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From: Holly Sommer <hsommer@micro.ti.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 10:06:43 -0500 (CDT)
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Ling wrote:
> Out of interest, how do people feel about mundane messages like arrival
> being 'spiced up'. Instead of:
>
> Bubba arrives from the east.
>
> It becomes:
>
> Bubba walks in from the east.
> Bubba strolls in from the east.
Why would it display his arrival twice?
We imped this on Grok, customized "says" and "walks" - the players loved
it, and we used it as a quest reward sometimes.
> And so on. Would this become annoying? I think the chances are it'll
> probably be an overwhelming yes.
Allow me to vocalize a loud "no." :) At least not the special arrival
messages.
-Holly