<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: Character evolution --> <!--X-From-R13: E001U[GNabin.jevtug.rqh --> <!--X-Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 13:27:11 +0000 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 01INJTD1GWUQ8Y680T#nova,wright.edu --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: Character evolution</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:S001GMU#nova,wright.edu"> </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="msg01187.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01189.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00851.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01195.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#01188">Author</A> | <A HREF="#01188">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#01188">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: Character evolution</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>: Re: Character evolution</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:S001GMU#nova,wright.edu">S001GMU#nova,wright.edu</A></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 09:25:53 -0500 (EST)</LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 15:05:48 +0000 (PST8PDT) From: clawrenc#cup,hp.com >In <<A HREF="msg01121.html">199709060518.AAA06755#dfw-ix5,ix.netcom.com</A>>, on 09/06/97 > at 01:19 AM, "Jon A. Lambert" <jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com> said: > >>On 31 Aug 97 at 8:52, coder#ibm,net wrote: > >>> How about if Bubba instead nukes an entire city from a remote >>> location? BOOM! __Everything__, and I mean __everything__ is gone. >>> Okay, you're doing a fantasy world, not atomic physics. make that >>> instead of a nuke, a huge fireball that Bubba has been constructing >>> and massing for years, the equivalent of a large meteor strike. BOOM! >>> Instant miles of wastleand. >>> > >>Let's see... I think the only thing left standing would be players in >>the city who are members of non-PK clans. They could then rat on >>Bubba. ;) > >Why, of course! so, the non-PK'ers survive... >But Bubba didn't PK them! He merely used a generic MUD-tool (the >nuke) to obliterate a large portion of the land. All the PK-clan >members in the area of course immediately died with suitable karma and >points awarded to Bubba. The non-PK'ers found themselves standing in >a vast ocean of boiling magma with all oxygen consumed by the roiling >fireball above, and asphyxiated while munching on their well cooked PK >brethren. so... the non-PK'ers DON'T survive ... ? which is it? > Of course a few might struggle to the sides of the >devastated area, but by that time the rock would harden, leading to a >fine supply of life-like statuary surrounding the blast zone which >Bubba could make a nice profit on in the moaning lawn ornament >business. The blast doesn't directly kill them, but the resulting changes in the environment do... So, a PK'er can not directly kill a Non-PK'er, but they can alter the environment in such a way that the Non-PK'er dies? How is that any differnt from a slightly more complicated way of putting a sword thru the Non-PK'er? -Greg </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="01203" HREF="msg01203.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Character evolution</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Adam Wiggins <nightfall#user1,inficad.com></li></ul> <li><strong><A NAME="01195" HREF="msg01195.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Character evolution</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> clawrenc#cup,hp.com</li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01187.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud Games</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01189.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud Games</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00851.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] META: Attributions and Eudora</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01195.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Character evolution</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#01188"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#01188"><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] Re: Character evolution</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00854" HREF="msg00854.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Character evolution</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sat 30 Aug 1997, 03:10 GMT </LI> </ul> </ul> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00868" HREF="msg00868.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Character evolution</A></strong>, coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Sun 31 Aug 1997, 05:16 GMT </LI> </ul> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00750" HREF="msg00750.html">META: Attributions and Eudora</A></strong>, clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Wed 27 Aug 1997, 00:27 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00851" HREF="msg00851.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] META: Attributions and Eudora</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sat 30 Aug 1997, 01:56 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </ul> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="01188" HREF="msg01188.html">Re: Character evolution</A></strong>, S001GMU <a href="mailto:S001GMU#nova,wright.edu">S001GMU#nova,wright.edu</a>, Fri 12 Sep 1997, 13:27 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01195" HREF="msg01195.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Character evolution</A></strong>, clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Fri 12 Sep 1997, 20:41 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01203" HREF="msg01203.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Character evolution</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user1,inficad.com">nightfall#user1,inficad.com</a>, Sat 13 Sep 1997, 08:57 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01204" HREF="msg01204.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] PK again (was: Character evolution)</A></strong>, Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Sat 13 Sep 1997, 14:26 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01206" HREF="msg01206.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] PK again (was: Character evolution)</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user1,inficad.com">nightfall#user1,inficad.com</a>, Sat 13 Sep 1997, 23:45 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </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>