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<LI><em>From</em>: Matt Chatterley <<A HREF="mailto:matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org">matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org</A>></LI>
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On Mon, 4 May 1998, J C Lawrence wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Apr 1998 12:51:45 +0000 (GMT)
> Matt Chatterley<matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, J C Lawrence wrote:
[Extensive lawn-mowing]
> >>>>>> Nahh. Everybody is *ALWAYS* anonymous _except_ to members of
> >>>>>> their own team.
>
> >>>>> So the notion of 'names' doesnt even exist, except within teams?
[Sniplet]
> > Which leaves me at having a 'name' for the login, but which does not
> > necessarily connect to characters.
>
> Nope. They can log in as their character name -- its just that once
> in-game characters don't resolve to their character names. eg:
>
> Login: bubba
> Password: **********
>
> Welcome to OverTask!
Okay, I see what you're saying. When you look at someone, they don't auto
ID. Easy to do. Perhaps this would work well combined with semi-automated
recognition stuff. You can mark a certain number of unknowns with
'nicknames' (for insance 'quarry'). Perhaps have a piece of kit that
handles this, to restrict it.
> > score
> Kills Deaths Assists
> Boffo: 28 16 37
> Bubba: 5 213 2
> ...etc
*nod* Things refer to name and so forth, but the namespace is organised so
that you don't get:
Boffo is standing here, polishing his AK-47.
And so forth. Mind you, this isn't a huge problem if I take a graphical
approach. :) It's tricker to actually add textual labels to *known*
people!
> > "Damn, need to stop getting killed!
> > play
> ...parachute sequence into game world...
> > who
> Boffo
> Bubba
> ...etc
> Someone suddenly appears ahead of you! They shoot! You're hit!
> Ouch. You are dead.
> > score
> Kills Deaths Assists
> Boffo: 29 16 37
> Bubba: 5 214 2
> ...etc
>
> You can figure out who killed from the score change, but in-game you
> can't resolve character names to bodies.
*nod*
> > I think I'll move 'persistant communication' (bulletin boards etc)
> > to a pre-character login state (account), after which you can choose
> > a name to play under. Hmm.
>
> <shrug> I agree that it should be outside the game world, but you need
> to keep the feature set minimal. You need something very clean and
> simple, sparse even -- otherwise you'll end up with Wallowing
> Monstrosity Mark II.
Yeah. This is all most likely utterly unnecessary. With a custom client,
ICQ-like features could be (optionally) added, and so forth. All this can
be handled away from the server (this reduces the load, if nothing else
:P). It also makes it a lot easier to get the server up and running, and
to keep it 'clean'.
> Consider: You could add a full feature introduction and naming system
> such as I've discussed and proposed here many times. It would even be
> argued as being "useful". The problem is that it does not forward the
> basic mechanics or functions of the game. Its fluff. Its a
> distraction.
Yup.
[Snippage]
> Boffo was anonymous until you joined his team. Bernie of course was
> not a member of team Smashers and so remained anonymous outside of the
> score changes.
Yeah. Adding nametags of some sort to team members, and allowing 'tagging'
of a few unknowns seems the best approach developed so far. Interesting
stuff (ish).
- --
Regards,
-Matt Chatterley
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.." -John Lennon (Imagine)
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<LI><STRONG>[MUD-Dev] Re: There can be.. only ONE! (fwd)</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00614" HREF="msg00614.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: There can be.. only ONE! (fwd)</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org">matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Fri 24 Apr 1998, 17:13 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00240" HREF="msg00240.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: There can be.. only ONE! (fwd)</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Wed 29 Apr 1998, 21:05 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00266" HREF="msg00266.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: There can be.. only ONE! (fwd)</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org">matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Thu 30 Apr 1998, 11:53 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00362" HREF="msg00362.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: There can be.. only ONE! (fwd)</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Mon 04 May 1998, 12:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00415" HREF="msg00415.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: There can be.. only ONE! (fwd)</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org">matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Wed 06 May 1998, 05:15 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00308" HREF="msg00308.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: There can be.. only ONE! (fwd)</A></strong>,
Ling <a href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk</a>, Fri 01 May 1998, 22:16 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00327" HREF="msg00327.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: There can be.. only ONE! (fwd)</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org">matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Sat 02 May 1998, 15:40 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00480" HREF="msg00480.html">[MUD-Dev] (fwd) CODE RELEASE: [client] Jcrossclient - java client to "crossfire"</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Thu 23 Apr 1998, 21:38 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00451" HREF="msg00451.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Gentle Reminder</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Thu 23 Apr 1998, 19:42 GMT
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