<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves --> <!--X-From-R13: Dvpuneq Ibbypbpx <YnHveNqvny.cvcrk.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 09:16:45 -0800 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 36CE1BCC.3934#dial,pipex.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.BSI.4.05L.9902191024030.6553-100000#matrix,eden.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.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="msg00470.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00472.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00470.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00537.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00471">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00471">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00471">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [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>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Richard Woolcock <<A HREF="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 18:19:56 -0800</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Sender</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev-admin#kanga,nu">mud-dev-admin#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> Wes Connell wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Robert Woods wrote: > > > permanent. By that time, they should at least have a bit of power, have > > been able to make some alliances, whether through friendship, common > > guilds/clans/etc., or whatever, and have an idea of how everything works. > > Of course, I've always been a big protector of newbies, anyway :-) > > How instead of an actual breaking point for permadeath just allow a > certain amount of lives. Sorta like a video game. I've never seen that > imp'd into a mud before. When you are a newbie you recieve three lives. > After they are all used up you die. Quests could be used to give extra > lives and such. I once played a mud on which your "constitution" had a chance of decrementing every time you died, eventually resulting in permanent death. I found the system unpleasant to play in, as I'd rather go out with a bang than watch my character slowly fade away. > The problem that I see with a permadeath breaking point is that you would > hardly ever see any characters over level XX. On non-permadeath muds that > allow pkilling only after a certain level XX, the newbies coming out of > the saftey get a very rude awakening when they a slaughtered like the > fresh meat they are. Yes that can be a problem, which is why in my opinion permadeath works much better on levelless muds. KaVir. _______________________________________________ MUD-Dev maillist - MUD-Dev#kanga,nu <A HREF="http://www.kanga.nu/lists/listinfo/mud-dev">http://www.kanga.nu/lists/listinfo/mud-dev</A> </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="00537" HREF="msg00537.html">[MUD-Dev] Elder Games</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Martin C Sweitzer <msew+@andrew.cmu.edu></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00467" HREF="msg00467.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Wes Connell <wconnell#eden,com></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00470.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00472.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00470.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00537.html">[MUD-Dev] Elder Games</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00471"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00471"><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="00419" HREF="msg00419.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</A></strong>, Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Mon 15 Feb 1999, 20:43 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00461" HREF="msg00461.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</A></strong>, Robert Woods <a href="mailto:apathy42#mindless,com">apathy42#mindless,com</a>, Thu 18 Feb 1999, 23:45 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00467" HREF="msg00467.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</A></strong>, Wes Connell <a href="mailto:wconnell#eden,com">wconnell#eden,com</a>, Fri 19 Feb 1999, 16:30 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00470" HREF="msg00470.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</A></strong>, Travis S. Casey <a href="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</a>, Fri 19 Feb 1999, 17:13 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00471" HREF="msg00471.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: pet peeves</A></strong>, Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Fri 19 Feb 1999, 17:16 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00537" HREF="msg00537.html">[MUD-Dev] Elder Games</A></strong>, Martin C Sweitzer <a href="mailto:msew+@andrew.cmu.edu">msew+@andrew.cmu.edu</a>, Fri 12 Mar 1999, 00:56 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00538" HREF="msg00538.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Elder Games</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Fri 12 Mar 1999, 01:23 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00563" HREF="msg00563.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Elder Games</A></strong>, Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Sat 13 Mar 1999, 08:31 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00565" HREF="msg00565.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Elder Games</A></strong>, Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Sat 13 Mar 1999, 08:59 GMT </LI> </UL> </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>