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December 1998

Hex-grid mapping Matthew R. Sheahan
- Hex-grid mapping Jon Leonard
- - Hex-grid mapping James Wilson
  - - Hex-grid mapping Jon Leonard
    - - Hex-grid mapping James Wilson
      - Hex-grid mapping Par Winzell
        Hex-grid mapping quzah [sotfhome]
        Hex-grid mapping Nathan F Yospe
- Hex-grid mapping Ling
- - Hex-grid mapping Jon A. Lambert
  - Hex-grid mapping Nathan F Yospe
  - Hex-grid mapping Alberto Barsella
Hex-grid mapping (example from PSL empire) Pericolo DiMorte
- Hex-grid mapping (example from PSL empire) Nathan F Yospe
- Hex-grid mapping (example from PSL empire) quzah [sotfhome]
- - Hex-grid mapping (example from PSL empire) Pericolo DiMorte
  - - Hex-grid mapping (example from PSL empire) James Wilson
ADMIN: Personalities... J C Lawrence
Hex-grid mapping (fwd) Nathan F Yospe
- Hex-grid mapping (fwd) J C Lawrence
Electric Communities' E Ola Fosheim Grøstad
Electric Communities' E Ola Fosheim Grøstad
mud client development systems Sunny Gulati
- mud client development systems Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- mud client development systems Chris Gray
- - mud client development systems greear@cyberhighway.net
  - mud client development systems Sunny Gulati
  - - mud client development systems Benjamin D. Wiechel
    - mud client development systems Sunny Gulati
    - - mud client development systems J C Lawrence
      - mud client development systems Per Vognsen
      - mud client development systems Sunny Gulati
        mud client development systems Scatter
        mud client development systems Per Vognsen
- mud client development systems Chris Gray
- - mud client development systems Jon Leonard
- mud client development systems Bruce Mitchener, Jr.
- - mud client development systems Sunny Gulati
- mud client development systems Chris Gray
Stack-Based NPC AI Eli Stevens {KiZurich}
- Stack-Based NPC AI Mark Gritter
- Stack-Based NPC AI Marc Hernandez
- Stack-Based NPC AI Richard Woolcock
- - Stack-Based NPC AI Par Winzell
  - - Stack-Based NPC AI David Bennett
  - Stack-Based NPC AI Mik Clarke
- Stack-Based NPC AI Felix A. Croes
Introduction Mik Clarke
- Introduction Adam J. Thornton
- - Introduction Mik Clarke
  - - Introduction ApplePiMan@aol.com
    - - Introduction Mik Clarke
Thought Treasure Adam Wiggins
Netscape's "Gecko" Browsing Engine (fwd) Nathan F Yospe
- Netscape's "Gecko" Browsing Engine (fwd) Adam Wiggins
- - Netscape's "Gecko" Browsing Engine (fwd) Bruce Mitchener, Jr.
  - Netscape's "Gecko" Browsing Engine (fwd) greear@cyberhighway.net
Error tolerant UDP data streams J C Lawrence
- Error tolerant UDP data streams James Wilson
- - Error tolerant UDP data streams J C Lawrence
- Error tolerant UDP data streams Ola Fosheim Grøstad
ADMIN: (IMPORTNANT) Server down time and possible service interruption J C Lawrence
[DevMUD] Error tolerant UDP data streams Darren Henderson
MUD Design doc (long) Thinus Barnard
- MUD Design doc (long) Benjamin D. Wiechel
- - MUD Design doc (long) Thinus Barnard
  - - MUD Design doc (long) J C Lawrence
    - - MUD Design doc (long) Koster, Raph
      - MUD Design doc (long) Emil Eifrem
      - MUD Design doc (long) Adam Wiggins
        MUD Design doc (long) Michael Willey
        MUD Design doc (long) Adam Wiggins
        MUD Design doc (long) J C Lawrence
        MUD Design doc (long) Mik Clarke
        MUD Design doc (long) Caliban Tiresias Darklock
        MUD Design doc (long) Thinus Barnard
        MUD Design doc (long) Mik Clarke
        MUD Design doc (long) Mik Clarke
        MUD Design doc (long) Travis Casey
        MUD Design doc (long) Nathan F Yospe
        MUD Design doc (long) Mik Clarke
        MUD Design doc (long) Nathan F Yospe
        MUD Design doc (long) Mik Clarke
        MUD Design doc (long) Nathan F Yospe
        MUD Design doc (long) Mik Clarke
        MUD Design doc (long) Adam Wiggins
        MUD Design doc (long) J C Lawrence
        MUD Design doc (long) Ling
        MUD Design doc (long) J C Lawrence
        MUD Design doc (long) Koster, Raph
        MUD Design doc (long) J C Lawrence
        MUD Design doc (long) Mik Clarke
        MUD Design doc (long) J C Lawrence
        MUD Design doc (long) J C Lawrence
        MUD Design doc (long) Emil Eifrem
        MUD Design doc (long) Travis Casey
        MUD Design doc (long) Emil Eifrem
        MUD Design doc (long) Travis Casey
        MUD Design doc (long) Emil Eifrem
        MUD Design doc (long) Travis S. Casey
        MUD Design doc (long) Caliban Tiresias Darklock
        MUD Design doc (long) Marian Griffith
        MUD Design doc (long) Koster, Raph
- MUD Design doc (long) Chris Gray
- - MUD Design doc (long) Sunny Gulati
  - - MUD Design doc (long) J C Lawrence
- MUD Design doc (long) Chris Gray
- MUD Design doc (long) Benjamin D. Wiechel
- - MUD Design doc (long) J C Lawrence
- MUD Design doc (long) Nathan F Yospe
- MUD Design doc (long) Chris Gray
- - MUD Design doc (long) Emil Eifrem
- MUD Design doc (long) Chris Gray
- - MUD Design doc (long) Mik Clarke
- MUD Design doc (long) Chris Gray
- - MUD Design doc (long) Caliban Tiresias Darklock
Hex grids. quzah [softhome]
small dev-mud invite Chris Gray
- small dev-mud invite J C Lawrence
mud client development systems Sunny Gulati
- mud client development systems Jay Carlson
- mud client development systems J C Lawrence
AFAP: As fast as possible, non linear... quzah [softhome]
- AFAP: As fast as possible, non linear... Jon Leonard
- - AFAP: As fast as possible, non linear... quzah [softhome]
- AFAP: As fast as possible, non linear... Mik Clarke
- - AFAP: As fast as possible, non linear... Alex Oren
- AFAP: As fast as possible, non linear... Dan Shiovitz
- AFAP: As fast as possible, non linear... Mik Clarke
- - AFAP: As fast as possible, non linear... quzah [softhome]
  - AFAP: As fast as possible, non linear... quzah [softhome]
  - - AFAP: As fast as possible, non linear... Greg Connor
    - - AFAP: As fast as possible, non linear... quzah [softhome]
Graphic design, client questions Thinus Barnard
- Graphic design, client questions Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- - Graphic design, client questions Jo Dillon
  - - Graphic design, client questions Caliban Tiresias Darklock
    - - Graphic design, client questions Jo Dillon
  - Graphic design, client questions Thinus Barnard
  - - Graphic design, client questions Sunny Gulati
    - - Graphic design, client questions J C Lawrence
    - Graphic design, client questions Caliban Tiresias Darklock
    - Graphic design, client questions J C Lawrence
  - Graphic design, client questions J C Lawrence
  - Graphic design, client questions Jay Carlson
- Graphic design, client questions Ben Greear
More Laws, was DIS: Client-Server vs Peer-to-Peer Koster, Raph
- More Laws, was DIS: Client-Server vs Peer-to-Peer Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- - More Laws, was DIS: Client-Server vs Peer-t o-Peer Koster, Raph
  - - More Laws, was DIS: Client-Server vs Peer-t o-Peer J C Lawrence
More Laws Niklas Elmqvist
- More Laws J C Lawrence
Re[2]:MUD Design doc (long) Michael Willey
- Re[2]:MUD Design doc (long) Adam Wiggins
- Re[2]:MUD Design doc (long) Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- - Re[2]:MUD Design doc (long) J C Lawrence
- Re[2]:MUD Design doc (long) Sunny Gulati
- - Re[2]:MUD Design doc (long) quzah [softhome]
  - - Re[2]:MUD Design doc (long) David Bennett
- Re[2]:MUD Design doc (long) quzah [softhome]
Some useful links Niklas Elmqvist
Response (Was MUD Design doc (long)) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
Response (Was MUD Design doc (long)) Chris Gray
- Response (Was MUD Design doc (long)) J C Lawrence
example custom protocol and its uses Chris Gray
client stuff... Andrew Wilson
Developing a MUD for the first time? Alex Oren
Re[2]:MUD Design doc (long) J C Lawrence
[DevMUD] Database module J C Lawrence
- [DevMUD] Database module cynbe@muq.org
- - [DevMUD] Database module J C Lawrence
  - - [DevMUD] Database module cynbe@muq.org
  - [DevMUD] Database module T. Alexander Popiel
  - [DevMUD] Database module Jay Carlson
  - - [DevMUD] Database module cynbe@muq.org
- [DevMUD] Database module Felix A. Croes
Re[2]:MUD Design doc (long) Caliban Tiresias Darklock
[RRE]AAAI 1999 Fall Symposium: Narrative Intelligence Bruce Mitchener, Jr.
(fwd) DESIGN: Proposed topic of Discussion (Injecting Pure Signal) J C Lawrence
- (fwd) DESIGN: Proposed topic of Discussion (Injecting Pure Signal) Mik Clarke
Terragen Vadim Tkachenko
[RELEASE] Insanity To Infinity (I:I_OS) v.01a Bobby Bailey
- [RELEASE] Insanity To Infinity (I:I_OS) v.01a Robin Carey
- - [RELEASE] Insanity To Infinity (I:I_OS) v.01a Bobby Bailey
META: 1998 Topic Summary Jon A. Lambert
[RELEASE] Insanity To Infinity (I:I_OS) v.02a Bobby Bailey
ADMIN: New text formatting rule for MUD-Dev J C Lawrence
More Laws Jon A. Lambert
- More Laws Travis Casey
MUD Design doc - Combat Jon A. Lambert
- MUD Design doc - Combat J C Lawrence
- - MUD Design doc - Combat cynbe@muq.org
  - MUD Design doc - Combat Koster, Raph
  - - MUD Design doc - Combat Caliban Tiresias Darklock
    - - MUD Design doc - Combat quzah [softhome]
      - MUD Design doc - Combat Caliban Tiresias Darklock
        MUD Design doc - Combat T. Alexander Popiel
        MUD Design doc - Combat J C Lawrence
        MUD Design doc - Combat Koster, Raph
        MUD Design doc - Combat Adam Wiggins
        MUD Design doc - Combat J C Lawrence
        MUD Design doc - Combat quzah [softhome]
        MUD Design doc - Combat Dr. Cat
        MUD Design doc - Combat T. Alexander Popiel
        MUD Design doc - Combat Caliban Tiresias Darklock
        MUD Design doc - Combat J C Lawrence
    - MUD Design doc - Combat James Wilson
    - - MUD Design doc - Combat Nathan F Yospe
      - MUD Design doc - Combat James Wilson
        MUD Design doc - Combat Nathan F Yospe
        MUD Design doc - Combat diablo@best.com
        MUD Design doc - Combat Kristen Koster
- MUD Design doc - Combat Chris Gray
- - MUD Design doc - Combat Scatter
- MUD Design doc - Combat Koster, Raph
- - MUD Design doc - Combat Kristen Koster
- MUD Design doc - Combat Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- - MUD Design doc - Combat T. Alexander Popiel
Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Till Eulenspiegel
- Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Travis Casey
- - Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Koster, Raph
  - - Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Adam Wiggins
    - - Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Marian Griffith
    - Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Andy Cink
    - - Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Ling
      - Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Till Eulenspiegel
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Andy Cink
      - Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
      - Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Justin Robinson
      - Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Andy Cink
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Mik Clarke
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Koster, Raph
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Koster, Raph
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Adam Wiggins
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Marian Griffith
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Marian Griffith
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Alex Oren
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Mik Clarke
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Adam Wiggins
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Koster, Raph
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Mik Clarke
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Matt Wallace
        
        On Sat, 16 Jan 1999, Mik Clarke wrote:
        
        > If someone is prepared to put in 100 hours to get a character who can
        > provide them with special abilities which they cannot get from anywhere
        > else, then I'd say let them keep it. The fact that no one is playing
        > the class full time, would make me suspect that the class is to weak
        > (non-competative) to appeal to your normal players. If the ability
        > could be purchased from an NPC alchemist, I suspect that such mules
        > might disappear.
        
        Two things: first, there is an element of roleplay some muds desire to
        maintain, which is lost if you simply allow people to play multiple
        characters and allow them to "know" about each others equipment and
        interact. Second, mules let players circumvent weaknesses in classes, and
        that allows them to second guess game balance. For example, warriors might
        need to negotiate or befried or perhaps purchase the services of a mage in
        order to have their equipment enchanted to be more damaging or protective.
        This leverage helps the mage pull his weight, getting him into groups, or
        getting him services, perhaps even protection. In a roleplay sense, it is
        a way he can build a friendship with other characters. The more well
        balanced a game, the more mules disrupt that balance. The more rare a
        set of abilities becomes (few players) the more valuable they become
        (allowing their rarity to make them valuable). I've witnessed this sort of
        rarity in places where sanctuary and protection was rare and limited to a
        healer class. The healer class was weak offensively and not great alone,
        but consistently they were valued as friends and group members, because
        they could transform a party from a set of timid adventurers into a bold
        force, by virtue of their ability to protect and heal those who DID have
        more offensive capabilities. If you have a set of real "healer" players,
        in that circumstance, and a set of "mule" healers, you ruin the players
        experience by allowing the mules to make the abilities less valuable.
        
        --Matt
        
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Adam Wiggins
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Adam Wiggins
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Marian Griffith
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Koster, Raph
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Andy Cink
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Koster, Raph
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Andy Cink
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Koster, Raph
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Marian Griffith
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Koster, Raph
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Mik Clarke
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Koster, Raph
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Adam Wiggins
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Holly Sommer
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Adam Wiggins
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Mik Clarke
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Matt Wallace
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Mik Clarke
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. D. B. Brown
      - Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Mik Clarke
      - Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
      - Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
      - Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Vladimir Prelovac
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Nathan F Yospe
        Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
- Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
- Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Jon A. Lambert
- - Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Travis S. Casey
  - - Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
- Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Petri Virkkula