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<LI><em>From</em>: "S. Patrick Gallaty" <<A HREF="mailto:pgallaty#acclaim,com">pgallaty#acclaim,com</A>></LI>
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-----Original Message-----
From: cat <cat#bga,com>
To: mud-dev#kanga,nu <mud-dev#kanga,nu>
Date: Thursday, 09 July 1998 10:44
Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wire d
Magazine...)
>Till Eulenspiegel wrote:
>> From: Marian Griffith <gryphon#iaehv,nl>
>> >The strange thing then is that so few people, on this list only Dr.Cat
>> >that I know of, attempt to create a safer game environment, at the ex-
>> >pense of some freedom of the players. Or am I being overly pessimistic
>> >now?
>> >
>>
>> Dr. Cat does the extreme.
>
>I think this perspective may be fairly typical of the people on mud-dev.
>It's
>why I feel like a kangaroo at the annual emu and ostrich convention.
>There's
>nothing wrong with being an emu or an ostrich, but kangaroos don't
>necessarily
>have enough in common with them to have much to talk about.
[ excellent rant deleted ]
Hey! Look at my comment in context.
The point made was that you created a 'safer' environment, which I
countered with "Dr Cat does the extreme" meaning a wholly
non competitive environment.
If you read my post, you will see that I do struggle with affording
a more enjoyable game experience for the average player. I don't
want a game where a few people disrupt the game for most of the
others and yes I spend a lot of time trying to make this happen
through non-interventional methods.
I hate intervening.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00421" HREF="msg00421.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wire d Magazine...)</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Wed 29 Jul 1998, 23:29 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00424" HREF="msg00424.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wire d Magazine...)</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Thu 30 Jul 1998, 01:00 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00426" HREF="msg00426.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wire d Magazine...)</A></strong>,
Robert Woods <a href="mailto:rwoods#nebula,honors.unr.edu">rwoods#nebula,honors.unr.edu</a>, Thu 30 Jul 1998, 01:50 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00449" HREF="msg00449.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wire d Magazine...)</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Sat 01 Aug 1998, 21:57 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00116" HREF="msg00116.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wire d Magazine...)</A></strong>,
S. Patrick Gallaty <a href="mailto:pgallaty#acclaim,com">pgallaty#acclaim,com</a>, Thu 09 Jul 1998, 18:04 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00176" HREF="msg00176.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wire d Magazine...)</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sat 11 Jul 1998, 23:06 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00193" HREF="msg00193.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wire d Magazine...)</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Mon 13 Jul 1998, 18:51 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00199" HREF="msg00199.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wire d Magazine...)</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 14 Jul 1998, 02:21 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00210" HREF="msg00210.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wire d Magazine...)</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Tue 14 Jul 1998, 21:17 GMT
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