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3637: Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is suppo
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From: clawrenc@cup.hp.com
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 97 14:28:30 -0700
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
In <199709272314.TAA16305@polaris.net>, on 09/27/97
at 04:23 PM, "Travis Casey" <efindel@polaris.net> said:
>Are there any muds which don't have a "time based interface" (by
>which I presume you mean a real-time interface, as opposed to a
>turn-based interface).
Yes. Most of them seem to be Web based. Rock is a new example at
http://www.deltapolis.com/rock/.
>Turn-based seems like it would be impractical
>for a mud -- if one player has to go to the bathroom, should all the
>other players be put on hold until he/she gets back?
Nahh, just make default round times, with a defined tolerance for
submissions. Exceed the tolerance and you either get a default action
(eg continue what you were doing last round), or do nothing at all.
>In any case, though, it should be noted that typos are an artifact of
>the interface -- if the player actually *were* his/her character, it
>would be impossible for him/her to try to weld a sword when he/she
>meant to wield it.
Good point.
Can it not be considered that typos are a good analogy for physical
fumbles? Typos == clumsiness? The neat thing of course would be for
the server to attempt to track such typos, and to then generate
in-game bumble actions (trips over own toes, swings sword and cuts
self, fumbles potion and pours it over floor, stutters, gags, burps,
farts, etc).
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