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2081: Re: [MUD-Dev] New Topic: Butthead features

In <Pine.GSO.3.96.970904060153.29219B-100000@tay>, on 09/03/97 
   at 10:14 PM, Martin Keegan <martin@cam.sri.com> said:

>On Mon, 18 Aug 1997 clawrenc@cup.hp.com wrote:

>> (DIKU used to let you drop any number of coins as long as you had
>> some coins, and then pick up the number you dropped):
>> 
>>   > i
>>   You have 50 coins.
>>   > drop 10000 coins
>>   Okay.
>>   > get coins
>>   You get 10000 coins.

>Islanders would have been more fascinated with the bug itself than
>its abuse.

Which says a lot for more for Island than anything else.  A game where
bugs, irrationallities, illogic, and chance juxtaposition are played
with as toys in their own right...

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