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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Newbies (was Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing)</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Caliban Tiresias Darklock <<A HREF="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 19:33:29 -0700</LI>
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On 03:13 PM 6/7/99 -0400, I personally witnessed John Hopson jumping up to say:
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>1) Mandatory help files.
I *like* this. This is a good idea. It should be done more often. However,
I can see it potentially being a problem:
>attack orc
The attack command blah blah blah...
>attack orc
You hit the orc with your fist.
The orc bashes you with a club.
>wield sword
The wield command blah blah blah...
The orc bashes you with a club.
>wield sword
You wield your sword.
The orc bashes you with a club.
>kill orc
The kill command blah blah blah...
The orc bashes you with a club.
You are grievously wounded.
>drink elixir
The drink command blah blah blah...
The orc bashes you with a club.
You are dead.
Obviously, certain commands should be exempted from this. ;)
>2) Aliases
UI folks call this "multiple command vectors". :)
>3) Log missing helpfiles
Excellent advice. You might also try fuzzy search. I've always figured
fuzzy search in your helpfiles would get rid of about 80% of typo
frustration. ;)
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00605" HREF="msg00605.html">[MUD-Dev] Average play time?</A></strong>,
Timothy O'Neill Dang <a href="mailto:timothy#nmia,com">timothy#nmia,com</a>, Tue 08 Jun 1999, 21:02 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00608" HREF="msg00608.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Average play time?</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00609" HREF="msg00609.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Average play time?</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Tue 08 Jun 1999, 21:39 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00579" HREF="msg00579.html">[MUD-Dev] Newbies (was Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing)</A></strong>,
John Hopson <a href="mailto:jwh9#acpub,duke.edu">jwh9#acpub,duke.edu</a>, Mon 07 Jun 1999, 19:24 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00590" HREF="msg00590.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Newbies (was Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing)</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Tue 08 Jun 1999, 02:41 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00561" HREF="msg00561.html">[MUD-Dev] realism</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Mon 07 Jun 1999, 04:26 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00562" HREF="msg00562.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] realism</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Mon 07 Jun 1999, 06:24 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00577" HREF="msg00577.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] realism</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Mon 07 Jun 1999, 18:55 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00581" HREF="msg00581.html">[MUD-Dev] Gender and Mud Development</A></strong>,
Nathan F Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Mon 07 Jun 1999, 19:25 GMT
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