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<H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Supporting RP+PG</H1>
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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Supporting RP+PG</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Adam Wiggins <<A HREF="mailto:nightfall#user1,inficad.com">nightfall#user1,inficad.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 01:34:24 -0700 (MST)</LI>
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[Matt C:]
> On Mon, 30 Jun 1997 clawrenc#cup,hp.com wrote:
> > This loses the ugliness of numbers while avoiding the chancy
> > interpretation of adjectives (just how hurt is "in agony" as vs
> > "moaning with pain"?) Essentially you now have a percentage value.
> > The problem which it chares with all the other general systems is in
> > evaluating what 20% damage (or whatever) really means in game
> > functionality.
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> There are merits to both the %age, and descriptive systems, the main
> problem of the former being as you say, "How hurt is 20%? Is 100% hurt
> dead? What about 99%?", and with the latter "Ok, I'm in agony, how hurt is
> that?". Of course, you'll get some chance to compare descriptors the
> longer you survive - if they're reasonable done (ie made to sound a bit
> more drastic at each step, on average), you'll soon get the point, plus
> the worry of "Am I nearly finished?", until it's confirmed one way or
> another. I actually like that. :)
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<LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] not about pk anymore</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00121" HREF="msg00121.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] not about pk anymore</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Mon 14 Jul 1997, 04:49 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00280" HREF="msg00280.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] not about pk anymore</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Wed 30 Jul 1997, 07:04 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00093" HREF="msg00093.html">[MUD-Dev] Integrating PK</A></strong>,
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Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Tue 01 Jul 1997, 21:53 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00033" HREF="msg00033.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Supporting RP+PG</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user1,inficad.com">nightfall#user1,inficad.com</a>, Wed 02 Jul 1997, 15:29 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00004" HREF="msg00004.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Supporting RP+PG</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Tue 01 Jul 1997, 22:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00044" HREF="msg00044.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Supporting RP+PG</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Thu 03 Jul 1997, 00:54 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00060" HREF="msg00060.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Supporting RP+PG</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Thu 03 Jul 1997, 15:17 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00043" HREF="msg00043.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Supporting RP+PG</A></strong>,
Huibai <a href="mailto:ashen#pixi,com">ashen#pixi,com</a>, Wed 02 Jul 1997, 23:43 GMT
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