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<LI><em>From</em>: Matt Chatterley <<A HREF="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 13:09:08 +0000 (GMT)</LI>
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On Fri, 19 Sep 1997 clawrenc#cup,hp.com wrote:
> In <<A HREF="msg01231.html">199709170525.AAA09363#dfw-ix9,ix.netcom.com</A>>, on 09/17/97
> at 08:45 AM, "Jon A. Lambert" <jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com> said:
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> >You mention the amassing of player armies. The cost and logistics in
> > labor and resources would be vast. The effects of this on local
> >economies can be both explosive and devastating, even excluding the
> >effects of actual warfare (the old guns or butter issues). Then
> >there's those elusive things called morale, training, and readiness
> >which might make it all for naught.
>
> I would note in passing that medieval armies often numbered under 100
> men, and rarely were more than a few hundred. I recall something to
> the effect of the Battle of Hastings having less than 100 total
> participants...
I don't profess to know much here. :)
I can't imagine players under our system massing HUGE forces and
mobilising them in one place (that is the key notion) - it probably
wouldn't be necessary. If it is for something they want to do, the costs
will be high. A superb soldier can account for several poor or untrained
soldiers - the only snag is that the superb ones are a lot more expensive.
In any case, the notion of 'armies' particularly their size and so forth
will be romanticised somewhat in many places. :)
Regards,
-Matt Chatterley
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"Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics." -?
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01374" HREF="msg01374.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Affecting the world</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Mon 22 Sep 1997, 23:26 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01401" HREF="msg01401.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Affecting the world</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Wed 24 Sep 1997, 00:04 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01263" HREF="msg01263.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Affecting the world</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 18 Sep 1997, 19:15 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01302" HREF="msg01302.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Affecting the world</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Sat 20 Sep 1997, 00:01 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="01315" HREF="msg01315.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Affecting the world</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Sat 20 Sep 1997, 12:09 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01234" HREF="msg01234.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Affecting the world</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user2,inficad.com">nightfall#user2,inficad.com</a>, Wed 17 Sep 1997, 15:10 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="01238" HREF="msg01238.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Affecting the world</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Wed 17 Sep 1997, 18:37 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01264" HREF="msg01264.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Affecting the world</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 18 Sep 1997, 20:04 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01304" HREF="msg01304.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Affecting the world</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Sat 20 Sep 1997, 00:02 GMT
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