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<LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</A></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 14 Aug 97 15:04:05 -0700</LI>
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In <<A HREF="msg00553.html">Pine.GSO.3.95q.970812162448.18291A-100000@uhunix2</A>>, on 08/14/97
at 07:01 AM, Nathan Yospe <yospe#hawaii,edu> said:
>On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Adam Wiggins wrote:
>I hope that reaction (yanking the axe and drawing the sword) was a
>computer handled reflex... this list is populated with wimps
>(kidding, really, c'mon guys, put down that LART, it was a joke...)
>who don't want to offend people's senses of dominance over their mud
>bodies by letting the bodies act instinctively or reflexively, even
>in high stress situations.
I'd suggest that human players do enough reflexive and reactive
thinking in situations of MUD-stress to satisfy that need (I've seen
players hurl their bodies out of their chairs when killed, faces drawn
and white, far too close to adreniline shock for comfort). Given
that, wouldn't coding it into the MUD characters tend to prevent the
case of the nerves-of-steel chap, or the fellow who is normally an
utter wimp, but this one time knows exactly what he is getting into,
has steeled himself, and with teeth gritted bulls his way thru as a
temporary piece of stone?
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00507" HREF="msg00507.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues</A></strong>,
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Wed 13 Aug 1997, 03:02 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00516" HREF="msg00516.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Wed 13 Aug 1997, 06:35 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00566" HREF="msg00566.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 14 Aug 1997, 20:51 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00553" HREF="msg00553.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues</A></strong>,
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Thu 14 Aug 1997, 13:57 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00581" HREF="msg00581.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 14 Aug 1997, 22:11 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00597" HREF="msg00597.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Fri 15 Aug 1997, 06:26 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00600" HREF="msg00600.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues</A></strong>,
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Fri 15 Aug 1997, 06:56 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01045" HREF="msg01045.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues</A></strong>,
Martin Keegan <a href="mailto:martin#cam,sri.com">martin#cam,sri.com</a>, Wed 03 Sep 1997, 11:27 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01076" HREF="msg01076.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user1,inficad.com">nightfall#user1,inficad.com</a>, Thu 04 Sep 1997, 11:34 GMT
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