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<LI><em>From</em>: "Koster, Raph" &lt;<A HREF="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</A>&gt;</LI>
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&gt; -----Original Message-----
&gt; From: Chris Gray [<A  HREF="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</A>]
&gt; Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 11:47 PM
&gt; To: mud-dev#kanga,nu
&gt; Subject: RE: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing
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&gt; [Koster, Raph:]
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&gt; &gt;   [Chat] Groth: *bounce* hi hi!
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&gt; As a total newbie to most standard MUDs: I think I saw that *bounce*
&gt; thing once. What the devil does it mean?!?

It's a social command, like "hug" and "bow." On Legend anyway it's a popular
"cutesy" greeting to bounce into people's laps...

&gt; &gt;   (HP:100% MA:100% MV:100%)&gt;How do I talk?
&gt; &gt;   'Do I talk?' you howl.
&gt; 
&gt; Ooh, that's an evil abbreviation!

Legend does partial matching on all commands. So abbreviations happen
automatically. Often they are infelicitous. This particular command is the
result of catering to roleplayers. Anyone on the list remember the speech
adverb system I described here? Well, the natural extension is to add HOWL,
MUTTER, GRUMBLE, etc etc...

-Raph


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<LI><strong><A NAME="00472" HREF="msg00472.html">[MUD-Dev] Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>, 
Travis Casey <a href="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</a>, Fri 04 Jun 1999, 03:40 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00482" HREF="msg00482.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>, 
Greg Miller <a href="mailto:gmiller#classic-games,com">gmiller#classic-games,com</a>, Fri 04 Jun 1999, 15:40 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00490" HREF="msg00490.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>, 
Albert <a href="mailto:thecheezeman#earthlink,net">thecheezeman#earthlink,net</a>, Fri 04 Jun 1999, 18:43 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00434" HREF="msg00434.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>, 
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Thu 03 Jun 1999, 05:04 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00450" HREF="msg00450.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>, 
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Thu 03 Jun 1999, 14:12 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00461" HREF="msg00461.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>, 
Ross Nicoll <a href="mailto:rnicoll#lostics,demon.co.uk">rnicoll#lostics,demon.co.uk</a>, Thu 03 Jun 1999, 17:26 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00462" HREF="msg00462.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>, 
Travis S. Casey <a href="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</a>, Thu 03 Jun 1999, 18:13 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00473" HREF="msg00473.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>, 
Ross Nicoll <a href="mailto:rnicoll#lostics,demon.co.uk">rnicoll#lostics,demon.co.uk</a>, Fri 04 Jun 1999, 03:43 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00489" HREF="msg00489.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>, 
Albert <a href="mailto:thecheezeman#earthlink,net">thecheezeman#earthlink,net</a>, Fri 04 Jun 1999, 18:43 GMT
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