<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Elder Games --> <!--X-From-R13: [nggurj [vunyl <qvnoybNorfg.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 03:40:41 -0800 --> <!--X-Message-Id: Pine.BSF.4.05.9903161123010.21735-100000#shell9,ba.best.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 19990315191941.K25217#futuresouth,com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] Elder Games</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:diablo#best,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="msg00604.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00606.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00612.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00615.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00605">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00605">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00605">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Elder Games</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] Elder Games</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Matthew Mihaly <<A HREF="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 11:33:07 -0800 (PST)</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> On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > > One of my big beefs with this course is the power differentials it gives > you. To make your 'older' players go for it, you either have to make it > attractive to them (more power), or force them into it (which just isn't > going to fly). As you keep adding more tiers, you have to increase the > power at each tier. So you end up with this massive different between a > 'level 1' who happens to be a '15th mort/gen/tier/whatever', and even a > 'level 10' on their 1st time through, to the point that the 'old' player > can be linkdead, and the 'new' player can be an excellent tactician, and > the 'new' player will still get utterly slaughtered. Is that necessarily > bad? No, because the 'older' player has been there, put in the time, and > earned their power. Is this seriously the case in most muds? A linkdead player can actually win against someone who isn't linkdead? *boggle*. I don't see how this is possible, unless you're assuming that all muds use auto-combat (which, thankfully, is not the case). --matt _______________________________________________ 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="00615" HREF="msg00615.html">[MUD-Dev] On the topic of Mud AI</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Leif Hardison <leif#marblehead,com></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00598" HREF="msg00598.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Elder Games</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> "Matthew D. 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Fuller <a href="mailto:fullermd#futuresouth,com">fullermd#futuresouth,com</a>, Mon 15 Mar 1999, 17:27 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00603" HREF="msg00603.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Elder Games</A></strong>, B. Scott Boding <a href="mailto:sboding#fcicom,com">sboding#fcicom,com</a>, Tue 16 Mar 1999, 10:05 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00612" HREF="msg00612.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Elder Games</A></strong>, Michael Hohensee <a href="mailto:michael#sparta,mainstream.net">michael#sparta,mainstream.net</a>, Tue 16 Mar 1999, 13:39 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00605" HREF="msg00605.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Elder Games</A></strong>, Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Tue 16 Mar 1999, 11:40 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00615" HREF="msg00615.html">[MUD-Dev] On the topic of Mud AI</A></strong>, Leif Hardison <a href="mailto:leif#marblehead,com">leif#marblehead,com</a>, Tue 16 Mar 1999, 15:25 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00616" HREF="msg00616.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] On the topic of Mud AI</A></strong>, Andrew Norman <a href="mailto:andrewn#rsdmail,tait.co.nz">andrewn#rsdmail,tait.co.nz</a>, Tue 16 Mar 1999, 16:11 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00629" HREF="msg00629.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] On the topic of Mud AI</A></strong>, Nicholas Lee <a href="mailto:N.J.Lee#statslab,cam.ac.uk">N.J.Lee#statslab,cam.ac.uk</a>, Wed 17 Mar 1999, 09:51 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00600" HREF="msg00600.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Elder Games</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Mon 15 Mar 1999, 19:16 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>