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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field </LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: J C Lawrence <<A HREF="mailto:claw#cp,net">claw#cp,net</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 17:09:16 -0800</LI>
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On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 09:29:11 -0600
Koster, Raph <rkoster#origin,ea.com> wrote:
> J C Lawrence wrote:
>> Its rather sad that UOL's limited world size and population
>> density simply prevent hiding of objects in obscure locations.
> Don't underestimate just how much people want to keep around that
> serves no valid game purpose. Being able to stash it somewhere
> where it won't be found isn't going to help you the admin any. :)
Which is one of the reasons that I'm rather surprised that one of
the larger commercial servers hasn't picked up on the idea of
ur-objects yet. You just gradually decay such stashed objects back
into increasingly generic objects (which consume less and less
storage), and then finally true ur-objects which are merely pointers
to a common definition.
It poses rather jarring verisimilitude problems of course:
But I know this was the Key to Krak last month when I stashed it!
But I suspect the players would rapidly adapt, especially if it was
combined with some sort of non-player based object recycler (cf the
"thief" NPC in many games) that preyed particularly on long-stored
objects.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00633" HREF="msg00633.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#cp,net">claw#cp,net</a>, Fri 17 Dec 1999, 01:29 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00635" HREF="msg00635.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Fri 17 Dec 1999, 04:04 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00620" HREF="msg00620.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
Timothy Dang <a href="mailto:tdang#U,Arizona.EDU">tdang#U,Arizona.EDU</a>, Fri 17 Dec 1999, 00:21 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00610" HREF="msg00610.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
maddog <a href="mailto:maddog#best,com">maddog#best,com</a>, Thu 16 Dec 1999, 20:56 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00630" HREF="msg00630.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#cp,net">claw#cp,net</a>, Fri 17 Dec 1999, 01:09 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00604" HREF="msg00604.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
Dundee <a href="mailto:SkeptAck#antisocial,com">SkeptAck#antisocial,com</a>, Thu 16 Dec 1999, 17:31 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00609" HREF="msg00609.html">[MUD-Dev] Mass bannings (was The grass is always greener in the other field)</A></strong>,
AR Schleicher <a href="mailto:ars#iag,net">ars#iag,net</a>, Thu 16 Dec 1999, 20:56 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00625" HREF="msg00625.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#cp,net">claw#cp,net</a>, Fri 17 Dec 1999, 00:58 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00608" HREF="msg00608.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
Bruce Mitchener, Jr. <a href="mailto:bruce#puremagic,com">bruce#puremagic,com</a>, Thu 16 Dec 1999, 20:56 GMT
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