<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun --> <!--X-From-R13: "dhmnu" <dhmnuNtrbpvgvrf.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:48:12 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 01bdd84e$40fccd00$5187ebcd@k6 --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:quzah#geocities,com"> </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="msg00948.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00950.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00944.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00950.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00949">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00949">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00949">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</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>></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun </LI> <LI><em>From</em>: "quzah" <<A HREF="mailto:quzah#geocities,com">quzah#geocities,com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:52:04 -0700</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> From: Koster, Raph <rkoster#origin,ea.com> on Friday, September 04, 1998 8:19 AM >> From: quzah [<A HREF="mailto:quzah#geocities,com">mailto:quzah#geocities,com</A>] >> Sent: Thursday, September 03, 1998 9:07 PM >> To: mud-dev#kanga,nu >> Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun >Any ambush scenario is. Does that mean you discard all ambush scenarios >from your mud? They are extremely useful for numerous reasons. It's >worth noting that for a full year and a half, the vampire was also the >ultimate test of an advanced character's capability. The first day when >someone "soloed the vamp" was actually a day of great celebration on the >mud, it was broadcast live over the global channels, and the character >who did it has become a legend on the mud, and was even immortalized as >a mob in a "Hall of Legends" subsection of the mud. (Nowadays, the >achievement is commonplace, once the method was demonstrated, and the >vamp is no longer the icon of invincibility it once was. But the OOC >gift shop still sells vampy dolls :) No, I like ambush scenarios. It can provide a great deal of amusment. Take for example the boring old 'etheral knight' out in some swamps in a stock diku area. The first time I had it "poof" into existance, and gate in two vampires... well let's just say it was a surprise to me. On Pirate, they had the hmm.. 'black marble slayer' and 'white marble (something or other)', and they were like that I think... something that only a few had soloed. A great goal to have done I think. >In other words, it was a case where something that was actually of >immense value to the mud was also exploited to the deteriment of the mud >by unscrupulous players. I'd argue that ALL your worst exploits are >going to be of highly desirable features. That's what makes them the >worst. I really wish there was some way to be able to set up scenarios like the vampire where OOC information wouldn't spoil the treat. I guess it's like taking the time to develope one massive maze, and have the first person through it sell off their map to everyone, or post it on a web page. It makes it hard/is very discouraging when you are trying for some neat effect, and people just rip through it without any second thought. >It wasn't a death trap, as noted. Just a very very difficult >situation... Nod. -Q- </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00948.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Wild idea.. :)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00950.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00944.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00950.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00949"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00949"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00913" HREF="msg00913.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Wed 02 Sep 1998, 16:32 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00937" HREF="msg00937.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>, quzah <a href="mailto:quzah#geocities,com">quzah#geocities,com</a>, Fri 04 Sep 1998, 02:03 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00945" HREF="msg00945.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Fri 04 Sep 1998, 18:22 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00944" HREF="msg00944.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Fri 04 Sep 1998, 15:18 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00949" HREF="msg00949.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>, quzah <a href="mailto:quzah#geocities,com">quzah#geocities,com</a>, Fri 04 Sep 1998, 21:48 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00950" HREF="msg00950.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>, quzah <a href="mailto:quzah#geocities,com">quzah#geocities,com</a>, Fri 04 Sep 1998, 23:16 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00954" HREF="msg00954.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>, Damion Schubert <a href="mailto:zjiria#texas,net">zjiria#texas,net</a>, Sat 05 Sep 1998, 01:37 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00955" HREF="msg00955.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>, Damion Schubert <a href="mailto:zjiria#texas,net">zjiria#texas,net</a>, Sat 05 Sep 1998, 01:44 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00956" HREF="msg00956.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>, Damion Schubert <a href="mailto:zjiria#texas,net">zjiria#texas,net</a>, Sat 05 Sep 1998, 01:57 GMT </LI> </ul> </LI> </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>