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<LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</A> (Caliban Tiresias Darklock)</LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 04:20:12 GMT</LI>
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On Tue, 17 Jun 1997 20:43:02 PST8PDT, Martin Keegan <martin#cam,sri.com>
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>On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, Adam Wiggins wrote:
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>> I take heat from all quarters. The 'true' role-players I show my mud
>> to say, 'Ew! Feature <X> reminds me of LP!' The diku players say, 'Ew!
>> Feature <Y> looks like something from a MUX!' The LP players say, 'Ew!
>> Feature <Z> seems like a diku thing of some sort!' I tried explaining
>
>Yes - this is exasperating. I banned a whole country from Island when
>someone accused me of lying about what "mudlib" Island was.
I was just looking at this, and it occurred to me that this is just the
sort of thing that we should be encouraging. I mean, if system X has a
feature that works, why reinvent? You might recode it for efficiency and
understanding, but really there's a lot of great talent out there doing
a lot of great stuff, and there's just no good reason to waste all of
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01222" HREF="msg01222.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Life</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Fri 06 Jun 1997, 12:19 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01224" HREF="msg01224.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Life</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Fri 06 Jun 1997, 12:28 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01328" HREF="msg01328.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Life</A></strong>,
Martin Keegan <a href="mailto:martin#cam,sri.com">martin#cam,sri.com</a>, Sat 07 Jun 1997, 03:41 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01253" HREF="msg01253.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Life</A></strong>,
coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Sun 08 Jun 1997, 09:25 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01341" HREF="msg01341.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Life</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Wed 18 Jun 1997, 11:18 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01480" HREF="msg01480.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Life</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Wed 25 Jun 1997, 06:14 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01345" HREF="msg01345.html">[MUD-Dev] Life</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 19 Jun 1997, 00:45 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01355" HREF="msg01355.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Life</A></strong>,
Martin Keegan <a href="mailto:martin#cam,sri.com">martin#cam,sri.com</a>, Thu 19 Jun 1997, 17:16 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01482" HREF="msg01482.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Life</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Wed 25 Jun 1997, 06:37 GMT
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