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<LI><em>From</em>: Dan Shiovitz <<A HREF="mailto:dans#drizzle,com">dans#drizzle,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 22:24:48 -0800 (PST)</LI>
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On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, Travis Casey wrote:
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> > 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. >:->
>
> Yep... I'll note that all the popular mud codebases seem to be stuck
> in the late 70's or early 80's, as far as RPG design goes (speaking,
> as I usually am, in terms of paper RPGs).
Sure, but that's because the move in the 90's has been towards more
freeform, less rule-intensive, more GM-moderated systems. In other words,
exactly the wrong type of thing for muds to implement.
> |\ _,,,---,,_ Travis S. Casey <efindel#io,com>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00398" HREF="msg00398.html">[MUD-Dev] (no subject)</A></strong>,
Michael Seifert <a href="mailto:ms#pentia,dk">ms#pentia,dk</a>, Fri 19 Nov 1999, 18:27 GMT
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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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<LI><strong><A NAME="00429" HREF="msg00429.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] (no subject)</A></strong>,
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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="00440" HREF="msg00440.html">Re: Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] (no subject)</A></strong>,
Dan Shiovitz <a href="mailto:dans#drizzle,com">dans#drizzle,com</a>, Mon 22 Nov 1999, 18:55 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00456" HREF="msg00456.html">Re: Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] (no subject)</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Mon 22 Nov 1999, 23:02 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00458" HREF="msg00458.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] (no subject)</A></strong>,
Mik Clarke <a href="mailto:mikclrk#attglobal,net">mikclrk#attglobal,net</a>, Tue 23 Nov 1999, 03:37 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00451" HREF="msg00451.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] (no subject)</A></strong>,
Travis S. Casey <a href="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</a>, Mon 22 Nov 1999, 20:25 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00399" HREF="msg00399.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Player statistics calculation</A></strong>,
B. Schulte <a href="mailto:bs#hamburg,roses.de">bs#hamburg,roses.de</a>, Fri 19 Nov 1999, 18:26 GMT
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