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<LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI>
<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Mudschool</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Richard Woolcock <<A HREF="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 14 May 1998 19:16:42 -0700</LI>
<LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI>
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Travis S. Casey wrote:
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> On Tue, 12 May 1998, Richard Woolcock wrote:
>
> > Enter your name: Bubba
> > New character! Enter a password: *****
> > [Press enter to enter the game]
>
> The "enter your name" prompt is something that's always bothered me about
> many muds. The first time I ever got on a mud, I saw "enter your name",
> and naturally entered "Travis Casey" (after all, it's asking for *my*
> name, not a *character's* name). It then told me that names could only be
> one word. So I entered "Travis".
[snip]
> The moral is: explain things clearly during character generation.
Agreed - the example above was just to demonstrate a point. I have
the following in my mud:
[snip my greeting screen]
Please enter your Out Of Character (OOC) nickname: KaVir
Character does not exist. Please remember you are only allowed one character.
Create a new character called KaVir? (Y/N): y
Your password should be unique to this mud, and must be known only to you.
Please enter a unique password for KaVir:
Please retype password for confirmation:
[snip menu creation system]
It still a bit ambigous about the name I suppose...
KaVir.
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MUD-Dev: Advancing an unrealised future.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00519" HREF="msg00519.html">[MUD-Dev] Mudschool</A></strong>,
Ling <a href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk</a>, Tue 12 May 1998, 15:18 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00521" HREF="msg00521.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mudschool</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Tue 12 May 1998, 18:21 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00534" HREF="msg00534.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mudschool</A></strong>,
Ling <a href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk</a>, Wed 13 May 1998, 08:01 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00570" HREF="msg00570.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mudschool</A></strong>,
Travis S. Casey <a href="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</a>, Thu 14 May 1998, 12:50 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00579" HREF="msg00579.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mudschool</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Thu 14 May 1998, 18:12 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00616" HREF="msg00616.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mudschool</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Fri 15 May 1998, 20:58 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00593" HREF="msg00593.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: CGDC, a summary</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Fri 15 May 1998, 00:58 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00503" HREF="msg00503.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: mudschools</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Mon 11 May 1998, 19:23 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00568" HREF="msg00568.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: mudschools</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org">matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Thu 14 May 1998, 10:17 GMT
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