<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wi --> <!--X-From-R13: f001tzhNabin.jevtug.rqh --> <!--X-Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 15:00:11 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: Pine.PMDF.3.95.980807174951.541287023A-100000#nova,wright.edu --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.HPP.3.91.980807163054.967B-100000#emu,micro.ti.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wi</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu"> </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="msg00543.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00545.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00543.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00545.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00544">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00544">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00544">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wi</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: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wi</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu">s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</A></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 17:56:26 -0400 (EDT)</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#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> On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Holly Sommer wrote: > On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, J C Lawrence wrote: > > > On Tue, 14 Jul 1998 03:46:36 -5 > > Jon A Lambert<jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com> wrote: > > > > > Nod. The availability of @gag did not prevent the Mr. Bungle > > > incident. Nor would @gag or "squelch" affect third party > > > observation of such activity. > > > > A thought: > > > > Many games have a concept of different volumes of speech, such that > > a whisper is only heard by those close by, normal speech has further > > propagation, and shouting can be heard over a wide area if not the > > whole game. > > And another... an "ignore" command, which works like #gag in tintin... > > % Bubba leers at you. > % say Cut it out > You say 'Cut it out' > % Bubba says 'How about you and me...?' > % ignore Bubba > You are now ignoring anything having to do with Bubba. > > From then on, you basically run into just (in perlspeak): > > # Where $person is the name in a list of ignored people > if ($_ =~ /$person/) { > $_ = "\n"; > } I recall coding something like that into EoD code, way back when. Seemed like a pretty simple thing to do. All socials, says, tells, global chat commands are simply not sent to the target, and the sender gets a '<blah> is ignoring you.' I was quite surprised it wasn't in the code to begin with. Seemed like a very simple, and yet powerful tool for social control. Equivalent to locks on doors. It discourages the idle theif, thus removing a large % of the problem. You still need to deal with the determined theives, but at least you reduce the problem set. > This doesn't keep $person from attacking, stealing, or otherwise DOING > things to you - and indeed, you'd want to modify the check so that you > are notified of actions like that (else $person could steal you blind, or > you'd be in combat, and not even know it), but it certainly gets around > having to enture social dorks. > > Also, you could chose to send a message back to Bubba like "Newman is > ignoring you." for tells and emotes. This should get the message across. *nod* As I said, simple, powerful, to the point. -Greg </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="00543" HREF="msg00543.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wi</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Holly Sommer <hsommer#micro,ti.com></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00543.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wi</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00545.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wi</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00543.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wi</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00545.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wi</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00544"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00544"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>[MUD-Dev] Re: UBE/high: Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wi</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00243" HREF="msg00243.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: UBE/high: Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wi</A></strong>, Dr. Cat <a href="mailto:cat#bga,com">cat#bga,com</a>, Fri 17 Jul 1998, 19:48 GMT </LI> </ul> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00202" HREF="msg00202.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wi</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Tue 14 Jul 1998, 07:46 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00542" HREF="msg00542.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wi</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Fri 07 Aug 1998, 21:26 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00543" HREF="msg00543.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wi</A></strong>, Holly Sommer <a href="mailto:hsommer#micro,ti.com">hsommer#micro,ti.com</a>, Fri 07 Aug 1998, 21:42 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00544" HREF="msg00544.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wi</A></strong>, s001gmu <a href="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu">s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</a>, Fri 07 Aug 1998, 22:00 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00545" HREF="msg00545.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wi</A></strong>, s001gmu <a href="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu">s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</a>, Fri 07 Aug 1998, 22:02 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00550" HREF="msg00550.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wi</A></strong>, Dan Shiovitz <a href="mailto:dbs#cs,wisc.edu">dbs#cs,wisc.edu</a>, Sat 08 Aug 1998, 02:59 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00552" HREF="msg00552.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wi</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sat 08 Aug 1998, 04:27 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00557" HREF="msg00557.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wi</A></strong>, Dan Shiovitz <a href="mailto:dbs#cs,wisc.edu">dbs#cs,wisc.edu</a>, Sat 08 Aug 1998, 07:48 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </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>