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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Implementing god.</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: "Adam J. Thornton" <<A HREF="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 10:45:31 -0400</LI>
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On Sat, Sep 12, 1998 at 11:51:53AM +0100, Marian Griffith wrote:
> Adam's basic assumption is wrong. You do not go to the mud to work. You
> go there to talk to people, create things and maybe look around. It is
> much more like going to a cafe than going to work.
Oh, I agree utterly with this. That would be a far more entertaining way
to spend time. Albeit it may turn UO (for instance) into an expensive IRC.
What I don't think I like is UO's skill model, where, as I understand it,
you have to click eleventy-billion times to be able to make a nice-looking
suit of clothes. It's that whole
first-through-third-level-in-D&D-takes-forever and unless you're playing
among fist-through-third level players rather than higher-level
players-it's-not-much-fun-sort-of-thing.
It's having to practice, practice, practice to become a good tailor that is
realistic but strikes me as likely to cost you players who get bored in the
interim.
I may have vastly misunderstood how Ultima's skills work, however.
Adam
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01002" HREF="msg01002.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Implementing god.</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Thu 10 Sep 1998, 03:56 GMT
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Adam J. Thornton <a href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</a>, Thu 10 Sep 1998, 05:27 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01006" HREF="msg01006.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Implementing god.</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01026" HREF="msg01026.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Implementing god.</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Sat 12 Sep 1998, 15:07 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01028" HREF="msg01028.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Implementing god.</A></strong>,
Adam J. Thornton <a href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</a>, Sat 12 Sep 1998, 15:48 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01030" HREF="msg01030.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Implementing god.</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00468" HREF="msg00468.html">[MUD-Dev] Interesting poll</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00455" HREF="msg00455.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: (Fwd) **NOTICE REGARDING YOUR SEARCHLIGHT SOFTWARE**</A></strong>,
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