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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Battle Systems</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Matthew Mihaly <<A HREF="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 19:40:33 -0700 (PDT)</LI>
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On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Richard Ross wrote:
> > Philip Loguinov -- Draymoor wrote:
> >
> > Basicly, get rid of the auto attack function in a battle.
> > If two players initiate combat, then don't do anything, nothing will
> happen.
> > They will dance arround each other and thats it.
>
> This reminds me of the ancient Japanese samurai, whose duels would consist
> of standing before each other, each waiting to react to the other's move.
> Eventually one would either concede defeat and walk away (not a blow
> exchanged), or one would strike (9 times out of 10 causing a critical or
> mortal wound in the first attack). If the fight continued (rare) it would
> be a fluffy of blows and blocks until one samurai was left standing.
>
> Of course, in mass combat a samurai was a killing machine, cutting a swathe
> through the enemy. None of the above applied, and usually only sheer weight
> of numbers (or another samurai) would stop him.
>
> That little historical tidbit was to demonstrate that Philip's system would
> work great in duels (between players or intelligent monsters), but falls
> down on mass combat. Of course, not everyone likes mass-combat in
> "musterisks".
Um, all that demonstrates is that it worked well in real life. Because
something works well in real life doesn't mean it's going to work well in
a text based medium.
--matt
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00022" HREF="msg00022.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Attracting players</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00000" HREF="msg00000.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Battle Systems</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00003" HREF="msg00003.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Battle Systems</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00013" HREF="msg00013.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Battle Systems</A></strong>,
Richard Ross <a href="mailto:rross#rross,eurobell.co.uk">rross#rross,eurobell.co.uk</a>, Mon 04 Oct 1999, 21:56 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00052" HREF="msg00052.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Battle Systems</A></strong>,
Greg Miller <a href="mailto:gmiller#classic-games,com">gmiller#classic-games,com</a>, Thu 14 Oct 1999, 18:07 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00004" HREF="msg00004.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Battle Systems</A></strong>,
Batis <a href="mailto:bat_geor#mail,hol.gr">bat_geor#mail,hol.gr</a>, Mon 04 Oct 1999, 18:54 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00005" HREF="msg00005.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Battle Systems</A></strong>,
Mik Clarke <a href="mailto:mikclrk#attglobal,net">mikclrk#attglobal,net</a>, Mon 04 Oct 1999, 18:54 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00051" HREF="msg00051.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Battle Systems</A></strong>,
Greg Miller <a href="mailto:gmiller#classic-games,com">gmiller#classic-games,com</a>, Thu 14 Oct 1999, 18:07 GMT
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