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<LI><em>From</em>: "Travis S. Casey" <<A HREF="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 14:33:21 -0500 (CDT)</LI>
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On Sat, 2 Oct 1999, Marian Griffith wrote:
> > Indeed so. Any hints beyond dynamic descriptions on how to get
> > good atmosphere? I'm specifically thinking of a dark/brooding
> > atmosphere.
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> Read the master. He was very good at creating that kind of atmosphere
> you are after. Of course that will force you to violate just about
> every rule of room description writing that the purist argue for.
Umm... "read the master" isn't very helpful -- who do you mean? Tolkein?
Lovecraft? Dunsany? Zelazny? All of them created very atmospheric
descriptions, and there are dozens of other authors I haven't mentioned
there...
And, BTW, authors do not violate the rules of good mud description --
mainly because they control the characters as well as the world, so they
can describe feelings on the parts of those characters without stepping on
a player's freedom to decide how his/her character reacts.
You can create atmospheric descriptions without doing that, or by doing it
very subtly -- it's harder that way, but IMHO, it's a better way to go.
I'll try to post with some hints later, but at the moment, my wife's on
the way to pick me up, so I don't have much time to write.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00007" HREF="msg00007.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dynamic muds</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Mon 04 Oct 1999, 18:54 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00015" HREF="msg00015.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dynamic muds</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Mon 04 Oct 1999, 22:08 GMT
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Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Mon 04 Oct 1999, 17:59 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00009" HREF="msg00009.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Attracting players</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00010" HREF="msg00010.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Attracting players</A></strong>,
David Bennett <a href="mailto:ddt#discworld,imaginary.com">ddt#discworld,imaginary.com</a>, Mon 04 Oct 1999, 21:56 GMT
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