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21147: Re: [MUD-Dev] Geometric content generation

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From: "Travis Nixon" <tnixon@avalanchesoftware.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 12:09:45 -0600
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From: "Ola Fosheim Grøstad" <olag+flames@ifi.uio.no>
> "Koster, Raph" wrote:

>> It is good to see "infinite ladders" and "many ladders of
>> advancement" from the Laws validated by psychology. ;)

> By RATS you mean?

>   (Hmm... that "rats in a cage" message JCL forwarded to the list
>   comes to mind)

> Which illustrates that status quo is more about designing
> primitive impulse-response style traps than designing complex
> worlds fulfilling uncovered needs of semi-intelligent human
> beings, i.e. giving them more rather than a replacement, as in
> empowering rather than entrapment. ;)

Thank you, Ola.  You put that much more succinctly that I could
have.

And MUCH more politely, too. :)

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