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<LI><em>From</em>: Mike Sellers <<A HREF="mailto:mike#online-alchemy,com">mike#online-alchemy,com</A>></LI>
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At 03:03 PM 12/14/97 PST8PDT, coder#ibm,net wrote:
>>ok, better question, what if I want to name both of them bubba, in
>>defference to their requests to be named as such?
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>That's where the rub currently lies. I don't have a solution I like yet.
>The nickname etc type pattern I just suggested to Sellers might be an
>acceptable solution.
I have a cold, which might account for this evil thought: if you allowed
for this sort of naming, you could easily create a race of, say, fairly
powerful but extremely contrary elves, each of whom *demands* that you call
him or her "Zinfandel" -- and that you not call any *other* elves by this
name.
This could easily degenerate into a Buckaroo Banzai-like situation, with
everyone named John <something>. It could be confusing and frustrating,
especially if your ability to tell these individuals apart was not perfect,
but it could be amusing too ("Only *I* am Zinfandel. All of these others
are confused!" or "I'm not John Smallberries, I'm John Bigbooty!").
More Sudafed, I think...
Mike Sellers mike#online-alchemy,com
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00780" HREF="msg00780.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.comNOSPAM">KaVir#dial,pipex.comNOSPAM</a>, Sat 13 Dec 1997, 17:45 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00837" HREF="msg00837.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and</A></strong>,
Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vadimt#4cs,com">vadimt#4cs,com</a>, Mon 15 Dec 1997, 15:54 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00858" HREF="msg00858.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Thu 18 Dec 1997, 09:06 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00868" HREF="msg00868.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and</A></strong>,
Mike Sellers <a href="mailto:mike#online-alchemy,com">mike#online-alchemy,com</a>, Thu 18 Dec 1997, 18:52 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00887" HREF="msg00887.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Sat 20 Dec 1997, 02:27 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00931" HREF="msg00931.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00310" HREF="msg00310.html">Naming and descriptions (was Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and descriptions)</A></strong>,
Mike Sellers <a href="mailto:mike#online-alchemy,com">mike#online-alchemy,com</a>, Tue 18 Nov 1997, 19:40 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00313" HREF="msg00313.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Wed 19 Nov 1997, 08:14 GMT
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