<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Affecting the world --> <!--X-From-R13: pynjerapNphc.uc.pbz --> <!--X-Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 19:15:09 +0000 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 199709181912.MAA10650#xsvr3,cup.hp.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 199709170525.AAA09363@dfw-ix9.ix.netcom.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] Affecting the world</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg01262.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01264.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg01401.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01302.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#01263">Author</A> | <A HREF="#01263">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#01263">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Affecting the world</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Affecting the world</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</A></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 18 Sep 97 12:11:07 -0700</LI> <LI><em>Reply-to</em>: <A HREF="mailto:claw#null,net">claw#null,net</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> In <<A HREF="msg01231.html">199709170525.AAA09363#dfw-ix9,ix.netcom.com</A>>, on 09/17/97 at 08:45 AM, "Jon A. Lambert" <jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com> said: >You mention the amassing of player armies. The cost and logistics in > labor and resources would be vast. The effects of this on local >economies can be both explosive and devastating, even excluding the >effects of actual warfare (the old guns or butter issues). Then >there's those elusive things called morale, training, and readiness >which might make it all for naught. I would note in passing that medieval armies often numbered under 100 men, and rarely were more than a few hundred. I recall something to the effect of the Battle of Hastings having less than 100 total participants... -- J C Lawrence Internet: claw#null,net (Contractor) Internet: coder#ibm,net ---------------(*) Internet: clawrenc#cup,hp.com ...Honorary Member Clan McFUD -- Teamer's Avenging Monolith... </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="01231" HREF="msg01231.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Affecting the world</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> "Jon A. Lambert" <jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01262.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is supposed to be playing, anyway? 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Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sun 21 Sep 1997, 07:49 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="01374" HREF="msg01374.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Affecting the world</A></strong>, clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Mon 22 Sep 1997, 23:26 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01401" HREF="msg01401.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Affecting the world</A></strong>, clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Wed 24 Sep 1997, 00:04 GMT </LI> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01263" HREF="msg01263.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Affecting the world</A></strong>, clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 18 Sep 1997, 19:15 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01302" HREF="msg01302.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Affecting the world</A></strong>, clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Sat 20 Sep 1997, 00:01 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="01315" HREF="msg01315.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Affecting the world</A></strong>, Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Sat 20 Sep 1997, 12:09 GMT </LI> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01234" HREF="msg01234.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Affecting the world</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user2,inficad.com">nightfall#user2,inficad.com</a>, Wed 17 Sep 1997, 15:10 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="01238" HREF="msg01238.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Affecting the world</A></strong>, Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Wed 17 Sep 1997, 18:37 GMT </LI> </LI> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>