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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Adam Wiggins <<A HREF="mailto:nightfall#user2,inficad.com">nightfall#user2,inficad.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 16:32:10 -0700 (MST)</LI>
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[Stephen Zepp:]
> I am wondering about the inconviencience of walking into a store and
> seeing 20 different sword descriptions, 100 pieces of armor, and 35
> types of helmets...NONE with names until I "name" them...don't get me
> wrong, I like the idea, but ( I may have missed it ), couldn't _most_
> text style interaction have some sort of "auto-naming" convention to
> keep you from having to name 150 objects in a room that you may never
> see again?
You're confusing 'name' with description. The situation you describe
should look like so:
] n
You enter Arms 'R' Us.
This is a large, bare room. On one wall are mounted quite a few different
swords. On another wall there is a myriad of armor. On a third wall are
several dozen helmets.
Bubba the shopkeeper is standing here.
] look swords
There seem to be around 20 different swords. Most of them are typical
longswords, but you notice two particularly rusty swords, three short-swords,
two claymores, and a rapier.
] get short
You get a shortsword from the wall.
Bubba says, 'That's an excellent weapon for any use. Sold to me by an older
hobbit fellow younger today, he said it served him quite well.'
] examine short
You take a close look at the shortsword.
It weighs around six stones. The blade is about three handsbreath long.
The hilt is wrapped in leather. Delicate paterns are etched into the
well-worn blade. It could use some sharpening.
]
Bubba says, 'Only fifty coppers for that fine item.'
] name sword Sting
You will now call the shortsword 'Sting'.
] l in purse
You have three copper pieces.
] doh
] return short
You return the shortsword to its spot on the wall.
Bubba says, 'You'll regret giving up such a bargain, my friend..'
] l
This is a large, bare room. On one wall are mounted quite a few different
swords, one of which you recognize as the shortsword Sting. On another
wall there is a myriad of armor. On a third wall are several dozen helmets.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00737" HREF="msg00737.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00755" HREF="msg00755.html">Introductions and</A></strong>,
s001gmu <a href="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu">s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</a>, Fri 12 Dec 1997, 21:37 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00821" HREF="msg00821.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and</A></strong>,
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Stephen Zepp <a href="mailto:zoran#enid,com">zoran#enid,com</a>, Fri 12 Dec 1997, 23:41 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00801" HREF="msg00801.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user2,inficad.com">nightfall#user2,inficad.com</a>, Sat 13 Dec 1997, 23:18 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00803" HREF="msg00803.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Sun 14 Dec 1997, 00:34 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00807" HREF="msg00807.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and</A></strong>,
Stephen Zepp <a href="mailto:zoran#enid,com">zoran#enid,com</a>, Sun 14 Dec 1997, 01:47 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00808" HREF="msg00808.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Sun 14 Dec 1997, 02:42 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00809" HREF="msg00809.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and</A></strong>,
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