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<LI><em>From</em>: Nathan Yospe <<A HREF="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</A>></LI>
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On Mon, 19 Jan 1998, John G. wrote:
:: From: Mike Sellers <mike#online-alchemy,com>
:: How do you handle time re-synchronization then? You enter a
:: vast, boring desert (NevadaMUD! :) ), traverse it slowly in the
:: shape of a tiny stag beetle, and emerge weeks (and a few
:: paragraphs of text) later -- only to find that just a few minutes
:: have gone by for everyone else.
:For now, that kind of objective time passage is what I sacrifice
: to the gods of play quality. If two players travel to the same
: place, one travelling through the boring desert and one through
: the eventful city, the desert wanderer will get there first. I can't
: think of any problems this stand has caused so far, with the
: possible exception of someone showing up rather quickly to a
: summons. But that is a plus in a mud, not to dwell on the
: tedium of waiting.
How in the heck are you going to get the feel of a month in the desert
from a paragraph of text? (Mind you, my solution has the client fade
out and start "remembering" character history - a "generated" childhood
or equivalent - when faced with an overwhelming lack of input from both
world (character) and player... so I cannot claim that I always relay
all details.) I think the main issue here is boredom, correct? Methinks
some fun could be had with a stag beetle in a (normal) desert. Snakes,
occasional desert birds, scorpions... of course, this also requires a
system for generating flora and fauna... I have ecosystem breakdowns on
a by-world basis (I don't do by-continent, but I could "fuse" worlds to
get the same result.)
:If you orchestrate events through a central game clock, then
: maybe you've got something to fear.
Yes.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00254" HREF="msg00254.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Vast areas in muds</A></strong>,
John G. <a href="mailto:ashen#pixi,com">ashen#pixi,com</a>, Mon 19 Jan 1998, 21:26 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00256" HREF="msg00256.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Vast areas in muds</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00261" HREF="msg00261.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Vast areas in muds</A></strong>,
Mike Sellers <a href="mailto:mike#online-alchemy,com">mike#online-alchemy,com</a>, Tue 20 Jan 1998, 06:00 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00262" HREF="msg00262.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Vast areas in muds</A></strong>,
John G. <a href="mailto:ashen#pixi,com">ashen#pixi,com</a>, Tue 20 Jan 1998, 16:36 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00263" HREF="msg00263.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Vast areas in muds</A></strong>,
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Tue 20 Jan 1998, 18:44 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00251" HREF="msg00251.html">Summary</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Sat 17 Jan 1998, 15:31 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00249" HREF="msg00249.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: BUILDERS: Ferries</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Sat 17 Jan 1998, 10:40 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00253" HREF="msg00253.html">Vast areas in muds</A></strong>,
Ling <a href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk</a>, Mon 19 Jan 1998, 19:24 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00248" HREF="msg00248.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Gods, worshipers and the balance</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Sat 17 Jan 1998, 10:40 GMT
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