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<H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] RP=MUSH/PG=MUD</H1>
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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] RP=MUSH/PG=MUD</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Martin Keegan <<A HREF="mailto:martin#cam,sri.com">martin#cam,sri.com</A>></LI>
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On Thu, 14 Aug 1997 clawrenc#cup,hp.com wrote:
> In <<A HREF="msg00542.html">Pine.GSO.3.96.970814042027.31H-100000@dryslwyn</A>>, on 08/13/97
> at 08:41 PM, Martin Keegan <martin#cam,sri.com> said:
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> >Well, if the effect you're trying to achieve involves loads of old
> >druid blokes crouched round a dolmen chanting their magical
> >incantataions, and the player hears their names: Drynhirth, Eltanel,
> >Griniath, Renfrwyn and Calidorn, you don't want someone (*) renaming
> >them Knknkqqkl, Samfox, Dagon, and Azazoth, as this destroys the
> >consistency of the world.
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> Why does this destroy internal consistancy? The renames are private
> to the characters that assign them. Thus while Bubba may do the name
> assignments you see above, and would then see those names about the
> dolmen, Boffo would still continue to see the same old original names
> as he as *not* assigned new names.
<concession>
Yeah, Ok. You and JeffK have convinced me that you might not be wrong.
</concession>
> Note also that I don't give NPC's names. They may state that they
Ah. The reason we disagree here is that we're designing fundamentally
different muds. If you've got a mud with NPCs playing historical
characters, you probably don't want someone renaming Adolf Hitler to
'Boopsie'.
> >(*) does anyone know who Knknkqqkl *was*, BTW ;)?
>
> <ponder>
>
> It rings bells for one of the characters in "The Far Sea".
BZZZZZZZZZZRT!
One of Alan Cox's characters on MUD1.
Kill Next Knight Next Knight Quick Quit Keep Living
Mk
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00542" HREF="msg00542.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] RP=MUSH/PG=MUD</A></strong>,
Martin Keegan <a href="mailto:martin#cam,sri.com">martin#cam,sri.com</a>, Thu 14 Aug 1997, 03:26 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00545" HREF="msg00545.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] RP=MUSH/PG=MUD</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user2,inficad.com">nightfall#user2,inficad.com</a>, Thu 14 Aug 1997, 03:52 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00547" HREF="msg00547.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] RP=MUSH/PG=MUD</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Thu 14 Aug 1997, 04:18 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01037" HREF="msg01037.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] RP=MUSH/PG=MUD</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00077" HREF="msg00077.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] RP=MUSH/PG=MUD</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Fri 04 Jul 1997, 13:04 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00090" HREF="msg00090.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] RP=MUSH/PG=MUD</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Wed 09 Jul 1997, 00:53 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00006" HREF="msg00006.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Senses & geographical events</A></strong>,
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