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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Focus (Was: Usability and interface and who the hell is suppo)</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Matt Chatterley <<A HREF="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 11:12:27 +0000 (GMT)</LI>
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On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Marian Griffith wrote:
> On Thu 25 Sep, Jon A. Lambert wrote:
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> > On 24 Sep 97 at 9:59, Caliban Tiresias Darklock wrote:
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> > > Note that you would not actually need a fishing skill or musical instrument
> > > skill for either of the above. I agree, musicians are a nice thing, they
> > > contribute vastly to the enjoyment of the world; but why do we actually
> > > need game mechanics to handle it?
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> > I can easily imagine an entire game geared around musical talents.
> > Where magic and combat are inextricably linked to music and musical
> > instruments. Methinks I recall several fantasy novels where this was
> > the case?
>
> True. But you can equally well imagine a game that is not geared around
> combat at all. To me thinking of games as focussing on combat only is
> too restrictive.
Jon's point that music does not have to be superflous (although it
frequently is) combines with Marian's more general allusion that a very
focussed game is limited by its own nature.
This is not specifically a bad thing. This is however, generally, a bad
thing. Its also something a lot of us are striving to do away with, I
believe - personally I have worked hard with my development team to make
methods of "advancement" as general as possible.
The first step being to make the term "advancement" more general, namely:
Improving oneself, by way of financial, social, physical, or mental gain,
or any other method as yet undisclosed.
Regards,
-Matt Chatterley
<A HREF="http://user.itl.net/~neddy/index.html">http://user.itl.net/~neddy/index.html</A>
"Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics." -?
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01465" HREF="msg01465.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is suppo</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Fri 26 Sep 1997, 00:06 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01517" HREF="msg01517.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is suppon</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user2,inficad.com">nightfall#user2,inficad.com</a>, Sun 28 Sep 1997, 01:16 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01496" HREF="msg01496.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is suppo</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Fri 26 Sep 1997, 18:38 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01502" HREF="msg01502.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is suppo</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Sat 27 Sep 1997, 05:00 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01507" HREF="msg01507.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Focus (Was: Usability and interface and who the hell is suppo)</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Sat 27 Sep 1997, 10:14 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01453" HREF="msg01453.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is supposed to be playing, anyway? (Was: PK Again)</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 25 Sep 1997, 21:42 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01474" HREF="msg01474.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is supposed to be playing, anyway? (Was: PK Again)</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Fri 26 Sep 1997, 06:02 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01424" HREF="msg01424.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is supposed to be playing, anyway? (Was: PK Again)</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Wed 24 Sep 1997, 21:01 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01442" HREF="msg01442.html">[MUD-Dev] A place of my own</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 25 Sep 1997, 17:59 GMT
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