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<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 17:59:12 -0400 (EDT)</LI>
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On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, J C Lawrence wrote:
> 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.
>
> The idea is to make gags or squelches a modifier on the above
> system.
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> As the number of gags increased on a player, the distance
> propagation of his speech, or of his proxies speech would be decreased
> proportionally. Ultimately perhaps he would have to shout to be heard
> by someone standing immediately beside him.
>
> Any number of interesting dide effects could occur here, including
> corrupting the speech strings as the gag load increased to adding
> "positive" gags which _add_ volume/clarity to the subject's speech
> rather than supressing it (whispers are heard across the land), or
> making the effect of the gags be geographic and (inversely)
> proportional to the distance between the gag author and the gag
> subject.
Sounds like a simple extension of the basic communications model:
source->encoder->filter->medium->filter->decoder->destination.
where the filters are your gags. Filters can enhance, weaken or distort
the signal.
-Greg
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<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
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<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
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<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
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<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
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<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
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<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
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<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
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<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
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00560" HREF="msg00560.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wi</A></strong>,
Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt <a href="mailto:hhs#cbs,dtu.dk">hhs#cbs,dtu.dk</a>, Sat 08 Aug 1998, 11:45 GMT
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