<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: evil - good realism --> <!--X-From-R13: "Xba O. Znzoreg" <wyflfvapNvk.argpbz.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 00:31:02 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 199810240728.CAA08734@dfw-ix10.ix.netcom.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 003301bdfd96$9fbc9560$3687ebcd@k6 --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: evil - good realism</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.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="msg00453.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00456.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00344.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00346.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00455">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00455">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00455">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: evil - good realism</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: evil - good realism</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: "Jon A. Lambert" <<A HREF="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 03:28:45 -5</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 22 Oct 98, quzah [sotfhome] wrote: > > It is my belief that for a great deal of it, good and evil is more of > a "view". Something is only evil if those around you and/or on the > recieving end view it as so. (Take the crusades, and the freaks that > bomb buildings.) Perhaps your method of asigning good and evil should > take into account your peers before adjusting the good/evil-ness. You can code a mud world to implement a relativistic or an absolutist view of good and evil. Since many muds are fantastic by nature, it would be mainly a thematic decision. You could even implement a mud universe where your good alignment score is keyed to the number of abortions you perform. Or you could model reality. Whatever floats your boat. -- --/*\ Jon A. Lambert - TychoMUD Internet:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com /*\-- --/*\ Mud Server Developer's Page <<A HREF="http://www.netcom.com/~jlsysinc">http://www.netcom.com/~jlsysinc</A>> /*\-- --/*\ "Everything that deceives may be said to enchant" - Plato /*\-- </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="00344" HREF="msg00344.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: evil - good realism</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> "quzah [sotfhome]" <quzah#softhome,net></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00453.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00456.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00344.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: evil - good realism</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00346.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: evil - good realism</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00455"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00455"><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: evil - good realism</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00384" HREF="msg00384.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: evil - good realism</A></strong>, Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org">vt#freehold,crocodile.org</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 04:04 GMT </LI> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00310" HREF="msg00310.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: evil - good realism</A></strong>, S. Patrick Gallaty <a href="mailto:choke#sirius,com">choke#sirius,com</a>, Wed 21 Oct 1998, 18:07 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00338" HREF="msg00338.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: evil - good realism</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 04:35 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00344" HREF="msg00344.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: evil - good realism</A></strong>, quzah [sotfhome] <a href="mailto:quzah#softhome,net">quzah#softhome,net</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 08:31 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00455" HREF="msg00455.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: evil - good realism</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sat 24 Oct 1998, 07:31 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00346" HREF="msg00346.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: evil - good realism</A></strong>, quzah [sotfhome] <a href="mailto:quzah#softhome,net">quzah#softhome,net</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 09:12 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00458" HREF="msg00458.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: evil - good realism</A></strong>, quzah [sotfhome] <a href="mailto:quzah#softhome,net">quzah#softhome,net</a>, Sat 24 Oct 1998, 11:40 GMT </LI> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00308" HREF="msg00308.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Recursive look</A></strong>, Michael.Willey <a href="mailto:Michael.Willey#abnamro,com">Michael.Willey#abnamro,com</a>, Wed 21 Oct 1998, 17:47 GMT <UL> <li><Possible follow-up(s)><br> <LI><strong><A NAME="00312" HREF="msg00312.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Recursive look</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Wed 21 Oct 1998, 18:16 GMT </LI> </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>