<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia --> <!--X-From-R13: X Q Znjerapr <pynjNxnatn.ah> --> <!--X-Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 19:34:51 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: E0zM1F5-0000L8-00#mail,kanga.nu --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.SGI.3.96.980923143653.23802B-100000#zazu,angel.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu"> </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="msg01174.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01176.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg01159.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01173.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#01175">Author</A> | <A HREF="#01175">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#01175">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</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: Medievia </LI> <LI><em>From</em>: J C Lawrence <<A HREF="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 19:34:50 -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> On Wed, 23 Sep 1998 14:40:46 -0700 (PDT) Adam Wiggins<adam#angel,com> wrote: > I consider it "accessable" to the average mudder, not to just > anyone. I found it to be mostly identical to stock diku except > everything was more overdone. The colors, like you say, the spam > (since there are a lot of people online and a lot of things going on > all the time), a map which was nearly identical to ones I was > already familar with (such as the one AnotherMUD had been using for > years and the one found in the "Operation Overkill II" BBS door > game), etc. > I think your average ROM player logs on and says, "Wow, this is just > like what I know, only bigger, brighter, and busier!" So they stay. This would seem a direct echo of Keegan's assertion both here and in his JOMR article that familiarity and least change/surprise are critical keys to success in MUD variations (he probably has a more succint statement back in the archives). -- J C Lawrence Internet: claw#null,net ----------(*) Internet: coder#ibm,net ...Honourary Member of Clan McFud -- Teamer's Avenging Monolith... </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="01159" HREF="msg01159.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Adam Wiggins <adam#angel,com></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01174.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: META: What are you looking for in this list?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01176.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: META: What are you looking for in this list?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01159.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01173.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#01175"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#01175"><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: let's call it a spellcraft</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="01332" HREF="msg01332.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: let's call it a spellcraft</A></strong>, S. Patrick Gallaty <a href="mailto:patrick#gric,com">patrick#gric,com</a>, Mon 28 Sep 1998, 17:19 GMT </LI> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01136" HREF="msg01136.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Wed 23 Sep 1998, 15:30 GMT <UL> <li><Possible follow-up(s)><br> <LI><strong><A NAME="01149" HREF="msg01149.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Wed 23 Sep 1998, 19:29 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01159" HREF="msg01159.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Wed 23 Sep 1998, 21:35 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01175" HREF="msg01175.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</a>, Thu 24 Sep 1998, 02:34 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01173" HREF="msg01173.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</A></strong>, James Wilson <a href="mailto:jwilson#rochester,rr.com">jwilson#rochester,rr.com</a>, Thu 24 Sep 1998, 00:41 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01134" HREF="msg01134.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Spellchecking</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Wed 23 Sep 1998, 15:18 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="01131" HREF="msg01131.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: META: who are we?/What are you looking for?</A></strong>, Michael.Willey <a href="mailto:Michael.Willey#abnamro,com">Michael.Willey#abnamro,com</a>, Wed 23 Sep 1998, 14:33 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="01127" HREF="msg01127.html">[MUD-Dev] [CUSTOM] ScryMUD Source release 1.6.0</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Wed 23 Sep 1998, 06:46 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>