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<LI><em>From</em>: Maddy <<A HREF="mailto:maddy#fysh,org">maddy#fysh,org</A>></LI>
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<PRE>
Previously, Matt Chatterley wrote....
> 2. Set up probabilities of occurance for each name, rather than making it
> arr[random(sizeof(arr))] or something to that effect - this way you would
> have more Johns than Naseems, which is probably realistic. ;)
You could go one better than this and produce a probability for syllables
and then randomly generate new names. I guess this probably wouldn't work
too well for English names, but it'd certainly work well for foreign/alien
names.
[Snip]
> By this notion, are there any good themes, or is something wrong with the
> 'non-automated' approach taken by many games? Personally I am either
> minimalistic (very little code, very little built, because the game is
> really just a social construct between the players), or the other extreme
> (very heavy automation, and suchlike).
The problem with basing the theme on a book or TV series is that you have to
include everything the author has designed. Now that isn't so bad, except
that some of the stuff was designed with being a book/TV series in mind so
it doesn't map well to a mud. It seems far easier in my mind, to just pick
a genre and to design your own game world around it - maybe borrowing a few
ideas.
Maddy
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00367" HREF="msg00367.html">more requests</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Sun 23 Nov 1997, 16:03 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00358" HREF="msg00358.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introductions and descriptions</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sat 22 Nov 1997, 20:16 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00334" HREF="msg00334.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] A flamewar startingpoint.)</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00325" HREF="msg00325.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Introductions and descriptions</A></strong>,
Maddy <a href="mailto:maddy#fysh,org">maddy#fysh,org</a>, Thu 20 Nov 1997, 09:51 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00355" HREF="msg00355.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introductions and descriptions</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Sat 22 Nov 1997, 16:39 GMT
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Maddy <a href="mailto:maddy#fysh,org">maddy#fysh,org</a>, Mon 24 Nov 1997, 14:58 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00401" HREF="msg00401.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introductions and descriptions</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Mon 24 Nov 1997, 18:53 GMT
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