<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc - Combat --> <!--X-From-R13: "F. Oyrknaqre Bbcvry" <cbcvryNfahtuneobe.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 07:51:34 -0800 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 199901271551.HAA14468#cashew,snugharbor.com.snugharbor.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 199901262056.OAA15686#oldzoom,bga.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc - Combat</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:popiel#snugharbor,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="msg00304.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00306.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00291.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00325.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00305">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00305">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00305">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc - Combat</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: MUD Design doc - Combat </LI> <LI><em>From</em>: "T. Alexander Popiel" <<A HREF="mailto:popiel#snugharbor,com">popiel#snugharbor,com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 07:51:39 -0800</LI> <LI><em>cc</em>: <A HREF="mailto:popiel#snugharbor,com">popiel#snugharbor,com</A></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 message: <<A HREF="msg00291.html">199901262056.OAA15686#oldzoom,bga.com</A>> "Dr. Cat" <cat#oldzoom,bga.com> writes: > >Or should I be able to talk and talk like now, and if I want to do >something *else* I have to press a button or mumble an arcane prefix? > >I trust that for telephones, the answer is sufficiently obvious that it >requires no debate. I guess you haven't used a CB lately. >I feel that it's the same for MUDs also. Certainly >in every chat system I ever used, talking was the default action, and >people would have been baffled if anyone suggested doing otherwise in an >interface design. All of the multiplayer games like Doom, Starcraft, Civ, etc. that I have seen have talking as a distinctly secondary option that must be prefixed with a special command. >I think that what most MUD >players primarily want to do is talk to other people - and this will only >increase as a focus as the demographics of the Internet shift more and >more away from the early adopters, and towards the demographics of the >average human. I think that this shift is unlikely, since all the gamers are being trained by their other games that talking requires a special action. Of course, it's possible that the populace with self-select into two factions with biases in each direction, leading to different interfaces and expectations, but I doubt that the population is large enough for that to really have an influential effect. - Alex </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="00291" HREF="msg00291.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc - Combat</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> "Dr. Cat" <cat#oldzoom,bga.com></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00304.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Admin skills</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00306.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mud reviewing</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00291.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc - Combat</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00325.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc - Combat</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00305"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00305"><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: MUD Design doc - Combat</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00136" HREF="msg00136.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc - Combat</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Wed 13 Jan 1999, 18:42 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00144" HREF="msg00144.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc - Combat</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Wed 13 Jan 1999, 23:16 GMT </LI> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00158" HREF="msg00158.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc - Combat</A></strong>, quzah [softhome] <a href="mailto:quzah#softhome,net">quzah#softhome,net</a>, Thu 14 Jan 1999, 03:12 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00291" HREF="msg00291.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc - Combat</A></strong>, Dr. Cat <a href="mailto:cat#oldzoom,bga.com">cat#oldzoom,bga.com</a>, Tue 26 Jan 1999, 20:57 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00305" HREF="msg00305.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc - Combat</A></strong>, T. Alexander Popiel <a href="mailto:popiel#snugharbor,com">popiel#snugharbor,com</a>, Wed 27 Jan 1999, 15:51 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00325" HREF="msg00325.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc - Combat</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</a>, Sun 31 Jan 1999, 00:47 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00312" HREF="msg00312.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc - Combat</A></strong>, Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Wed 27 Jan 1999, 22:23 GMT </LI> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00041" HREF="msg00041.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when.</A></strong>, Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Mon 04 Jan 1999, 21:24 GMT <UL> <li><Possible follow-up(s)><br> <LI><strong><A NAME="00045" HREF="msg00045.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when.</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Tue 05 Jan 1999, 18:06 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>