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In <<A HREF="msg00507.html">Pine.GSO.3.95q.970812164742.1864C-100000@uhunix2</A>>, on 08/12/97
at 08:04 PM, Nathan Yospe <yospe#hawaii,edu> said:
>On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Matt Chatterley wrote:
>:I'm pleased with it; I dislike the notion that each object contains a
>:finite amount of magical, which can be so strictly measured.
>Heh. Reminds me of the sentivores of... geeze, what was that book?
>One of Hambly's... they homed in on thought, so the only way to
>survive them was to stop thinking.
I recall the trick not being not thinking, but yourself a rather
prickly or otherwise uninteresting plant. This helped of course as
the sentivores were blind.
Such a trick would certainly add an interesting dimension to a game.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00462" HREF="msg00462.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user1,inficad.com">nightfall#user1,inficad.com</a>, Mon 11 Aug 1997, 12:36 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00464" HREF="msg00464.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00507" HREF="msg00507.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00516" HREF="msg00516.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Wed 13 Aug 1997, 06:35 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00566" HREF="msg00566.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 14 Aug 1997, 20:51 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00581" HREF="msg00581.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 14 Aug 1997, 22:11 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00597" HREF="msg00597.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Fri 15 Aug 1997, 06:26 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00600" HREF="msg00600.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues</A></strong>,
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Fri 15 Aug 1997, 06:56 GMT
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