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<LI><em>From</em>: Caliban Tiresias Darklock <<A HREF="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Sun, 16 May 1999 12:34:42 -0700</LI>
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On 06:46 PM 5/15/99 +0000, I personally witnessed Ben Greear jumping up to say:
>Caliban Tiresias Darklock wrote:
>
>> The player himself is the character. Ostensibly, he is also the captain of
>> a spaceborne warship. This warship is controlled remotely by computer. (I'm
>> so inordinately pleased at how appropriate this is with respect to
>> suspension of disbelief -- unlike your average game where you're supposed
>> to be physically there, your in-game situation in my system is identical to
>> your RL situation: you're sitting at an obsolete terminal, using an
>> inadequate command set!)
>
>Ever read Ender's Game? :)
Yep. Several times. Great book. :)
>I really like this a lot! I've been kicking around ideas for something
>like this, but I keep getting distracted :)
Ummm... ummm... I can't take credit for it! The basic concept comes from
the author of the original TradeWars in the 80s, from which TradeWars 2002
and Ultimate Universe (and, by extension, Planets: TEOS) eventually sprung.
The only thing I've added is a transparent rationale for having a
text-based interface.
And if anyone has that original TradeWars archived somewhere, PLEASE tell
me. I'm trying to write up a history of the game, for nostalgic purposes,
but I don't remember the specifics of the original. :)
>I was thinking of a fully
>graphical system with full range of motion (as well as textual communications
>of course).
I can't do a graphical system. The universe is non-Euclidean and can only
be represented mathematically. I think it's more interesting that way. ;)
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00230" HREF="msg00230.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Planes of existance</A></strong>,
Greg Munt <a href="mailto:greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk">greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk</a>, Fri 14 May 1999, 07:33 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00251" HREF="msg00251.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Planes of existance</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Sat 15 May 1999, 09:33 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00263" HREF="msg00263.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Planes of existance</A></strong>,
Greg Munt <a href="mailto:greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk">greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk</a>, Sun 16 May 1999, 07:45 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00266" HREF="msg00266.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Planes of existance</A></strong>,
Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Sun 16 May 1999, 07:50 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00271" HREF="msg00271.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Planes of existance</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Sun 16 May 1999, 21:09 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00254" HREF="msg00254.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Planes of existance</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Sat 15 May 1999, 09:46 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00259" HREF="msg00259.html">[MUD-Dev] The distinction between magic spells and magic abilities</A></strong>,
Greg Munt <a href="mailto:greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk">greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk</a>, Sun 16 May 1999, 07:41 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00276" HREF="msg00276.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The distinction between magic spells and magic abilities</A></strong>,
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