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<LI><em>From</em>: "Raph & Kristen Koster" <<A HREF="mailto:koster#eden,com">koster#eden,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 09:40:53 -0600</LI>
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From: J C Lawrence <claw#kanga,nu>
To: <mud-dev#kanga,nu>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field
> Do they really? Will they remember or really be bothered that they
> put in a sword of stats X/Y/Z and that not one of the swords they
> pulled out *quite* matches that, but that they all come somewhere
> close?
Depends on what granularity the stats displayed to the player have. :)
> [snip] There
> remains the possibility of putting 49 mediocre swords and one
> known-excellent sword into the pile and then pulling out 50
> almost-mediocre swords, but that's definitely a corner case that I
> suspect your players will overlook
No, definitely not. :) But as you note, it can be handled.
-Raph
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00664" HREF="msg00664.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Sat 18 Dec 1999, 05:51 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00668" HREF="msg00668.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
Quzah <a href="mailto:quzah#hotmail,com">quzah#hotmail,com</a>, Sat 18 Dec 1999, 17:51 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00680" HREF="msg00680.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00683" HREF="msg00683.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
Quzah <a href="mailto:quzah#hotmail,com">quzah#hotmail,com</a>, Sun 19 Dec 1999, 00:49 GMT
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Raph & Kristen Koster <a href="mailto:koster#eden,com">koster#eden,com</a>, Sat 18 Dec 1999, 17:51 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00620" HREF="msg00620.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00640" HREF="msg00640.html">[MUD-Dev] Souveniers</A></strong>,
Douglas Couch <a href="mailto:dscouch#purdue,edu">dscouch#purdue,edu</a>, Fri 17 Dec 1999, 17:06 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00610" HREF="msg00610.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00630" HREF="msg00630.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#cp,net">claw#cp,net</a>, Fri 17 Dec 1999, 01:09 GMT
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