October 1998
- Storytelling vs. Simulationist (Was Room descriptions) ApplePiMan@aol.com
- Storytelling vs. Simulationist (Was Room descriptions) Brandon J. Rickman
- Storytelling vs. Simulationist (Was Room descriptions) Adam Wiggins
- Storytelling vs. Simulationist (Was Room descriptions) ApplePiMan@aol.com
- Storytelling vs. Simulationist (Was Room descriptions) Adam Wiggins
- Storytelling vs. Simulationist (Was Room descriptions) ApplePiMan@aol.com
- Storytelling vs. Simulationist (Was Room descriptions) ApplePiMan@aol.com
- Storytelling vs. Simulationist (Was Room descriptions) Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Storytelling vs. Simulationist (Was Room descriptions) Peck, Matthew x96724c1
- Storytelling vs. Simulationist (Was Room descriptions) ApplePiMan@aol.com
- Storytelling vs. Simulationist (Was Room descriptions) Peck, Matthew x96724c1
- Storytelling vs. Simulationist (Was Room descriptions) ApplePiMan@aol.com
- Storytelling vs. Simulationist (Was Room descriptions) Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Storytelling vs. Simulationist (Was Room descriptions) Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Storytelling vs. Simulationist (Was Room de scriptions) Koster, Raph
- Storytelling vs. Simulationist (Was Room descriptions) Adam Wiggins
- Storytelling vs. Simulationist (Was Room descriptions) Travis S. Casey
- Storytelling vs. Simulationist (Was Roomdescriptions) ApplePiMan@aol.com
- Storytelling vs. Simulationist (Was Room de scriptions) Koster, Raph
- simulation vs. storytelling is a fallacious distinction James Wilson
- simulation vs. storytelling is a fallacious distinction ApplePiMan@aol.com
- simulation vs. storytelling is a fallacious distinction James Wilson
- simulation vs. storytelling is a fallacious distinction ApplePiMan@aol.com
- [DESIGN] To kill or not to kill? (non-violent conflict) The Wildman
- [DESIGN] To kill or not to kill? (non-violent conflict) Richard Woolcock
- [DESIGN] To kill or not to kill? (non-violent conflict) Marian Griffith
- [DESIGN] To kill or not to kill? (non-violent conflict) The Wildman
- [DESIGN] To kill or not to kill? (non-violent conflict) Robert Woods
- [DESIGN] To kill or not to kill? (non-violent conflict) Marc Hernandez
- Quest engines Koster, Raph
- Quest engines ApplePiMan@aol.com
- Quest engines Michael.Willey@abnamro.com
- Quest engines Hal Black
- [Off-Topic] Patents (Was Storytelling vs. Simulationist) ApplePiMan@aol.com
- Psychopaths Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Psychopaths Koster, Raph
- Storytelling patents (Storytelling vs. Simulationist) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- [DESIGN] To kill or not to kill? Michael.Willey@abnamro.com
- [DESIGN] To kill or not to kill? The Wildman
- [DESIGN] To kill or not to kill? Michael.Willey@abnamro.com
- [DESIGN] To kill or not to kill? The Wildman
- [DESIGN] To kill or not to kill? Michael.Willey@abnamro.com
- [DESIGN] To kill or not to kill? The Wildman
- Spoofing (Psychopaths) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Spoofing (Psychopaths) Koster, Raph
- Spoofing (Psychopaths) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Spoofing (Psychopaths) Richard Bartle
- Spoofing (Psychopaths) Richard Bartle
- Spoofing (Psychopaths) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- [DESIGN] To kill or not to kill? Michael.Willey@abnamro.com
- [DESIGN] To kill or not to kill? The Wildman
- Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP quzah [sotfhome]
- Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP Adam Wiggins
- Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP Chris Gray
- Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP quzah [sotfhome]
- Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP Hal Black
- Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP John Bertoglio
- Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP Petri Virkkula
- Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP Niklas Elmqvist
- Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP quzah [sotfhome]
- Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP Marc Hernandez
- Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP quzah [sotfhome]
- Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP Chris Gray
- Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP quzah [sotfhome]
- Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP Dominic J. Eidson
- Current Projects Alex Stewart
- Current Projects Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Current Projects Robert Woods
- Current Projects James Wilson
- Current Projects Peck, Matthew x96724c1
- Current Projects Robert Woods
- Current Projects T. Alexander Popiel
- Current Projects Travis S. Casey
- Current Projects Joel Kelso
- Current Projects The Arrow
- Current Projects Ryan Prince
- Current Projects Wilburn, E.J.
- Current Projects Michael.Willey@abnamro.com
- Current Projects David Bennett
- Current Projects chris@realm.zfn.uni-bremen.de
- Current Projects Andrew Wilson
- Current Projects Holly Sommer
- Current Projects Scatter
- Current Projects Michael.Willey@abnamro.com
- Current Projects Niklas Elmqvist
- Red Black Tree ? Valerio Santinelli
- Red Black Tree ? T. Alexander Popiel
- Red Black Tree ? Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Red Black Tree ? T. Alexander Popiel
- Red Black Tree ? Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Red Black Tree ? Ben Greear
- MUVE vs. MUD [was Current Projects] Alex Stewart
- Laws of Online World Design Koster, Raph
- Laws of Online World Design Jon A. Lambert
- Laws of Online World Design Ling
- Laws of Online World Design Adam Wiggins
- Laws of Online World Design Michael.Willey@abnamro.com
- Laws of Online World Design J C Lawrence
- Laws of Online World Design ApplePiMan@aol.com
- Laws of Online World Design J C Lawrence
- Laws of Online World Design ApplePiMan@aol.com
- Laws of Online World Design manta@pobox.com
- Laws of Online World Design J C Lawrence
- Laws of Online World Design James Wilson
- Laws of Online World Design J C Lawrence
- Laws of Online World Design ApplePiMan@aol.com
- Laws of Online World Design J C Lawrence
- Laws of Online World Design ApplePiMan@aol.com
- Laws of Online World Design Koster, Raph
- Laws of Online World Design Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Laws of Online World Design Koster, Raph
- Laws of Online World Design J C Lawrence
- Laws of Online World Design Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Laws of Online World Design Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Laws of Online World Design J C Lawrence
- Laws of Online World Design Darrin Hyrup
- Laws of Online World Design Koster, Raph
- Laws of Online World Design Darrin Hyrup
- Laws of Online World Design J C Lawrence
- Laws of Online World Design Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt
- Laws of Online World Design Koster, Raph
- Laws of Online World Design Richard Bartle
- Laws of Online World Design Richard Bartle
- Laws of Online World Design Vadim Tkachenko
- MUVE vs. MUD [was Current Projects] Richard Bartle
- META: Review of FAQ's Bio Section Ling
- META: Review of FAQ's Bio Section Chris Gray
- META: Review of FAQ's Bio Section Benjamin D. Wiechel
- META: Review of FAQ's Bio Section Ling
- META: Review of FAQ's Bio Section J C Lawrence
- META: Review of FAQ's Bio Section Adam Wiggins
- META: Review of FAQ's Bio Section Michael.Willey@abnamro.com
- Advance book review Koster, Raph
- (CDMag) Sosaria Cracked: Why OSI's great social experiment is doomed J C Lawrence
- Ethics & Identity Scatter
- DNS adventure J C Lawrence
- DNS adventure Chris Gray
- DNS adventure Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- DNS adventure Adam J. Thornton
- DNS adventure Vadim Tkachenko
- DNS adventure J C Lawrence
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World Design) mark@erdos.Stanford.EDU
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World Design) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World Design) J C Lawrence
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World Design) Hal Black
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World D esign) Koster, Raph
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World Design) Jon Leonard
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World Design) J C Lawrence
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World Design) Adam J. Thornton
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World Design) Marc Hernandez
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World D esign) Wilburn, E.J.
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World D esign) Jon Leonard
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World D esign) Vadim Tkachenko
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World D esign) Steve Sparks
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World Design) Jon Leonard
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World Design) Steve Sparks
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World Design) Jon Leonard
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World Design) Steve Sparks
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World D esign) Vadim Tkachenko
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World D esign) Steve Sparks
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World D esign) Vadim Tkachenko
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World D esign) Steve Sparks
- A Query Regarding Economies in a Text Environment Brandon A Downey
- A Query Regarding Economies in a Text Environment J C Lawrence
- A Query Regarding Economies in a Text Environme nt Koster, Raph
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World Design) Chris Gray
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World Design) J C Lawrence
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World Design) Jon Leonard
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World D esign) Wilburn, E.J.
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World D esign) J C Lawrence
- [Tech] socket slowdown solved Chris Gray
- [Tech] socket slowdown solved J C Lawrence
- ADMIN: unsubscriptions J C Lawrence
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World Design) Chris Gray
- Network float format (RFC 1014) J C Lawrence
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals J C Lawrence
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Koster, Raph
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Jon Leonard
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals J C Lawrence
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Jon Leonard
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Elis Pomales
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Darrin Hyrup
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Bruce Mitchener, Jr.
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Darrin Hyrup
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Niklas Elmqvist
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals J C Lawrence
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Wilburn, E.J.
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals J C Lawrence
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Chris Gray
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Jon Leonard
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Jon A. Lambert
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Jon Leonard
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Niklas Elmqvist
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Jon Leonard
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Jon A. Lambert
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Joel Kelso
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Marc Hernandez
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Bruce Mitchener, Jr.
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Adam J. Thornton
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals J C Lawrence
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Jon A. Lambert
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Jon A. Lambert
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Marc Hernandez
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Jon A. Lambert
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Chris Gray
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals J C Lawrence
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Jon Leonard
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals J C Lawrence
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Jon Leonard
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals ApplePiMan@aol.com
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals J C Lawrence
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Chris Gray
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Jon Leonard
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Chris Gray
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Jon A. Lambert
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Chris Gray
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Chris Gray
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Jon A. Lambert
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Chris Gray
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Chris Gray
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Bruce Mitchener, Jr.
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Adam J. Thornton
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Chris Gray
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Jon A. Lambert
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Chris Gray
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Chris Gray
- Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals Chris Gray
- OT: TTYQuake Niklas Elmqvist
- OT: TTYQuake Adam Wiggins
- OT: TTYQuake Adam J. Thornton
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World Matthew R. Sheahan
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World Vadim Tkachenko
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World J C Lawrence
- FW: Book? Koster, Raph
- GameStorm Matthew R. Sheahan
- GameStorm J C Lawrence
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World Jon A. Lambert
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World D esign) Koster, Raph
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World D esign) quzah [sotfhome]
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World D esign) Steve Sparks
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World D esign) Koster, Raph
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World D esign) Vadim Tkachenko
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World D esign) Koster, Raph
- Trusting the Client (Laws of Online World D esign) J C Lawrence
- Lengthy Palace study Koster, Raph
- Hacks/Diablo/etc (was: Trusting the quzah [sotfhome]
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) Niklas Elmqvist
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) Darrin Hyrup
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) Adam J. Thornton
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) Hal Black
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) ApplePiMan@aol.com
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) Niklas Elmqvist
- Recursive look Ling
- Recursive look Holly Sommer
- Recursive look David Bennett
- Recursive look J C Lawrence
- Recursive look Marc Hernandez
- Recursive look Bruce Mitchener, Jr.
- Recursive look Michael.Willey@abnamro.com
- Recursive look The Wildman
- Recursive look Adam Wiggins
- Recursive look Koster, Raph
- Recursive look Ling
- Recursive look Adam Wiggins
- Recursive look Marian Griffith
- Recursive look Brandon J. Rickman
- Recursive look Marian Griffith
- Recursive look Brandon J. Rickman
- Recursive look Marian Griffith
- Recursive look Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Recursive look Nathan F Yospe
- Recursive look Darrin Hyrup
- Recursive look Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Recursive look Jon A. Lambert
- Recursive look Matthew R. Sheahan
- Recursive look Nathan F Yospe
- Recursive look Michael.Willey@abnamro.com
- Recursive look Chris Gray
- Recursive look Chris Gray
- evil - good realism Vladimir Prelovac
- evil - good realism S. Patrick Gallaty
- evil - good realism Adam Wiggins
- evil - good realism Wilburn, E.J.
- evil - good realism quzah [sotfhome]
- evil - good realism Jon A. Lambert
- evil - good realism quzah [sotfhome]
- evil - good realism Orion Henry
- evil - good realism Vadim Tkachenko
- evil - good realism J C Lawrence
- evil - good realism Chris Gray
- evil - good realism Brandon A Downey
- evil - good realism quzah [sotfhome]
- evil - good realism Vladimir Prelovac
- evil - good realism Vadim Tkachenko
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) Chris Gray
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) Niklas Elmqvist
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) Chris Gray
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) Hal Black
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) Felix A. Croes
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) Darrin Hyrup
- PDMud thread summary Jon Leonard
- PDMud thread summary Chris Gray
- PDMud thread summary Darrin Hyrup
- PDMud thread summary J C Lawrence
- PDMud thread summary Hal Black
- PDMud thread summary Vadim Tkachenko
- PDMud thread summary Darrin Hyrup
- PDMud thread summary J C Lawrence
- PDMud thread summary Niklas Elmqvist
- PDMud thread summary Darrin Hyrup
- PDMud thread summary Niklas Elmqvist
- PDMud thread summary Adam J. Thornton
- PDMud thread summary Jon A. Lambert
- PDMud thread summary Jon A. Lambert
- PDMud thread summary ApplePiMan@aol.com
- PDMud thread summary Niklas Elmqvist
- PDMud thread summary J C Lawrence
- PDMud thread summary ApplePiMan@aol.com
- PDMud thread summary Jo Dillon
- PDMud thread summary The Arrow
- PDMud thread summary Niklas Elmqvist
- PDMud thread summary Chris Gray
- PDMud thread summary ApplePiMan@aol.com
- PDMud thread summary Darrin Hyrup
- PDMud thread summary Chris Gray
- PDMud thread summary Jon Leonard
- PDMud thread summary ApplePiMan@aol.com
- PDMud thread summary Steve Sparks
- PDMud thread summary Jo Dillon
- PDMud thread summary Adam J. Thornton
- PDMud thread summary Jon Leonard
- PDMud thread summary Jo Dillon
- PDMud thread summary Jon Leonard
- PDMud thread summary Vadim Tkachenko
- PDMud thread summary Jo Dillon
- PDMud thread summary Niklas Elmqvist
- PDMud thread summary Vadim Tkachenko
- PDMud thread summary Darrin Hyrup
- PDMud thread summary Niklas Elmqvist
- PDMud thread summary Chris Gray
- PDMud thread summary Jon A. Lambert
- PDMud thread summary Adam J. Thornton
- PDMud thread summary Chris Gray
- PDMud thread summary Chris Gray
- PDMud thread summary James Wilson
- PDMud thread summary ApplePiMan@aol.com
- PDMud thread summary James Wilson
- PDMud thread summary ApplePiMan@aol.com
- PDMud thread summary ApplePiMan@aol.com
- PDMud thread summary Adam J. Thornton
- PDMud thread summary Chris Gray
- PDMud thread summary Niklas Elmqvist
- PDMud thread summary James Wilson
- PDMud thread summary Niklas Elmqvist
- PDMud thread summary Chris Gray
- PDMud thread summary Niklas Elmqvist
- PDMud thread summary Jon A. Lambert
- PDMud thread summary Chris Gray
- PDMud thread summary Chris Gray
- PDMud thread summary Alex Oren
- PDMud thread summary Alex Oren
- PDMud thread summary Jon A. Lambert
- PDMud thread summary Bruce Mitchener, Jr.
- PDMud thread summary Jon A. Lambert
- PDMud thread summary Jon A. Lambert
- PDMud thread summary Holly Sommer
- PDMud thread summary Jo Dillon
- PDMud thread summary Adam J. Thornton
- PDMud thread summary Jo Dillon
- PDMud thread summary Adam Wiggins
- PDMud thread summary Jo Dillon
- PDMud thread summary Chris Gray
- PDMud thread summary Chris Gray
- PDMud thread summary Alex Oren
- PDMud thread summary Chris Gray
- PDMud thread summary Alex Oren
- ADMIN: Unsubscriptions J C Lawrence
- DevMUD Event Language Hal Black
- DevMUD Event Language Jon Leonard
- DevMUD Event Language J C Lawrence
- DevMUD Event Language James Wilson
- DevMUD Event Language J C Lawrence
- DevMUD Event Language Chris Gray
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) Chris Gray
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) J C Lawrence
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) Niklas Elmqvist
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) James Wilson
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) Jon Leonard
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) ApplePiMan@aol.com
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) Chris Gray
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) Chris Gray
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) Chris Gray
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) Niklas Elmqvist
- Crack.Com deceased, Golgotha source released (sorta) J C Lawrence
- Crack.Com deceased, Golgotha source released (sorta) Bruce Mitchener, Jr.
- Crack.Com deceased, Golgotha source released (sorta ) Koster, Raph
- Crack.Com deceased, Golgotha source released (sorta ) Marc Hernandez
- Crack.Com deceased, Golgotha source released (sorta) Adam J. Thornton
- Crack.Com deceased, Golgotha source released (sorta) Adam Wiggins
- Crack.Com deceased, Golgotha source released (sorta) J C Lawrence
- Crack.Com deceased, Golgotha source released (sorta) J C Lawrence
- Crack.Com deceased, Golgotha source released (sorta) Bruce Mitchener, Jr.
- Game Developers Conference Koster, Raph
- Crack.Com deceased Marc Hernandez
- OT, kinda, but yay :) Koster, Raph
- OT, kinda, but yay :) Jon Leonard
- OT, kinda, but yay :) Nathan F Yospe
- OT, kinda, but yay :) Jon Leonard
- OT, kinda, but yay :) Koster, Raph
- OT, kinda, but yay :) Steve Sparks
- OT, kinda, but yay :) Adam Wiggins
- OT, kinda, but yay :) Chris Gray
- OT, kinda, but yay :) Jo Dillon
- OT, kinda, but yay :) Adam Wiggins
- OT, kinda, but yay :) Jo Dillon
- OT, kinda, but yay :) Jo Dillon
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) Petri Virkkula
- Crack.Com deceased, Golgotha source released , (sorta) Holly Sommer
- OT: slashdot Adam Wiggins
- OT: slashdot J C Lawrence
- OT: slashdot J C Lawrence
- Language support Koster, Raph
- PDMud, Gamora and Casbah Bruce Mitchener, Jr.
- PDMud, Gamora and Casbah Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- PDMud, Gamora and Casbah Niklas Elmqvist
- PDMud, Gamora and Casbah Jon Leonard
- PDMud, Gamora and Casbah Darrin Hyrup
- PDMud, Gamora and Casbah Niklas Elmqvist
- PDMud, Gamora and Casbah Adam J. Thornton
- PDMud, Gamora and Casbah ApplePiMan@aol.com
- PDMud, Gamora and Casbah Chris Gray
- PDMud, Gamora and Casbah Darrin Hyrup
- PDMud, Gamora and Casbah Niklas Elmqvist
- UO: Second Age Koster, Raph
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) Chris Gray
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) Chris Gray
- PDMud (was Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals) Bruce Mitchener, Jr.
- Golgotha as it applies to PDMud (was Crack.Com deceased, Golgotha source , released (sorta)) Niklas Elmqvist
- OpenMUD: bus-based communications James Wilson
- OpenMUD: bus-based communications Chris Gray
- OpenMUD: bus-based communications Niklas Elmqvist
- OpenMUD: bus-based communications Niklas Elmqvist
- OpenMUD: bus-based communications ApplePiMan@aol.com
- I wanna do it OO James Wilson
- I wanna do it OO Chris Gray
- DevMUD - thoughts.1 Chris Gray
- DevMUD - thoughts.1 James Wilson
- DevMUD - thoughts.1 Chris Gray
- DevMUD - thoughts.1 Chris Gray
- DevMUD - thoughts.1 James Wilson
- DevMUD - thoughts.1 Niklas Elmqvist
- DevMUD - thoughts.1 Chris Gray
- CVS and LXR bruce@portland.puremagic.com
- openmud or pdmud or devmud James Wilson
- openmud or pdmud or devmud Chris Gray
- openmud or pdmud or devmud Darrin Hyrup
- openmud or pdmud or devmud Hal Black
- openmud or pdmud or devmud Jon Leonard
- openmud or pdmud or devmud Adam J. Thornton
- openmud or pdmud or devmud Bruce Mitchener, Jr.
- openmud or pdmud or devmud Adam J. Thornton
- openmud: open issues James Wilson
- openmud: open issues Vadim Tkachenko
- openmud: open issues James Wilson
- openmud: open issues Vadim Tkachenko
- MUD verb handling (Was: DevMUD - thoughts.1) Chris Gray
- MUD verb handling (Was: DevMUD - thoughts.1) Adam J. Thornton
- MUD verb handling (Was: DevMUD - thoughts.1) The Arrow
- MUD verb handling (Was: DevMUD - thoughts.1) Jon Leonard
- MUD verb handling (Was: DevMUD - thoughts.1) Niklas Elmqvist
- Missing the point: OpenMUD, Gamora, Casbah, etc. Bruce Mitchener, Jr.
- Missing the point: OpenMUD, Gamora, Casbah, etc. Jon A. Lambert
- Missing the point: OpenMUD, Gamora, Casbah, etc. Niklas Elmqvist
- Missing the point: OpenMUD, Gamora, Casbah, etc. Darrin Hyrup
- Missing the point: OpenMUD, Gamora, Casbah, etc. Bruce Mitchener, Jr.
- Missing the point: OpenMUD, Gamora, Casbah, etc. Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Missing the point: OpenMUD, Gamora, Casbah, etc. Bruce Mitchener, Jr.
- Missing the point: OpenMUD, Gamora, Casbah, etc. Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Missing the point: OpenMUD, Gamora, Casbah, etc. Chris Gray
- Missing the point: OpenMUD, Gamora, Casbah, etc. Bruce Mitchener, Jr.
- Missing the point: OpenMUD, Gamora, Casbah, etc. Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Missing the point: OpenMUD, Gamora, Casbah, etc. Chris Gray
- DevMUD module configuration Jon Leonard
- DevMUD module configuration James Wilson
- DevMUD module configuration Bruce Mitchener, Jr.
- DevMUD module configuration J C Lawrence
- DevMUD module configuration Chris Gray
- DevMUD module configuration Niklas Elmqvist
- DevMUD module configuration Vadim Tkachenko
- Inheritance model (was PDMud thread summary) Bruce Mitchener, Jr.
- Inheritance model (was PDMud thread summary) Cynbe ru Taren
- Why did it take years? Cynbe ru Taren
- Why did it take years? Adam Wiggins
- Why did it take years? James Wilson
- Why did it take years? Bruce Mitchener, Jr.
- Why did it take years? Niklas Elmqvist
- Why did it take years? Holly Sommer
- Why did it take years? J C Lawrence
- Why did it take years? Jo Dillon
- Why did it take years? Cynbe ru Taren
- Why did it take years? J C Lawrence
- Why did it take years? Adam Wiggins
- Why did it take years? Chris Gray
- Why did it take years? Erik Ostrom
- Gamora: Lessons learned? (fwd) Niklas Elmqvist
- Gamora: Lessons learned? (fwd) Niklas Elmqvist
- resource management (was: Missing the point) Felix A. Croes
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules The Arrow
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Bruce Mitchener, Jr.
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Jon Leonard
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules The Arrow
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Jon Leonard
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules James Wilson
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Jon Leonard
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules James Wilson
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Jo Dillon
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules James Wilson
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Niklas Elmqvist
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Jon Leonard
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Niklas Elmqvist
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Jo Dillon
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Robert Brady
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules J C Lawrence
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Darrin Hyrup
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Jo Dillon
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Chris Gray
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Adam J. Thornton
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules James Wilson
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Jon A. Lambert
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules James Wilson
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules James Wilson
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Jon A. Lambert
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Cynbe ru Taren
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Jon A. Lambert
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Jo Dillon
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Vadim Tkachenko
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Chris Gray
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Chris Gray
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules James Wilson
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Adam J. Thornton
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules James Wilson
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules The Arrow
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules The Arrow
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Thandor
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules The Arrow
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Thandor
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Jon A. Lambert
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Chris Gray
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Chris Gray
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Chris Gray
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Chris Gray
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Chris Gray
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules Chris Gray
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules James Wilson
- DevMUD: Inheritable modules J C Lawrence
- [DevMUD] driver implementation language Hal Black
- META/ADMIN: CVS for DevMUD security J C Lawrence
- META/ADMIN: CVS for DevMUD security Jon Leonard
- META/ADMIN: CVS for DevMUD security James Wilson
- DevMUD Objectives? Thandor
I've been following the DevMUD thread closely and it's been interesting enough
to make me want to post. Keep in mind this is a somewhat loose collection of
thoughs, so bear with me if it seems to wander aimlessly in parts...
I'm just wondering what people are hoping to achieve with DevMUD. As I see it,
everyone thus far has had different objectives. Some just want to do something
that is extensible and flexible, some want to do something that's a nifty
piece of code, others want to make the mud platform to kill all mud platforms.
Frankly, I don't see these objectives as being compatible. I also don't see
the real point in doing either of the first two - there are already extensible
mud platforms, and there is plenty of muds that have nifty code. So my
interest certainly is only in the third - I see no point in doing DevMUD
unless it is to make it the best mud platform, so that's what I'm going to
give my thoughts on.
If we look at what has been done and been popular, one name imediately comes
to mind - diku. There is no doubt that diku derivatives make up the majority
of muds out there. They're also popular with players: I can think of several
for whom a online count of 100 is considered low. And finally, diku can be
moulded into a whole lot of things - hack and slash, roleplay, fantasy theme,
sci-fi theme, you name it, someone has done it with a diku based mud.
Yet, diku is pretty low tech compared to some other codebases out there. It
has no internal language, everything is hard coded, the "database" it uses is
rudimentry, it's non-threaded, non-object oriented, etc. But despite it's
significant disadvantages, it's popular. I think it's something that DevMUD
needs to pay attention to.
I'll tell you why I think it's popular - it's simple. The design is simple
enough to quickly understand. The code is simple enough to skip to pretty much
any place in any source file and quickly grasp what is happening. Heck, you
can get some sort of understanding as to how diku works without really knowing
C. The simple design makes it easy to understand, and easy to modify - which
encourages people to modify it.
I think that should be the number one thing to keep in mind when designing and
coding DevMUD - make it easy for someone to come along later and change it to
their liking. I think it's a far more important thing that say, wiz bang
features, or brilliant code, or pure speed. Mere mortal programmers like
myself would like to be able to use it too - if you don't have that you end up
with something that is useless to the mudding community as a whole. Sure, it
might be the most modular, fastest, most advanaced mud ever dreamed of, but
what good does that do anyone if everyone sticks to their diku muds that they
can understand?
Next point, and maybe my opinion is tainted here from my heavily diku-based
background, but what is the aim of the internal mud language? I can think of a
few reasons to want it, but only one that is really compelling:
- It makes things modifiable on the fly. This is something the diku world
doesn't have, but I can't see the big deal anyway. So you have to reboot
every few days to add changes, it takes 30 seconds and many muds these days
have copy-over which means players don't even have to relog.
- You can give "non-techies" the capability to "code". This sounds great in
theory, but all reports I've heard of how it works in practice is that
nearly all the code gets writen by people who would have been writing the
code anyway. So you've now forced them to learn a new language, and then
write code that runs slower, and gained nothing.
- The real potential advantage I can see: It may be faster to write code in a
well designed, purpose built language. However, I think this goes pretty
much against the design goal some people are advocating of maximising the
flexibility of the system. After all, the more you target the language at a
particular style of mud, the faster it is to work with, but the less
flexibility you have, no?
Which brings me to the whole modularity and flexibility concept. Some people
have been advocating a very pure sort of approach, with very generic modules.
While I agree in theory that is a good thing, but in practice I think it's
counter productive to be too generic. At least, don't go to the extent that
some people have been talking about - I don't think you should be able to use
a module from DevMUD in a thoroughly unrelated system. A mud has some
specialised requirements, and I think it would be better off keeping those in
mind when designing the modules, rather than just making generic
parser/telnet/bootstrap/config/etc modules and putting all the mud specific
burdon in the game module(s). Yes, it's probably not as pure an approach, but
I think it would keep things simpler and more usable in the context we expect
them to be used - running a mud.
Finally, graphical vs text based. I'm yet to be convinced that making a mud
that can be either graphical or text based is the way to go. Even assuming
that someone designs the "all encompasing graphical mud module" that means
everyone can work with only one graphics module in mind, wont allowing for
both the text based and graphical clients mean that everything needs to be
done twice, with regards to output? To me, that doesn't sound like much of a
fun environment to be creating a mud in, having to do twice the work
everywhere. I think deciding on a text based or a graphics based system would
again keep things simpler, especially given that most muds will probably only
want one or the other. I guess this comes back to flexibility - making DevMUD
all encompasing sounds great, but is that an achievable or even desirable
goal?
Maybe I'm missing something, but DevMUD is sounding more like a cool geektoy
filled with as many neat coding tricks as possible than something that anyone
is going to be able to use. The number of times people on this list who seem
to be very knowledgable when it comes to mud design have replied that they've
been unable to understand something, even at the very sketchy design level
being worked on at the moment sounds like a warning to me.
I hope I'm proved wrong though. With all the talent on this list maybe I just
need to have faith and not question the wisdom being thrown about. ;)
- Shane King/Thandor. - DevMUD Objectives? Koster, Raph
- DevMUD Objectives? Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- DevMUD Objectives? Petri Virkkula
- DevMUD Objectives? Thandor
- DevMUD Objectives? Niklas Elmqvist
- DevMUD Objectives? Thandor
- DevMUD Objectives? Darrin Hyrup
- DevMUD Objectives? Travis Casey
- DevMUD Objectives? Chris Gray
- DevMUD Objectives? Chris Gray
- DevMUD Objectives? Hal Black
- DevMUD Objectives? Thandor
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) Chris Gray
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) Chris Gray
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) Thandor
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) James Wilson
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) Adam J. Thornton
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) Vadim Tkachenko
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) Vadim Tkachenko
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) Thandor
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) James Wilson
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) Jon A. Lambert
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) Thandor
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) Jon A. Lambert
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) Vadim Tkachenko
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) Jon A. Lambert
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) Vadim Tkachenko
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) Jon A. Lambert
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) Vadim Tkachenko
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) Vadim Tkachenko
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) Vadim Tkachenko
- Why modules? (Was: Inheritable modules) J C Lawrence
- MUD-Dev's DevMUD: a word of caution Greg Munt
- MUD-Dev's DevMUD: a word of caution Cynbe ru Taren
- MUD-Dev's DevMUD: a word of caution Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- MUD-Dev's DevMUD: a word of caution Chris Gray
- MUD-Dev's DevMUD: a word of caution ApplePiMan@aol.com
- MUD-Dev's DevMUD: a word of caution Jon A. Lambert
- MUD-Dev's DevMUD: a word of caution Chris Gray
- MUD-Dev's DevMUD: a word of caution Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- MUD-Dev's DevMUD: a word of caution Cynbe ru Taren
- MUD-Dev's DevMUD: a word of caution Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- MUD-Dev's DevMUD: a word of caution Adam J. Thornton
- MUD-Dev's DevMUD: a word of caution Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- MUD-Dev's DevMUD: a word of caution James Wilson
- MUD-Dev's DevMUD: a word of caution Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- MUD-Dev's DevMUD: a word of caution Niklas Elmqvist
- MUD-Dev's DevMUD: a word of caution The Arrow
- MUD-Dev's DevMUD: a word of caution Thandor
- DevMUD: Module message passing The Arrow
- DevMUD: Module message passing Vadim Tkachenko
- Why mudules and some other questions. Ben Greear
- Why mudules and some other questions. Vadim Tkachenko
- Reminiscing Jon A. Lambert