<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Methods to Reduce Ecological Wipeout --> <!--X-From-R13: [nevna Uevssvgu <telcubaNvnrui.ay> --> <!--X-Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 12:31:46 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: Marcel-1.46-0814202952-b49Ky&5#catling,demon.nl --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.LNX.3.93.980813183404.6678A-100000#pc4,zennet.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: Methods to Reduce Ecological Wipeout</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00720.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00722.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00713.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01345.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00721">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00721">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00721">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Methods to Reduce Ecological Wipeout</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: "'<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>'" <<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Methods to Reduce Ecological Wipeout</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Marian Griffith <<A HREF="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 21:29:52 +0100 (BST)</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> In <URL:<A HREF="news:local.muddev">news:local.muddev</A>> on Fri 14 Aug, Brandon J. Rickman wrote: > And what about natural defenses? > Animals are timid/will try to avoid people. The fact that most muds force you to fight small furry animals who have done nothing to you just so you can become a big bad dragon- slayer if you are so inclined annoys me when I start new on a mud. Especially since I am not at all interested in harming anything. > Prey animals usually hang out in groups, with strong male (whatever) ^^^^^^^^^^ > leaders for protection. Good you moderated yourself or I would have had to @whap you around the ears with my feministic rhetoric ;) > Small furry animals can burrow and hide. Players should in fact rarely see them. But then the question is if you really want them around on the mud. And why do you insist that fresh characters start out being the scourge of furry kind if the real aim is to go out and kil some big bad monsters? The one mudschool I did write did not have the obligate rabbit, lizard, fox and wolves but instead pitted each newbie against other (non player) trainees, pretending of course that they would not be killed for real. > And of course predators will starve if they outnumber the prey. Oh, they will starve long before ;) Marian -- Yes - at last - You. I Choose you. Out of all the world, out of all the seeking, I have found you, young sister of my heart! You are mine and I am yours - and never again will there be loneliness ... Rolan Choosing Talia, Arrows of the Queen, by Mercedes Lackey </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00713" HREF="msg00713.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Methods to Reduce Ecological Wipeout</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> "Brandon J. 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Rickman <a href="mailto:ashes#pc4,zennet.com">ashes#pc4,zennet.com</a>, Fri 14 Aug 1998, 02:50 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00721" HREF="msg00721.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Methods to Reduce Ecological Wipeout</A></strong>, Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Fri 14 Aug 1998, 19:31 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01345" HREF="msg01345.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Methods to Reduce Ecological Wipeout</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 29 Sep 1998, 00:39 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00717" HREF="msg00717.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Methods to Reduce Ecological Wipeout</A></strong>, quzah <a href="mailto:quzah#geocities,com">quzah#geocities,com</a>, Fri 14 Aug 1998, 14:12 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00809" HREF="msg00809.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Methods to Reduce Ecological Wipeout</A></strong>, Damion Schubert <a href="mailto:zjiria#texas,net">zjiria#texas,net</a>, Sat 22 Aug 1998, 03:49 GMT </LI> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00680" HREF="msg00680.html">[MUD-Dev] Re:Methods to Reduce Ecological Wipeout</A></strong>, Michael.Willey <a href="mailto:Michael.Willey#abnamro,com">Michael.Willey#abnamro,com</a>, Wed 12 Aug 1998, 13:02 GMT </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>