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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Family, was characters per account</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Matthew Mihaly <<A HREF="mailto:the_logos#achaea,com">the_logos#achaea,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 00:18:52 +0000 (GMT)</LI>
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On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Shawn Halpenny wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 06:58:32PM +0000, Matthew Mihaly wrote:
> > On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Phillip Lenhardt wrote:
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> [ ... ]
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> > > But suppose that every script a player writes is available to everyone
> > > else (which obviously precludes the "script trade" economy). Then having a
> > > "killer script" is at best a momentary advantage.
> >
> > So if everyone is going to have "the" killer script, why bother?
>
> So once I have "the" killer mud engine, why should you all bother?
Because what people want in a mud engine differs significantly. Mud
engines are complicated things. You could make a scripting language in a
mud quite complicated and capable, thus allowing any sort of golden path
to be obscured, but you are dooming yourself to having few players. (which
may or may not be a bad thing depending on your goals.) If we're talking
incredibly small niche audience as your goal, then sure, it could work,
but it would be a total waste of time in a big game.
--matt
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00184" HREF="msg00184.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Family, was characters per account</A></strong>,
Kevin Scott London <a href="mailto:london#cs,utk.edu">london#cs,utk.edu</a>, Tue 11 Apr 2000, 22:06 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00180" HREF="msg00180.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Family, was characters per account</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:the_logos#achaea,com">the_logos#achaea,com</a>, Tue 11 Apr 2000, 21:25 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00183" HREF="msg00183.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Family, was characters per account</A></strong>,
Kevin Littlejohn <a href="mailto:darius#connect,com.au">darius#connect,com.au</a>, Tue 11 Apr 2000, 21:51 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00185" HREF="msg00185.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Family, was characters per account</A></strong>,
Shawn Halpenny <a href="mailto:malachai#iname,com">malachai#iname,com</a>, Tue 11 Apr 2000, 22:06 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00188" HREF="msg00188.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Family, was characters per account</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:the_logos#achaea,com">the_logos#achaea,com</a>, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 01:09 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00182" HREF="msg00182.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Family, was characters per account</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00195" HREF="msg00195.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Family, was characters per account</A></strong>,
Jeff Freeman <a href="mailto:SkeptAck#antisocial,com">SkeptAck#antisocial,com</a>, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 04:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00137" HREF="msg00137.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Player controller justice systems</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Mon 10 Apr 2000, 23:12 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00143" HREF="msg00143.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Player controller justice systems</A></strong>,
Travis Nixon <a href="mailto:tnixon#avalanchesoftware,com">tnixon#avalanchesoftware,com</a>, Tue 11 Apr 2000, 02:05 GMT
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