<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Mudschool --> <!--X-From-R13: Dvpuneq Ibbypbpx <YnHveNqvny.cvcrk.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 11:12:24 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 355BA58A.562F#dial,pipex.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.BSF.3.96.980514073823.15670B-100000#dillinger,io.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: Mudschool</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.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="msg00578.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00580.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00570.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00616.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00579">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00579">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00579">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Mudschool</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Mudschool</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Richard Woolcock <<A HREF="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 14 May 1998 19:16:42 -0700</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Sender</em>: "Petidomo List Agent -- Kanga.Nu version" <<A HREF="mailto:petidomo#kanga,nu">petidomo#kanga,nu</A>></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> Travis S. Casey wrote: > > On Tue, 12 May 1998, Richard Woolcock wrote: > > > Enter your name: Bubba > > New character! Enter a password: ***** > > [Press enter to enter the game] > > The "enter your name" prompt is something that's always bothered me about > many muds. The first time I ever got on a mud, I saw "enter your name", > and naturally entered "Travis Casey" (after all, it's asking for *my* > name, not a *character's* name). It then told me that names could only be > one word. So I entered "Travis". [snip] > The moral is: explain things clearly during character generation. Agreed - the example above was just to demonstrate a point. I have the following in my mud: [snip my greeting screen] Please enter your Out Of Character (OOC) nickname: KaVir Character does not exist. Please remember you are only allowed one character. Create a new character called KaVir? (Y/N): y Your password should be unique to this mud, and must be known only to you. Please enter a unique password for KaVir: Please retype password for confirmation: [snip menu creation system] It still a bit ambigous about the name I suppose... KaVir. -- MUD-Dev: Advancing an unrealised future. </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="00570" HREF="msg00570.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mudschool</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> "Travis S. 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Casey <a href="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</a>, Thu 14 May 1998, 12:50 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00579" HREF="msg00579.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mudschool</A></strong>, Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Thu 14 May 1998, 18:12 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00616" HREF="msg00616.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mudschool</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Fri 15 May 1998, 20:58 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00593" HREF="msg00593.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: CGDC, a summary</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Fri 15 May 1998, 00:58 GMT </LI> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00503" HREF="msg00503.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: mudschools</A></strong>, Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Mon 11 May 1998, 19:23 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00568" HREF="msg00568.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: mudschools</A></strong>, Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org">matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Thu 14 May 1998, 10:17 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </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>