<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing) --> <!--X-From-R13: Pra Uerrne <terrneNploreuvtujnl.arg> --> <!--X-Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 18:33:14 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 3757244C.28AD29D9#cyberhighway,net --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 199906030220.TAA15991#proxy3,ba.best.com --> <!--X-Reference: 199906030832.BAA28492#proxy3,ba.best.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net"> </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="msg00469.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00471.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00454.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00475.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00470">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00470">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00470">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</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] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Ben Greear <<A HREF="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 17:56:44 -0700</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:greear#burrito,cyberhighway.net">greear#burrito,cyberhighway.net</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> Matthew Mihaly wrote: > > At 11:09 PM 6/2/99 -0700, Caliban wrote: > >On 07:10 PM 6/2/99 -0700, I personally witnessed Matthew Mihaly jumping up > >to say: > >> > >>As an example, in 4 seconds, I may have to: > >> > >> light pipe > >> smoke pipe > >> apply mending to left arm > >> apply mending to right arm > >> charge death > >> fling death at <target> > >> > >>If you can type the equivalent of that much text, without error, in 4 > >>seconds, while under pressure, then I bow to you as the Master Typist that > >>you are =). > > > >Oh yeah?! Well, I give you the finger for making a combat system that > >requires that! ;) > > > >Seriously, if your combat system requires that many commands of that length > >and complexity to be typed in that short a time, it's pretty badly broken. > >You have designed a combat system that it is humanly impossible to use > >effectively. Your MUD is designed to be played by machines. Not people. > > Chuckle, if I wasn't so secure in the knowledge that I have created a > combat system that will wallop the shit out of anything I've ever seen or > heard of, I wouldn't be so confident in my assertion that though I Heh, the first thing that I'd do if I wanted to do battle on your server would be to get tt++ fired up and make a whole shitload of macros to get rid of needless/implied commands.... Combat should be almost NOTHING about typing commands. If that is an edge, then a bot will be able to whip a human every time...cause computers type really fast and never screw up (if your script is good...) Ben -- Ben Greear (greear#cyberhighway,net) <A HREF="http://www.primenet.com/~greear">http://www.primenet.com/~greear</A> Author of ScryMUD: mud.primenet.com 4444 (Released under GPL) <A HREF="http://www.primenet.com/~greear/ScryMUD/scry.html">http://www.primenet.com/~greear/ScryMUD/scry.html</A> _______________________________________________ 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="00475" HREF="msg00475.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Matthew Mihaly <sarapis#achaea,com></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00437" HREF="msg00437.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Matthew Mihaly <sarapis#achaea,com></LI></UL></LI> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00454" HREF="msg00454.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Matthew Mihaly <sarapis#achaea,com></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00469.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00471.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00454.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00475.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00470"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00470"><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>RE: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00426" HREF="msg00426.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Thu 03 Jun 1999, 04:14 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00437" HREF="msg00437.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>, Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:sarapis#achaea,com">sarapis#achaea,com</a>, Thu 03 Jun 1999, 05:56 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00444" HREF="msg00444.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>, Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Thu 03 Jun 1999, 06:16 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00454" HREF="msg00454.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>, Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:sarapis#achaea,com">sarapis#achaea,com</a>, Thu 03 Jun 1999, 15:59 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00470" HREF="msg00470.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Fri 04 Jun 1999, 01:33 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00475" HREF="msg00475.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>, Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:sarapis#achaea,com">sarapis#achaea,com</a>, Fri 04 Jun 1999, 05:54 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00476" HREF="msg00476.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>, Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Fri 04 Jun 1999, 06:17 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00483" HREF="msg00483.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>, Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Fri 04 Jun 1999, 15:40 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00491" HREF="msg00491.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Fri 04 Jun 1999, 18:49 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </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>