<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves --> <!--X-From-R13: xbfgreNrqra.pbz (Yevfgra Ybfgre) --> <!--X-Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 11:01:09 -0800 --> <!--X-Message-Id: v02130500b2ea2a3fc872@[208.240.161.132] --> <!--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: pet peeves</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:koster#eden,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="msg00385.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00387.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00393.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00387.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00386">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00386">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00386">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</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: pet peeves</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:koster#eden,com">koster#eden,com</A> (Kristen Koster)</LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 13:01:37 -0600</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> At 10:10 AM 2/12/99, Caliban Tiresias Darklock wrote: >-----Original Message----- >From: Marc Bowden <ryumo#merit,edu> >To: mud-dev#kanga,nu <mud-dev#kanga,nu> >Date: Friday, February 12, 1999 6:53 AM >Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves > > >> but running any codebase at >>all responsibly makes us brothers in arms of a sort. > [bbs example snipped] >Nope. I discontinued guest SysOp privileges. > >And the overall average quality of MUD imms is certainly a good deal lower >today than the quality of BBS SysOps was in 1990. I think there's a big difference between sitting down and talking with someone about the approach to running a mud and giving them full unbridled rein of the place. I personally love the people who log on for the first time saying, "I love this place! Can I build here?" Our standard answer is "Feel free to propose and area once you reach level 45." -Kristen Koster Kaige of LegendMUD kaige#mud,sig.net koster#eden,com </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00387" HREF="msg00387.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> <diablo#best,com></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00385.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00387.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00393.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00387.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00386"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00386"><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: pet peeves</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00382" HREF="msg00382.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Thu 11 Feb 1999, 23:52 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00383" HREF="msg00383.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</A></strong>, diablo <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Fri 12 Feb 1999, 00:43 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00385" HREF="msg00385.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</A></strong>, Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Fri 12 Feb 1999, 18:12 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00393" HREF="msg00393.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</A></strong>, Apocalypse <a href="mailto:apocalypse#pipeline,com">apocalypse#pipeline,com</a>, Fri 12 Feb 1999, 21:30 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00386" HREF="msg00386.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</A></strong>, Kristen Koster <a href="mailto:koster#eden,com">koster#eden,com</a>, Fri 12 Feb 1999, 19:01 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00387" HREF="msg00387.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</A></strong>, diablo <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Fri 12 Feb 1999, 19:50 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00389" HREF="msg00389.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</A></strong>, Brandon A Downey <a href="mailto:badowney#sprynet,com">badowney#sprynet,com</a>, Fri 12 Feb 1999, 20:46 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00392" HREF="msg00392.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</A></strong>, diablo <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Fri 12 Feb 1999, 21:26 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00399" HREF="msg00399.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</A></strong>, Darren Henderson <a href="mailto:darren#jasper,somtel.com">darren#jasper,somtel.com</a>, Sat 13 Feb 1999, 03:55 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </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>