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<LI><em>From</em>: "Jon A. Lambert" <<A HREF="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</A>></LI>
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> From: Miroslav Silovic <silovic#srce,hr>
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> > Exactly. A Roleplayer, according to my twisted view, might create a
> > warrior that had a very weak strength and may also select background
> > options that would have a severe impact on their combat
>
> Umm, uhh, errr, you're wrong. :) Roleplayers won't do this without
> a good /reason/.
Yes roleplayers WILL do this. I didn't even touch on the reasons.
The point was made in contrast to "rollplayers". A roleplayer also
needs to have a damn good reason to create a super character, but since
"rollplayers" understand this to be "winning the game", its not a good
example to compare and contrast against.
>
> > effectiveness (cowardice, epilepsy, etc.). A Rollplayer *boggles* at this
> > concept. Many of todays muds preclude such a character from "developing"
> > in any significant way. Character power or perfection seems to be the
> > only goals. An entire rethink of game systems is definately in order.
>
> My point here: There is no need for roleplayers to be 'weak'. It simply
> has no relevance to them - most can actually become *extremely* strong
> characters. The important issue is being *completely clear* about why
> the character does something.
>
You confuse the issue. I did not say they had to be weak.
Rewarding experience to the those who attract the most notice
through "over-acting" is also bad system IMHO. I prefer a
blend of objective and subjective rewards. If "acting" and
"emoting" was the only interest of my RP group, I'd just boot up
a chat server.
Note that there are different camps of roleplayers too. I believe a thread
a long while back on rgma (started by O. Henry?) brought out a lot of
these differences. Now if I can only find it on DejaNews
JL
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00427" HREF="msg00427.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Administrative notes</A></strong>,
Miroslav Silovic <a href="mailto:silovic#srce,hr">silovic#srce,hr</a>, Tue 13 May 1997, 15:41 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00421" HREF="msg00421.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Administrative notes</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Tue 13 May 1997, 11:39 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00485" HREF="msg00485.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Administrative notes</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Fri 16 May 1997, 01:07 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00439" HREF="msg00439.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Administrative notes</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00449" HREF="msg00449.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Administrative notes</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00463" HREF="msg00463.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Administrative notes</A></strong>,
Miroslav Silovic <a href="mailto:silovic#srce,hr">silovic#srce,hr</a>, Wed 14 May 1997, 22:43 GMT
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Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sat 17 May 1997, 06:29 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00526" HREF="msg00526.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Administrative notes</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sun 18 May 1997, 00:09 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00531" HREF="msg00531.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Administrative notes</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user1,inficad.com">nightfall#user1,inficad.com</a>, Sun 18 May 1997, 02:18 GMT
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