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<H1>RE: [MUD-Dev] Spawning and quests (was Sony ban)</H1>
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<LI><em>Subject</em>: RE: [MUD-Dev] Spawning and quests (was Sony ban)</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Matthew Mihaly <<A HREF="mailto:the_logos#achaea,com">the_logos#achaea,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 06:35:49 +0000 (GMT)</LI>
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On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Raph Koster wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mud-dev-admin#kanga,nu [<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev-admin#kanga,nu]On">mailto:mud-dev-admin#kanga,nu]On</A> Behalf Of
> > Paul Schwanz - Enterprise Services
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 3:50 PM
> > To: mud-dev#kanga,nu
> > Subject: RE: [MUD-Dev] Spawning and quests (was Sony ban)
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> Is anyone really doing _epic_ quests? Why not? It
> > seems to me that Frodo's ring would be good fodder for such a quest. One
> > half of the world could try to prevent the other half from moving
> > an object
> > from one corner of the map to another...it works for football. :-)
>
> Your example of epic seems to be team-based capture the flag? Yes, several
> muds have tried that. UO's try at it is going in within the next few weeks
> as part of UO: Renaissance. I think Meridian 59 had a coupleof versions of
> it. Players quickly see it as football and not as an epic quest.
Many text muds (Achaea and Avalon come to mind) have quests that work like
this. It feels a lot more like football than an epic quest though.
--matt
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00299" HREF="msg00299.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Quests</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:the_logos@achaea.com">the_logos@achaea.com</a>, Sun 16 Apr 2000, 22:39 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00332" HREF="msg00332.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Quests</A></strong>,
Madrona Tree <a href="mailto:madronatree@hotmail.com">madronatree@hotmail.com</a>, Mon 17 Apr 2000, 05:47 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00335" HREF="msg00335.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Quests</A></strong>,
Raph Koster <a href="mailto:rkoster@austin.rr.com">rkoster@austin.rr.com</a>, Mon 17 Apr 2000, 06:40 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00349" HREF="msg00349.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Quests</A></strong>,
Christopher Allen <a href="mailto:ChristopherA@skotos.net">ChristopherA@skotos.net</a>, Mon 17 Apr 2000, 16:22 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00274" HREF="msg00274.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Spawning and quests (was Sony ban)</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:the_logos@achaea.com">the_logos@achaea.com</a>, Sat 15 Apr 2000, 17:21 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00387" HREF="msg00387.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Spawning and quests (was Sony ban)</A></strong>,
Paul Schwanz - Enterprise Services <a href="mailto:Paul.Schwanz@east.sun.com">Paul.Schwanz@east.sun.com</a>, Mon 17 Apr 2000, 20:21 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00389" HREF="msg00389.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Spawning and quests (was Sony ban)</A></strong>,
Paul Schwanz - Enterprise Services <a href="mailto:Paul.Schwanz@east.sun.com">Paul.Schwanz@east.sun.com</a>, Mon 17 Apr 2000, 20:47 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00394" HREF="msg00394.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Spawning and quests (was Sony ban)</A></strong>,
Jeff Freeman <a href="mailto:skeptack@antisocial.com">skeptack@antisocial.com</a>, Mon 17 Apr 2000, 21:53 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00401" HREF="msg00401.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Spawning and quests (was Sony ban)</A></strong>,
Geoffrey Z. <a href="mailto:gzatkin@verant.com">gzatkin@verant.com</a>, Tue 18 Apr 2000, 00:06 GMT
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