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22935: RE: [MUD-Dev] Is difficult communication the barrier to community in MMORPGs? (fwd)
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From: "Damion Schubert" <damion@ninjaneering.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 12:30:48 -0500
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
From: Caliban Tiresias Darklock
> The single biggest problem for me when playing games that allow
> typing messages is that they are usually best *played* with the
> mouse.
The biggest impediment to good communication in both text muds and
the graphical ones is scrolling text. Most combat is slow- enoughed
paced that you have time to type a message (if you can't enter an
alias or press a function key), but it does no good to scream
"HEAL!" if that text is going to be washed away in a sea of "The
giant rat attacks YOU for 23 points of damage!"
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