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<LI><em>From</em>: Vadim Tkachenko <<A HREF="mailto:vadimt#4cs,com">vadimt#4cs,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 14:41:10 -0600</LI>
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Jon A. Lambert wrote:
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> On 17 Jan 98 at 11:27, Marian Griffith wrote:
> > On Sat 13 Dec, Adam Wiggins wrote:
> > > [Vadim Tkachenko:]
> >
> > > > - Universe should preserve the balance (hopefully).
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> > *shrug* I don't see that as of paramount importance.
> >
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> It is of paramount importance. Technically all these power transfers
> between clerics, followers and deities should allow for a long running
> game. They all boil down to equations in the code. The system should
> be stable enough to have imbalances to occur yet have the ability
> to recover from them. I'd hate to see the devil bounced out of play after
> the servers only been running for a week. ;)
You just hit it - I forgot to mention why that statement came to life.
It was all about the difference between one-player RPGs, where you
usually leave the world lying in the ashes behind your back, and the
multi-player world, which becomes useless in this case. By the 'balance'
I assumed the conditions which will keep the world playable, but not
constant (like most MUDs I've seen so far, which change only when the
developers/maintainers add/delete some areas and modify some rules).
> --/*\ Jon A. Lambert - TychoMUD
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<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>,
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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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<LI><strong><A NAME="00260" HREF="msg00260.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Gods, worshipers and the balance</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Tue 20 Jan 1998, 04:42 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00286" HREF="msg00286.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Gods, worshipers and the balance</A></strong>,
Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vadimt#4cs,com">vadimt#4cs,com</a>, Thu 22 Jan 1998, 20:43 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00265" HREF="msg00265.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Gods, worshipers and the balance</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Tue 20 Jan 1998, 21:15 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00414" HREF="msg00414.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Gods, worshipers and the balance</A></strong>,
coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Thu 12 Feb 1998, 01:47 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00417" HREF="msg00417.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Gods, worshipers and the balance</A></strong>,
coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Thu 12 Feb 1998, 02:17 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00235" HREF="msg00235.html">Formatting apology</A></strong>,
Stephen Zepp <a href="mailto:zoran#enid,com">zoran#enid,com</a>, Wed 14 Jan 1998, 02:02 GMT
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