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<H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Fear of magic (was:Usability and interface)</H1>
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On 09/11/97 at 06:22 PM, "Jon A. Lambert" <jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com> said:
>On 9 Nov 97 at 11:00, Marian Griffith wrote:
>> Why grant players powers above those the guards enjoy. If players can
>> have little fortresses that others find it impossible to enter then
>> why not a town as well?
>Good point. The only answer I can think of, is that players have
>feelings. Mud monsters, well, they're made out of rubber. ;)
One could champion the idea of reducing players to the level of
monsters/NPC's as part of the game definition...
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00243" HREF="msg00243.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fear of magic (was:Usability and interface)</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Wed 05 Nov 1997, 18:46 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00240" HREF="msg00240.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fear of magic (was:Usability and interface)y</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user2,inficad.com">nightfall#user2,inficad.com</a>, Wed 05 Nov 1997, 08:56 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00261" HREF="msg00261.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fear of magic (was:Usability and interface)</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Sun 09 Nov 1997, 16:34 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00268" HREF="msg00268.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fear of magic (was:Usability and interface)</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Mon 10 Nov 1997, 02:07 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00581" HREF="msg00581.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fear of magic (was:Usability and interface)</A></strong>,
coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Tue 09 Dec 1997, 18:37 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00586" HREF="msg00586.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fear of magic (was:Usability and interface)</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Tue 09 Dec 1997, 19:50 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00624" HREF="msg00624.html">Players as Monsters/NPCs</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Wed 10 Dec 1997, 07:09 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00651" HREF="msg00651.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Players as Monsters/NPCs</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Wed 10 Dec 1997, 21:56 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00683" HREF="msg00683.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Players as Monsters/NPCs</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 11 Dec 1997, 05:44 GMT
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