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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: stuff that makes me leave (was Re: In game bulletin...)</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Ben Greear <<A HREF="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 17:33:24 -0700 (MST)</LI>
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On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Richard Woolcock wrote:
> Sorry if this is getting off-topic.
>
> Dan Shiovitz wrote:
> >
>
> [snip]
>
> > Forest's Edge hits the correct mid-point between these really well,
> > with a guide that'll say "hi, if you're new, here are a few places
> > to check out", but you can do whatever you want if those don't
> > strike your fancy.)
>
> I checked it out. One of my pet hates is diku muds that don't list
> credits - which is what this mud appears to be. I also found the
> help file extremely lacking - they didn't even have entries for things
> like 'look', 'get', 'drop', 'races' (although there were entries on
> specific races), etc. The classes were the stock four plus the almost-
> stock paladin, monk and ranger. The world appeared original, and the
> mud sported a simple introduction system which I like in roleplay muds,
> although the odd:
I could be wrong, but I was under the impression that they were pretty
much original. I remember logging on when they were young, and it was
definately far from stable.
>
> <20hp 52e 100mv NESW> consider frog
> Attacking and suicide are equivalent.
>
> Frogs...snails...worms...surely a starting character shouldn't be THAT
> weak?
That must be one bad assed frog! :)
Ben Greear (greear#cyberhighway,net) <A HREF="http://www.primenet.com/~greear">http://www.primenet.com/~greear</A>
Author of ScryMUD: mud.primenet.com 4444
<A HREF="http://www.primenet.com/~greear/ScryMUD/scry.html">http://www.primenet.com/~greear/ScryMUD/scry.html</A>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01041" HREF="msg01041.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: stuff that makes me leave</A></strong>,
Mike Sellers <a href="mailto:mike#bignetwork,com">mike#bignetwork,com</a>, Mon 15 Jun 1998, 01:04 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01043" HREF="msg01043.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: stuff that makes me leave</A></strong>,
Robert Woods <a href="mailto:rwoods#nebula,honors.unr.edu">rwoods#nebula,honors.unr.edu</a>, Mon 15 Jun 1998, 04:43 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01107" HREF="msg01107.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: stuff that makes me leave</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org">matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Wed 17 Jun 1998, 15:06 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01039" HREF="msg01039.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: stuff that makes me leave (was Re: In game bulletin...)</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Sun 14 Jun 1998, 23:37 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01040" HREF="msg01040.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: stuff that makes me leave (was Re: In game bulletin...)</A></strong>,
Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Mon 15 Jun 1998, 00:38 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01054" HREF="msg01054.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: stuff that makes me leave (was Re: In game bulletin...)</A></strong>,
Katrina McClelan <a href="mailto:kitkat#the486,bradley.edu">kitkat#the486,bradley.edu</a>, Mon 15 Jun 1998, 22:35 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01056" HREF="msg01056.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: stuff that makes me leave (was Re: In game bulletin...)</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Mon 15 Jun 1998, 23:10 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01058" HREF="msg01058.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: stuff that makes me leave (was Re: In game bulletin...)</A></strong>,
Katrina McClelan <a href="mailto:kitkat#the486,bradley.edu">kitkat#the486,bradley.edu</a>, Mon 15 Jun 1998, 23:42 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01210" HREF="msg01210.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: stuff that makes me leave (was Re: In game bulletin...)</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Fri 26 Jun 1998, 06:30 GMT
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