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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] An Introduction</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Greg Miller <<A HREF="mailto:gmiller#classic-games,com">gmiller#classic-games,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 04:01:30 -0500</LI>
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Jeremy Music \"Sterling\" wrote:
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> On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Greg Miller wrote:
> >
> > I'd like to see a good western. The hard part is providing something fun
> > to do without requiring hand-made quests or violating the western theme
> > by allowing people to kill by the hundreds the way we do on
> > fantasy-themed muds. There just isn't enough room for a couple hundred
> > gunfighters in one western town.
>
> Ideas for a western mud that don't suck:
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> You're under seige at the Alamo.
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> You're laying seige to the Alamo.
>
> You're fighting off an indian invasion.
>
> You're fighting in an indian invasion.
Well, the problem all of these share is that they don't result in a
stable state, and it's pretty hard to imagine doing them in a plausible
way. Players tend to act independently, and these all call for heavy
organization. It's pretty similar to the problem with having a western
town setting where players mow down every innocent bystander for xp.
People are used to the silliness of fantasy muds, while you'd have a
harder time getting them to not laugh at the same things in a western
mud.
> Classes? Pinkerton Detective, Gunslinger, Marshall, Outlaw, etc.
Classes? Bleah.
> You will piss somebody off if you have indians, perhaps one of the reasons
> it hasn't really been done. The wild west just wasn't very politically
> correct.
I don't see that being a problem. Depending on how you handle player
control, either they get PK'd into oblivion or you simply delete them.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00284" HREF="msg00284.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] An Introduction</A></strong>,
Greg Miller <a href="mailto:gmiller#classic-games,com">gmiller#classic-games,com</a>, Mon 13 Sep 1999, 17:53 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00303" HREF="msg00303.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] An Introduction</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00310" HREF="msg00310.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] An Introduction</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Tue 14 Sep 1999, 23:16 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00313" HREF="msg00313.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] An Introduction</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00452" HREF="msg00452.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] An Introduction</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00226" HREF="msg00226.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] An Introduction</A></strong>,
Albert <a href="mailto:artfulbob#mindspring,com">artfulbob#mindspring,com</a>, Wed 08 Sep 1999, 22:19 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00292" HREF="msg00292.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] An Introduction</A></strong>,
Ilya, SCC, Game Commando <a href="mailto:Ilya#gamecommandos,com">Ilya#gamecommandos,com</a>, Mon 13 Sep 1999, 22:22 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00296" HREF="msg00296.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] An Introduction</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Tue 14 Sep 1999, 01:17 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00315" HREF="msg00315.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] An Introduction</A></strong>,
Hess, Ian (Ian) *CTR* <a href="mailto:ihess#lucent,com">ihess#lucent,com</a>, Wed 15 Sep 1999, 18:29 GMT
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