<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing --> <!--X-From-R13: ExrcgOpxNnagvfbpvny.pbz (Rhaqrr) --> <!--X-Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 14:39:42 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 37e3ae9d.345306820#mail,airmail.net --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.LNX.4.10.9909171132330.705-100000#gummy,adhesive.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:SkeptAck#antisocial,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="msg00378.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00381.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00518.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00365.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00379">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00379">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00379">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</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] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing </LI> <LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:SkeptAck#antisocial,com">SkeptAck#antisocial,com</A> (Dundee)</LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 21:26:17 GMT</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 Fri, 17 Sep 1999 11:38:20 -0500 (CDT) Fri, 17 Sep 1999 16:12:21 CST, Wes Connell <wconnell#adhesive,com> wrote: > Well it could work out pretty well. Bubba finds the 'Summon Meanthing' > scroll. He scribes it into his spell book. He then makes other scrolls > from that spell and gives the scrolls to his fellow guild members. The [snip] > Say an opposing guild get ahold of the 'Summon Meanthing' spell. They > could then saturate the world with the spell and take away Bubba's guild > secret. It does sound neat, and would probably work on most muds... but on mmorpgs like AC, it's a bloody disaster. I mean, if there are thousands and thousands of players and all of them are just part of the big nameless, faceless crowd, then a LOT of them are going to want - more than spells that work even - to be recognized as Somebodies. And the killer is, it doesn't take a lot of them to publish the info to everyone - it just takes one. I dunno what they were thinking, but this just seemed like a "wow cool idea, now how is the WORST possible way we could implement it? I know! We'll use STATIC DATA! And we'll make the PLAYERS learn and share the spell formulas instead of having their CHARACTERS do it! We rock!" I think they should apply the idea to all the skills: Visit one website to become a better warrior, hit this other website for more rogue skills... Maybe do a promotion with link-exchange where you improve your hit points by visiting the sponsor's site... Oh man... Now I have sarcasm all over my keyboard. -- <A HREF="http://dundee.uong.com/">http://dundee.uong.com/</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> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00366" HREF="msg00366.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Wes Connell <wconnell#adhesive,com></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00378.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Attracting players</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00381.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00518.html">Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00365.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00379"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00379"><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] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00420" HREF="msg00420.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</A></strong>, Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Mon 20 Sep 1999, 19:54 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00421" HREF="msg00421.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</A></strong>, Dundee <a href="mailto:SkeptAck#antisocial,com">SkeptAck#antisocial,com</a>, Mon 20 Sep 1999, 22:34 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00508" HREF="msg00508.html">Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</A></strong>, Travis Casey <a href="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</a>, Mon 27 Sep 1999, 16:58 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00518" HREF="msg00518.html">Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</A></strong>, Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Tue 28 Sep 1999, 14:05 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </ul> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00379" HREF="msg00379.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</A></strong>, Dundee <a href="mailto:SkeptAck#antisocial,com">SkeptAck#antisocial,com</a>, Fri 17 Sep 1999, 21:39 GMT </LI> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00365" HREF="msg00365.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</A></strong>, Dundee <a href="mailto:SkeptAck#antisocial,com">SkeptAck#antisocial,com</a>, Fri 17 Sep 1999, 17:49 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00385" HREF="msg00385.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</A></strong>, Robin Cloutman <a href="mailto:rycochet#free4all,co.uk">rycochet#free4all,co.uk</a>, Fri 17 Sep 1999, 21:20 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00394" HREF="msg00394.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Sat 18 Sep 1999, 02:00 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00418" HREF="msg00418.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</A></strong>, Wes Connell <a href="mailto:wconnell#adhesive,com">wconnell#adhesive,com</a>, Mon 20 Sep 1999, 19:21 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </ul> </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>