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<LI><em>From</em>: "Jon A. Lambert" <<A HREF="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 23:35:00 -5</LI>
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On 15 Apr 98 at 19:28, Vadim Tkachenko wrote:
> Richard Woolcock wrote:
> >
> > Just imagine the chaos you could cause if each player/team had their own
> > 'version' of the map ;) You could also have things like deathtrap rooms,
> > anti-gravity rooms (fall upwards), pits (fall downwards), teleportation
> > rooms, and so on...depends how obscure you want the world to be.
>
> But the question is, do you really want the world do be SO obscure? What
> is a point? Once again, IMHO it should be predictable enough to motivate
> the exploration - well, probably the things you're talking about just
> shouldn't be accessible for newbies, because it may just repel them (you
> get tired quickly, if you don't feel you're in control or at least have
> a clue of what's going on).
>
In general, exploration has tended to be highly over-valued as a game
design direction on this list. In Matt's proposed mud, I would think
the desire for exploration would merely be a side-effect of trying to
gain a small tactical advantage and be of relatively short duration
and usefulness.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00181" HREF="msg00181.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] There can be.. only ONE!</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Wed 15 Apr 1998, 18:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00184" HREF="msg00184.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] There can be.. only ONE!</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Wed 15 Apr 1998, 21:24 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00189" HREF="msg00189.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] There can be.. only ONE!</A></strong>,
Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org">vt#freehold,crocodile.org</a>, Thu 16 Apr 1998, 02:18 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00191" HREF="msg00191.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] There can be.. only ONE!</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 16 Apr 1998, 03:31 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00198" HREF="msg00198.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] There can be.. only ONE!</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Thu 16 Apr 1998, 17:26 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00190" HREF="msg00190.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] There can be.. only ONE!</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org">matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Thu 16 Apr 1998, 02:20 GMT
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