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<LI><em>From</em>: "Jon A. Lambert" <<A HREF="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</A>></LI>
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Ilya wrote:
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>I think I've begun to gain familiarity with the popularity of CoolMUD
>(especially if that may be measured in the number of references to it,
>and recommendations of it). Still, not being a driver programmer, I
>am hesitant to spend much effort on what appears to be an oft-admired
>but otherwise untouched driver. Is there any activity out there that
>recommends it further?
>
I would note that the popularity of a driver is proportional to the
availablity of complete or almost finished game worlds.
In particular, the absence of hardcode or a softcode library that
defines a minimum working set of game mechanics seems to
be a limiting factor in interest rather than a world or areas.
There seems to be a strong aversion toward designing a game
and much less aversion to coding one.
>In other words, I don't mind walking there, or swimming there, or
>whatever, but I am not sure I'm ready to go that way entirely alone.
The only thing that CoolMud lacks is the attentions of a mud game
designer. There are even fewer of those than there are mud coders. >:->
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00423" HREF="msg00423.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] about MOO</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw@cp.net">claw@cp.net</a>, Sat 20 Nov 1999, 03:18 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00408" HREF="msg00408.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] about MOO</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00398" HREF="msg00398.html">[MUD-Dev] (no subject)</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00421" HREF="msg00421.html">[MUD-Dev] (no subject)</A></strong>,
Ilya, Game Commandos <a href="mailto:Ilya@gamecommandos.com">Ilya@gamecommandos.com</a>, Sat 20 Nov 1999, 02:06 GMT
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Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc@ix.netcom.com">jlsysinc@ix.netcom.com</a>, Sun 21 Nov 1999, 01:14 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00431" HREF="msg00431.html">Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] (no subject)</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00399" HREF="msg00399.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Player statistics calculation</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00402" HREF="msg00402.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Player statistics calculation</A></strong>,
Marc Bowden <a href="mailto:ryumo@merit.edu">ryumo@merit.edu</a>, Fri 19 Nov 1999, 20:30 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00409" HREF="msg00409.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Player statistics calculation</A></strong>,
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