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<H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</H1>
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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Ben Greear <<A HREF="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 17:56:44 -0700</LI>
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Matthew Mihaly wrote:
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> At 11:09 PM 6/2/99 -0700, Caliban wrote:
> >On 07:10 PM 6/2/99 -0700, I personally witnessed Matthew Mihaly jumping up
> >to say:
> >>
> >>As an example, in 4 seconds, I may have to:
> >>
> >> light pipe
> >> smoke pipe
> >> apply mending to left arm
> >> apply mending to right arm
> >> charge death
> >> fling death at <target>
> >>
> >>If you can type the equivalent of that much text, without error, in 4
> >>seconds, while under pressure, then I bow to you as the Master Typist that
> >>you are =).
> >
> >Oh yeah?! Well, I give you the finger for making a combat system that
> >requires that! ;)
> >
> >Seriously, if your combat system requires that many commands of that length
> >and complexity to be typed in that short a time, it's pretty badly broken.
> >You have designed a combat system that it is humanly impossible to use
> >effectively. Your MUD is designed to be played by machines. Not people.
>
> Chuckle, if I wasn't so secure in the knowledge that I have created a
> combat system that will wallop the shit out of anything I've ever seen or
> heard of, I wouldn't be so confident in my assertion that though I
Heh, the first thing that I'd do if I wanted to do battle on your
server would be to get tt++ fired up and make a whole shitload of
macros to get rid of needless/implied commands.... Combat should be
almost NOTHING about typing commands. If that is an edge, then a bot
will be able to whip a human every time...cause computers type really
fast and never screw up (if your script is good...)
Ben
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00426" HREF="msg00426.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Thu 03 Jun 1999, 04:14 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00437" HREF="msg00437.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:sarapis#achaea,com">sarapis#achaea,com</a>, Thu 03 Jun 1999, 05:56 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00444" HREF="msg00444.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Thu 03 Jun 1999, 06:16 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00454" HREF="msg00454.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:sarapis#achaea,com">sarapis#achaea,com</a>, Thu 03 Jun 1999, 15:59 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00470" HREF="msg00470.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>,
Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Fri 04 Jun 1999, 01:33 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00475" HREF="msg00475.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:sarapis#achaea,com">sarapis#achaea,com</a>, Fri 04 Jun 1999, 05:54 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00476" HREF="msg00476.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Fri 04 Jun 1999, 06:17 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00483" HREF="msg00483.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Fri 04 Jun 1999, 15:40 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00491" HREF="msg00491.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Languages (slightly offtopic, was Text Parsing)</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Fri 04 Jun 1999, 18:49 GMT
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