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From: Marc Bowden <ryumo@merit.edu>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 08:57:43 -0500
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--On Thursday, December 20, 2001 10:55 AM -0800 David Bennett
<ddt@discworld.imaginary.com> wrote:
> I think they failed because they decided to concentrate on mudlib
> design issues rather than their original idea of making it a
> learning mud. So they gave off two contradictory ideas.
Designing l33t topheavy game libraries is easier than dealing with
people. People-dealing-with is messy.
> They also based the mudlib on several very flawed ideas, which
> didn't help :) Despite my arguments against it. No one ever
> listens to me :)
That's not entirely true. ;)
They never listened to my "shouldn't we be running this like an
amusement park instead of pretending we're developing an operating
system" rants either. (Hi George!)
--
Marc Bowden - Soulsinger Dreamshadow:The Legacy of the Three
ryumo@merit.edu 206.246.120.2 3333
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