<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: New to this mailing list --> <!--X-From-R13: Dvpuneq Ibbypbpx <YnHveNqvny.cvcrk.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 19:44:36 +0000 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 33EFDD57.3FE5#dial,pipex.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, New to this mailing list</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00464.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00466.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00488.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00492.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00465">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00465">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00465">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>New to this mailing list</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: New to this mailing list</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Richard Woolcock <<A HREF="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 20:49:43 -0700</LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> Hello all, I have just recently been invited to this list by Martin Keegan. Although it was suggested I just read the posts for a week or so, I'm afraid I'm somewhat impatient - particularly when I see messages that I'd love to reply to. Therefore I will give a brief introduction... My name - as is obvious from my mail address - is Richard Woolcock. I am 22, graduated a year ago, and have been working as a Software Engineer for just over 9 months. I started writing text-based games when I was about 12, on my fathers BBC micro, and have never looked back. I got into mudding at university, and was eventually made an imm on a friends MUD. He opened up a stock envy, and made a few changes, just for a bit of fun. I found him a site, and the mud went on from there. He eventually tired of mudding and the mud vanished. However in the mean time I had downloaded a stock Merc2.1 to 'teach myself how to code muds (tm)'. I also taught myself C at the same time (which is how I got a grade B in 'C' programming despite only handing in half the coursework and missing most of the lectures while mudding ;) The MUD proved very popular, and my coding ability grow. The MUD I now run - Dark City - is based on that very same old code...almost 4 years on. I know a lot of you are anti-stock (particularly Mr Greg Munt), but as far as 'stock based' muds are concerned, my mud is hardly generic. About 85-90% of the total code was written by myself. The mud is based on the World of Darkness, has no levels, classes or races. As per WoD I have vampires (with over 180 powers), werewolves, and half-finished mages (no spells as such, they type what they want to do and it happens - keyword checking). And no, I don't have any stock areas. I'm currently in Beta testing, but hope to be done by the end of September (not that I believe I'll ever finish the mud - I just want to have it fully playable). I have got a huge amount of other 'features', but I don't want to make this look like an advert. If you ARE interested, then I don't mind opening a few of my ideas up for criticism (anyone else coded mudsex, with the chance of pregnancy and child birth?). KaVir. </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00609" HREF="msg00609.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] New to this mailing list</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Marian Griffith <gryphon#iaehv,nl></li></ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00492" HREF="msg00492.html">NPC Ecologies [was 'New to this mailing list']</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Greg Munt <greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00464.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00466.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] C&C and Event Rescheduling</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00488.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] New to this mailing list</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00492.html">NPC Ecologies [was 'New to this mailing list']</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00465"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00465"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] C&C and Event Rescheduling</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="01227" HREF="msg01227.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] C&C and Event Rescheduling</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Tue 16 Sep 1997, 16:22 GMT </LI> </ul> </ul> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00482" HREF="msg00482.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] New to this mailing list</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Tue 12 Aug 1997, 06:06 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00487" HREF="msg00487.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] New to this mailing list</A></strong>, Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Tue 12 Aug 1997, 16:41 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00488" HREF="msg00488.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] New to this mailing list</A></strong>, Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Tue 12 Aug 1997, 17:18 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00465" HREF="msg00465.html">New to this mailing list</A></strong>, Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Mon 11 Aug 1997, 19:44 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00492" HREF="msg00492.html">NPC Ecologies [was 'New to this mailing list']</A></strong>, Greg Munt <a href="mailto:greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk">greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk</a>, Tue 12 Aug 1997, 18:19 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00565" HREF="msg00565.html">OT: Invite Batzing?</A></strong>, clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 14 Aug 1997, 20:48 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00609" HREF="msg00609.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] New to this mailing list</A></strong>, Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Fri 15 Aug 1997, 19:17 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01046" HREF="msg01046.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] New to this mailing list</A></strong>, Martin Keegan <a href="mailto:martin#cam,sri.com">martin#cam,sri.com</a>, Wed 03 Sep 1997, 11:44 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>