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<LI><em>To</em>: "'<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>'" <<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Trusting the Client (Re: Laws of Online World D esign)</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: "Koster, Raph" <<A HREF="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 11:59:53 -0500</LI>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: quzah [sotfhome] [<A HREF="mailto:quzah#softhome,net">mailto:quzah#softhome,net</A>]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 1998 11:26 AM
> To: mud-dev#kanga,nu
> Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Trusting the Client (Re: Laws of Online World D
> esign)
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> From: Koster, Raph <rkoster#origin,ea.com> on Tuesday,
> October 20, 1998 at 8:49
> AM
> Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Trusting the Client (Re: Laws of
> Online World D esign)
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> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Vadim Tkachenko [<A HREF="mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org">mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org</A>]
> >> Sent: Monday, October 19, 1998 10:29 PM
> >> To: mud-dev#kanga,nu
> >> Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Trusting the Client
> >I have NEVER seen a game where
> >prevalence of hack programs was regarded as a good thing by
> either the
> >designers or the playerbase as a whole.
> >
> >-Raph
>
>
> The character backup program for Diablo(tm) for online playing.
> I believe some of these allowed you to duplicate items, but the
> one I had around did not. Thus, it was handy when you wanted to
> play by yourself, or in a locked game with a pal and didn't want
> to worry about all of the cheaters coming in and slaughtering
> you. Shrug.
> -Q-
A new law? "Hacks breed other hacks." What you're saying is that since
you regarded the prevalence of hacks as a problem, you welcomed a hack
that minimized their impact. My statement stands :)
-Raph
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00271" HREF="msg00271.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Trusting the Client (Re: Laws of Online World D esign)</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Tue 20 Oct 1998, 15:04 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00278" HREF="msg00278.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Trusting the Client (Re: Laws of Online World D esign)</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00272" HREF="msg00272.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Trusting the Client (Re: Laws of Online World D esign)</A></strong>,
quzah [sotfhome] <a href="mailto:quzah#softhome,net">quzah#softhome,net</a>, Tue 20 Oct 1998, 16:24 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00276" HREF="msg00276.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Trusting the Client (Re: Laws of Online World D esign)</A></strong>,
Steve Sparks <a href="mailto:ssparks#enigma,sss.org">ssparks#enigma,sss.org</a>, Tue 20 Oct 1998, 17:49 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00273" HREF="msg00273.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Trusting the Client (Re: Laws of Online World D esign)</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00256" HREF="msg00256.html">[MUD-Dev] GameStorm</A></strong>,
Matthew R. Sheahan <a href="mailto:chaos#crystal,palace.net">chaos#crystal,palace.net</a>, Tue 20 Oct 1998, 01:55 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00258" HREF="msg00258.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: GameStorm</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</a>, Tue 20 Oct 1998, 02:39 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00245" HREF="msg00245.html">[MUD-Dev] FW: Book?</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Mon 19 Oct 1998, 16:34 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00223" HREF="msg00223.html">[MUD-Dev] OT: TTYQuake</A></strong>,
Niklas Elmqvist <a href="mailto:d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se">d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se</a>, Fri 16 Oct 1998, 05:41 GMT
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