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18668: Re: [MUD-Dev] Definition of a character (was: RE: Maintainingfiction.)

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From: J C Lawrence <claw@2wire.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 21:30:37 -0700
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On Sat, 23 Jun 2001 02:32:22 +0100 
Ian Collyer <ian.collyer@i12.com> wrote:

> Matt Mihaly wrote:
>> I have characters that do not currently exist in any database.

> True, but these characters have no relevance in any MUD until they
> have an in-game avatar to 'inhabit' and at that point the
> properties of the avatar also become the properties of the
> character and it ceases to be a purely mental construct.

Basic set theory; The two sets intersect at the point the character
starts to be played, but are not and never will be congruent.

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J C Lawrence                                       claw@kanga.nu
---------(*)                          http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/
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