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Re: [MUD-Dev] Containing automation?
On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Charles Hughes wrote:
> You can't spam someone with trigger text if the trigger is linked to beginning
> of lines UNLESS you are allowing users to mimic game output. This is a much
> more
> serious problem than bots will ever be. If you do allow users to mimic game
> output, then how can a user ever know that something he sees is real?
>
Somewhat off topic, but an amusing note...
*laughing mischeviously* I recall posting to the message boards and mud
mailing "time bombs" to get around this when I was playing muds. Was real
fun when people had triggers set up to check and read mail they got as
well :P I tended to have fun with people who overused triggers ;)
-Katrina
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- Thread context:
- RE: [MUD-Dev] Containing automation?, (continued)
- RE: [MUD-Dev] Containing automation?,
Koster, Raph rkoster#origin,ea.com, Tue 20 Jul 1999, 23:16 GMT
- Re: [MUD-Dev] Containing automation?,
Katrina McClelan kitkat#marcus,pants.nu, Wed 21 Jul 1999, 07:51 GMT
- Re: [MUD-Dev] Containing automation?,
Katrina McClelan kitkat#marcus,pants.nu, Wed 21 Jul 1999, 08:08 GMT
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