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Re: [MUD-Dev] Justifying twinking
F. Randall Farmer wrote:
> I haven't been able to complete a _single_ adventure/story game since
> Wizardry in 1984 without referring to either a hint book/friend
> (pre-internet) or a walkthru (since internet) at LEAST once.
These represent knowledge. Something I am a proponent of trading. The
issue I was attempting to address was the need for material goods.
> I've walked away from MANY adventure games because I had to go
> back for the "cheat" one to many times (or didn't have any help.)
Perfect example of why I choose to devoid MMORPGs of _player_ skill and/or
reflex
> This is all besides the point. Single player games -aren't- MPGs, for
> reasons
> outlined by many others here (including Ryan.)
My intent was not to compare the two but rather contrast the mentalities of
rugged determination vs. lack thereof
> Oh yeah, in _social_ situations, Raphs comments have been confirmed over
> and over: Get newbies in touch with an experienced user within 2 minutes,
> and the chance of getting an "active" user increase at least 10 fold.
On this point, there is no contest from me :)
~Ryan Palacio
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- Thread context:
- Re: [MUD-Dev] Justifying twinking, (continued)
- Re: [MUD-Dev] Justifying twinking,
Ryan Palacio rpalacio#verant,com, Wed 19 Apr 2000, 01:34 GMT
- Re PRIVATE [MUD-Dev] Justifying twinking,
Kristen L. Koster koster#eden,com, Wed 19 Apr 2000, 02:33 GMT
- Re: [MUD-Dev] Justifying twinking,
F. Randall Farmer randy#communities,com, Wed 19 Apr 2000, 03:42 GMT
- RE: [MUD-Dev] Justifying twinking,
Raph Koster rkoster#austin,rr.com, Wed 19 Apr 2000, 18:55 GMT
- Re: [MUD-Dev] Justifying twinking,
Ryan Palacio rpalacio#verant,com, Wed 19 Apr 2000, 18:55 GMT
- RE: [MUD-Dev] Justifying twinking,
Raph Koster rkoster#austin,rr.com, Wed 19 Apr 2000, 18:55 GMT
- Re: [MUD-Dev] Justifying twinking,
Timothy Dang tdang#U,Arizona.EDU, Wed 19 Apr 2000, 01:44 GMT
- Re: [MUD-Dev] Justifying twinking,
Frank Crowell maddog#maddog,com, Wed 19 Apr 2000, 18:55 GMT
Re: [MUD-Dev] banning the sale of items,
Par Winzell zell#alyx,com, Sun 16 Apr 2000, 22:29 GMT
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