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<H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: [IDEAS] Starting from scratch</H1>
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<LI><em>To</em>: "mud-dev" <<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: [IDEAS] Starting from scratch</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: "Ross Nicoll" <<A HREF="mailto:rnicoll#calmar-mud,com">rnicoll#calmar-mud,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 15:38:15 -0000</LI>
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Franklyn Colebrooke, Jr. wrote in a Mail about "[MUD-Dev] [IDEAS] Starting
from scratch":
> 1. maintain quality connections with players in such a manner that it
> will actively ping the players and drop anyone within the admin's described
> margins. If not drop them, then to put them on a holding queue until
> the connection improves.
I have to ask... why? My MUD has a inactivity-timeout of about 10 minutes
(really need to increase that), which does a vaguely similar job, but if you
start dropping users who have slow connections, I think most of them will just
got annoyed and/or bored, and will leave.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00534" HREF="msg00534.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [IDEAS] Starting from scratch</A></strong>,
Ross Nicoll <a href="mailto:rnicoll#calmar-mud,com">rnicoll#calmar-mud,com</a>, Thu 06 Aug 1998, 19:43 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01048" HREF="msg01048.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [IDEAS] Starting from scratch</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 15 Sep 1998, 23:34 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00623" HREF="msg00623.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [IDEAS] Starting from scratch</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org">matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Mon 10 Aug 1998, 10:47 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00532" HREF="msg00532.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [IDEAS] Starting from scratch</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#mail,angel.com">adam#mail,angel.com</a>, Thu 06 Aug 1998, 18:26 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00520" HREF="msg00520.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [IDEAS] Starting from scratch</A></strong>,
Ross Nicoll <a href="mailto:rnicoll#calmar-mud,com">rnicoll#calmar-mud,com</a>, Thu 06 Aug 1998, 15:20 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01010" HREF="msg01010.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [IDEAS] Starting from scratch</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Fri 11 Sep 1998, 02:34 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01018" HREF="msg01018.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [IDEAS] Starting from scratch</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Fri 11 Sep 1998, 18:34 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00494" HREF="msg00494.html">[MUD-Dev] Secrets of the Game Designers</A></strong>,
s001gmu <a href="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu">s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</a>, Wed 05 Aug 1998, 16:51 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00493" HREF="msg00493.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: 3D World Models</A></strong>,
S. Patrick Gallaty <a href="mailto:choke#sirius,com">choke#sirius,com</a>, Wed 05 Aug 1998, 16:12 GMT
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