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<LI><em>From</em>: "quzah [sotfhome]" <<A HREF="mailto:quzah#softhome,net">quzah#softhome,net</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 11:34:59 -0700</LI>
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From: #Make Nylander <thenewt#use,usit.net> on Sunday, September 27, 1998 at
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Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Room descriptions
>Doesn't it all boil down to suspension of belief? In text-based MUDs,
>a player is basically a blind person being lead through the game world
>by the game, a narrator/story-teller. If a player is being told his/her
>character sees something the player knows is not there or acts in a way
>the player knows the character would not, the player may think the
>narrator is stupid, patronizing or lying, which undermines the suspension
>of belief and sense of wonder.
>There are several ways of maintaining the suspension of belief already
>mentioned here:
>- Having room descriptions that are generic, neutral or brief;
>- Making the room descriptions dynamic;
>- Making the player character assume a role that is consistent with
> the room descriptions;
>- Making room descriptions (the narrator's POV) consistent across the
> game world.
>
> Newt
Personally, I liked this room description (pharaphrased) that I saw
on a mud a long time ago:
You are standing on the banks of a rapidly flowing river. You
spot a young girl playing on the opposite bank. Suddenly, before
you can react she falls head long into the torrent. She lets out
a sharp scream before she is pulled under the water, and carried
to her death.
(grin) I typed "look" a half a dozen times in a row, and drown all of
the little girls in the village ;)
-Q-
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01298" HREF="msg01298.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Room descriptions</A></strong>,
apocalypse <a href="mailto:apocalypse#pipeline,com">apocalypse#pipeline,com</a>, Sun 27 Sep 1998, 07:48 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01303" HREF="msg01303.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Room descriptions</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01305" HREF="msg01305.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Room descriptions</A></strong>,
Travis Casey <a href="mailto:efindel#polaris,net">efindel#polaris,net</a>, Sun 27 Sep 1998, 16:49 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01307" HREF="msg01307.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Room descriptions</A></strong>,
Hal Black <a href="mailto:hal#moos,ml.org">hal#moos,ml.org</a>, Sun 27 Sep 1998, 16:58 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01312" HREF="msg01312.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Room descriptions</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Sun 27 Sep 1998, 18:44 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01313" HREF="msg01313.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Room descriptions</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01315" HREF="msg01315.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Room descriptions</A></strong>,
Hal Black <a href="mailto:hal#moos,ml.org">hal#moos,ml.org</a>, Sun 27 Sep 1998, 22:48 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01317" HREF="msg01317.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Room descriptions</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Mon 28 Sep 1998, 00:09 GMT
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