in at all.
Back online for me.
Is anyone able to get into DT right now?
I'm down again. Anyone else?
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