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From: coder@ibm.net
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 97 23:23:34 -0800
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On 18/12/97 at 11:18 PM, Mike Sellers <mike@online-alchemy.com> said: >At
03:03 PM 12/14/97 PST8PDT, coder@ibm.net wrote:
>>That's where the rub currently lies. I don't have a solution I like yet.
>>The nickname etc type pattern I just suggested to Sellers might be an
>>acceptable solution.
>I have a cold, which might account for this evil thought: if you allowed
>for this sort of naming, you could easily create a race of, say, fairly
>powerful but extremely contrary elves, each of whom *demands* that you
>call him or her "Zinfandel" -- and that you not call any *other* elves by
>this name.
Excellent! I'll have to code in something like this. Superb.
>This could easily degenerate into a Buckaroo Banzai-like situation, with
>everyone named John <something>. It could be confusing and frustrating,
>especially if your ability to tell these individuals apart was not
>perfect, but it could be amusing too ("Only *I* am Zinfandel. All of
>these others are confused!" or "I'm not John Smallberries, I'm John
>Bigbooty!").
And over here is Bruce from the department of Logical Positivism, and here
is Bruce from the department of...
Rightio Bruce!
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