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<H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] World full of heros</H1>
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<LI><em>From</em>: Jeff Kesselman <<A HREF="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</A>></LI>
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Forgive me folks if we already discussed this and I frogot but the 'forking
worlds" thread seems to me to beg a bigger issue. Something Im wrestling
with continually in my project.
Most role play games work on the assumtpion that the Player Characters are
'special". theya re the exceptional peopel abotu whom storiesd get
written. This becoems a bit of an issue when yo uhave a world FULL of
these people. If your goial is to preserve the RP experience how do you
keep 1000 peoepl all feeling special ande xceptional? To a alrge degree
they DEFINE the world.
We've taken the tact of a great many "off screen" abstratced peopel and
events that the players actiosn effect, as well as the "no preprogrammed
quests" approach, preferring isntead to seed "situations" into the game.
But hwo many others see this as a problem?
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Jeff Kesselman
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01094" HREF="msg01094.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] MUD universe</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 04 Sep 1997, 20:28 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00830" HREF="msg00830.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] MUD universe</A></strong>,
S001GMU <a href="mailto:S001GMU#nova,wright.edu">S001GMU#nova,wright.edu</a>, Fri 29 Aug 1997, 00:48 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00831" HREF="msg00831.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] MUD universe</A></strong>,
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Felix A. Croes <a href="mailto:felix#xs1,simplex.nl">felix#xs1,simplex.nl</a>, Sun 31 Aug 1997, 20:55 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00918" HREF="msg00918.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] World full of heros</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Sun 31 Aug 1997, 21:18 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01019" HREF="msg01019.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] World full of heros</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Tue 02 Sep 1997, 19:41 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01119" HREF="msg01119.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] MUD universe</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Sat 06 Sep 1997, 00:34 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01180" HREF="msg01180.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] MUD universe</A></strong>,
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