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From: "Jon A. Lambert" <jlsysinc@ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 11:46:42 -0400
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
Matthew Mihaly wrote:
>
> On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, Koster, Raph wrote:
>
> > The very first question one should ask about tackling something like this is
> > "can I possibly be faithful to the original property?" The answer will, in
> > many cases, be no. For example, a heavily narrative property may well not be
> > suitable for being made into a mud of any sort. A property which is driven
> > primarily by characters will likewise translate poorly.
>
> So right here then, you're basically saying "We'll bastardize the property
> in order to make a buck."
So when was the Ultima theme NOT an exploited commercial property? ;-)
The original rant is probably quite similar to mail that the producers
of the different StarTreks have receive by fans.
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