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- OOC functionality (was: I Want to Forge Swords. [Another letter to game designers]) Greg Munt
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- Locations vs Social Spaces (was: I Want to Forge Sw ords) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
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- Locations vs Social Spaces (was: I Want to Forge Swords) Matt Chatterley
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- The effects of object oriented servers on the item database (Long) Derek Licciardi
> -----Original Message-----
> From:Chambers
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 12:11 PM
> To: mud-dev@kanga.nu
> Subject: [MUD-Dev] The effects of object oriented servers on the item
> database
> How would you implement a database for the object hierarchy? Since
> each derived object would have different properties, you would need
> very large databases, right? Does anyone have any tricks or
> articles about this? Maybe even an example?
The answer to this problem isn't quite as obvious as the question.
Will you be using a relational database, and object database or an
object-relational database? Do you have the funding to get a real
database or are you stuck with a freeware or shareware database? Both
of these questions have significant ramifications on your ability to
implement a database to support the object hierarchy.
Relational Database: This is the most well known database out there.
It is the most stable, has a reasonable level of tools that can
access it and is probably the easiest to find qualified talent for
administration. On the flip side, the number of tools can confuse a
project planner. Do I use Borland Database Engine, ADO, a custom
access layer, or Embedded SQL. In addition to this, the object
oriented nature of the object's ingame representation doesn't
intuitively fit into a relational database system. The objects have
to be translated to this format and the design process required can
lead to bad database design. Try your best to find a qualified
data-modeler before you attempt to use a relational database.
Object Database: These databases provide the cleanest representation
of the data. It can be set up to be a mirror image of the in-game
representation making retrieval and insertion a simple task. On the
flip side is a lack of tools, resources with experience, and the
general immaturity of these database in the marketplace. For that
reason you will more than likely be on your own when implementing
one of these. If you can find the talent it may be your best
solution.
Object-Relational Database: You would think that this is the best of
both worlds. Properly implemented it can be, but the lack of
expertise in the field is astounding for these types of databases.
Not only does the person have to know a significant amount about
relational design, they have to understand OOD as well. Beyond that
they need to know how the two relate and how to know when to use
which style the most effectively. I have yet to meet anyone in my
career that can do this effectively, including myself. While I
consider myself strong in relational design, and good at OOD, you
nearly have to be strong in both these to be the least bit effective
with this type of database. At present one of the only databases to
allow this is Oracle 8i and Oracle 9i, so if you can not afford a
real database this is not even an option for you. If this is an
option, you get the benefits of the availability of tools along with
the easier representation of data in the database that the above two
model provide. Given the talent this can be a very powerful
solution.
If you can afford it, get SQL Server 2000, Oracle 9i or some other
robust database. Your administration nightmares will be lessened and
the platform will not require as much shoehorning to get it to work
with your toolset. I have found that on Windows platforms SQL Server
2000 with ADO is a very powerful tool. On Unix you are stuck using
Oracle or DB2 and Embedded SQL. These tools are not as user friendly
though some would argue they are far more powerful. As a certified
DBA for both Oracle 9i and SQL Server, I can tell you that each has
its strengths and weaknesses with respect to development. Oracle
tends to be more scalable, though it costs more and is only more
scalable on Unix platforms. On NT/Win2K they are roughly equivalent.
SQL Server tends to be easier to develop for on a windows platform.
ADO, ASP, COM and other OS Services are better integrated into the
development environment than is the case with Oracle on windows.
As for handling multiple object derivations in a database, I am going
to assume you will be using a relational database and that you will be
using the database as a storage system in place of the traditional
file system approach most MUDs take. This explanation does not
attempt to provide structures for all MUDs nor does it attempt to
provide structures for realtime in-game management of the data.
The first thing I would do is draw what is called an ER diagram to
desribe your data. Entity Relationship diagrams define how 'Entities'
relate to one another which allows easier transformation into a
physical storage design to be implemented into the relational
database.
The first thing I do is define all my entities:
Objects
Object Types
Object Affects
...
The second thing I do is I define how each of these entities is
attributed. Objects
Name
Description
Value
Rent
Strength
...
Object Types
Type Name
Description
Affect Types
Affect Name
Description
Stat
Modifier
Duration
The third step in the process is to define the relationships between
each entity. You define these by stating how each entity relates to
one another in cardinality and in optionality. Entities can have one
of the following four relationships:
Optionality to Cardinality
One to Many
One to One
Zero to Many
Zero to One
I would use the following relationships to define the entities above.
1) Objects must be of one and only one Object type (one to one)
2) Object Types may define one or more Objects (zero to many)
3) Affect Types may be assigned to zero or more Objects(zero to many)
4) Objects may have zero or more Affect Types(zero to many)
When this is translated to a physical table structure, Objects becomes
a table, Object Types becomes a table, Affect Types becoems a table
and an additional table is created during the process to resolve the
many to many relationship that exists as a result of the two zero to
many relationships on Affect Types and Objects. This table is called
Object Affects. In the Objects table a foreign key would be setup and
liked to the Object Types table.(This adds an attribute Type Name to
the Objects table) In Object Affects foreign keys would be setup to
link the table with both the Affect Types table and the Objects table
such that the entire table forms the primary key for that reference
table.(adding the appropriate attributes to the table)
Install this into your database, write the scripts and layers
necessary for your code to work with this layout as defined by your
choice of tools and you will be able to store objects of nearly any
type by adding additional types to the Object Types table and then
defining the objects as a row in the Objects table. You will want to
write some tool to help you manage all of the meta-data (data that
describes data) in your system like Object Types and Affect Types.
Once the data is in this format it can then be analyzed by your team
to accomplish balancing and other such tasks much more easily. I hope
this helps to answer your question.
Before you run off and think about designing your own relational
database, I need to warn you that you will encounter difficulty in
deciding how to store objects that have varying numbers of parameters
to their functionality or have a hierarchal relationship to other
objects. There are numerous books on proper relational database
design. Unfortunately there is no best way to do it as each decision
has its tradeoffs. Learn about them and make the decision that best
suits your individual needs. The example I have given here is
extremely simplistic and assumes that all your affects have the same
types of modifiers.(ie +/- some stat or another) In addition, all of
my Object types in this case would be mutually exclusive of one
another. If this is not the case further tables will be needed to
describe the relationships between object types. Good luck and please
feel free to email me directly with any design questions you may have.
Sincerely
Derek Licciardi - The effects of object oriented servers on the item database (Long) Chambers
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- Player run reputation system Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Player run reputation system Taylor
- Player run reputation system Valerio Santinelli
- Player run reputation system J C Lawrence
- Player run reputation system Matt Mihaly
- Player run reputation system Valerio Santinelli
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- Player run reputation system J Todd Coleman
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- Player run reputation system J Todd Coleman
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- Player run reputation system Trump
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- Player run reputation system McManus, Susan
- Player run reputation system Trump
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- Player run reputation system J C Lawrence
- Player run reputation system Andrew Reisse
- Player run reputation system Koster, Raph
- Player run reputation system Matt Mihaly
- [TECH] 2 papers on python in muds Bruce
- Asheron's Call: An example of how easy it is to lose your balance. Dan Merillat
- Asheron's Call: An example of how easy it is to lose your balance. wrenner@uiuc.edu
- Asheron's Call: An example of how easy it is to lose your balance. Dan Merillat
- Asheron's Call: An example of how easy it is to lose your balance. Dave Rickey
- Asheron's Call: An example of how easy it is to lo se your balance. Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- Asheron's Call: An example of how easy it is to lose your balance. Vincent Archer
- DGN: shard growth patterns? mud-dev-admin@kanga.nu
- DGN: shard growth patterns? J C Lawrence
- DGN: shard growth patterns? Ray Cuadro
- DGN: shard growth patterns? rayzam
- Spaces or rooms? (Information sharing (was: Re:Wher are we now?)) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Dave Kennerly
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Dragoness
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- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Matt Mihaly
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Vincent Archer
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- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Dave Rickey
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Jessica Mulligan
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott John Buehler
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Travis Casey
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Matt Mihaly
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Dave Kennerly
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Koster, Raph
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- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Phillip Lenhardt
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- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Matt Mihaly
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Marc Bowden
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Matt Mihaly
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Matt Mihaly
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Richard Aihoshi aka Jonric
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Frank Alexander
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Koster, Raph
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Freeman, Jeff
- [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Jessica Mulligan
- Lineage and Garriott Matt Mihaly
- Lineage and Garriott Dragoness
- The sad death of Nowheremom Zak Jarvis
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Bruce
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Brian Hook
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Adam Martin
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers John Buehler
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers J C Lawrence
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Dave Rickey
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Brian Hook
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Dave Rickey
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Brian Hook
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Marc Fielding
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Dave Rickey
- Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Brian Hook
- business models Matt Mihaly
- business models Jon Morrow
- business models Matt Mihaly
- business models Christopher Allen
- business models Matt Mihaly
- business models Christopher Allen
- business models william ralph renner
- business models Matt Mihaly
- business models Bruce
- business models Stephen Benz
- business models Matt Mihaly
- business models Christopher Allen
- business models Matt Mihaly
- business models Stephen Benz
- business models Martin Burke
- business models Matt Mihaly
- business models william ralph renner
- business models Matt Mihaly
- business models rayzam
- business models Stephen Benz
- business models shren
- business models Auli
- business models Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- business models Jason Salem
- business models Marc Bowden
- business models Jason Salem
- business models John Buehler
- business models shren
- business models Koster, Raph
- business models Vincent Archer
- business models Koster, Raph
- business models Hulbert, Leland
- business models Vincent Archer
- business models Koster, Raph
- business models Auli
- business models Steven Veltema
- business models Batir
- business models Vincent Archer
- business models Matt Mihaly
- business models Jon Morrow
- business models Dave Rickey
- business models Matt Mihaly
- business models Koster, Raph
- Paying Volunteers Update? Jon Morrow
- Request to mailing list MUD-Dev rejected Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- It's just a game (?) Ananda Dawnsinger
- It's just a game (?) Matt Mihaly
- [DGN?] It's just a game (?) Sharon Mock
- [DGN?] It's just a game (?) Dragoness
- [DGN?] It's just a game (?) Richard A. Bartle
- [DGN?] It's just a game (?) Marian Griffith
- It's just a game (?) Ananda Dawnsinger
- [Adm] BBSs, Access restrictions...was Logical MUD Areas Jon Lambert
- [Adm] BBSs, Access restrictions...was Logical MUD Areas SeronisROTv3@aol.com
- Coordinate mapping with text-based MUDs Jared Nielsen
- Coordinate mapping with text-based MUDs Kwon Ekstrom
- Metrics, Data, and Statistics Jon Morrow
- New Yorker Article Dave Rickey
- New Yorker Article Marc Fielding
- Graphics engines was Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Brian Hook
- Graphics engines was Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Travis Nixon
- Graphics engines was Jeff's Rant: A World Full of Wheel-Makers Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- Jessica Mulligan's Column "Biting the Hand" Now at Skotos Christopher Allen
- Outdoor and indoor 3d engines Adam Martin
- Neil Young Invents UO Dragoness
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Taylor
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Trump
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content David Bennett
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Trump
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Geoffrey MacDougall
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Jon Morrow
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Greg Underwood
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Brian 'Psychochild' Green
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Willowreed@aol.com
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Christopher Allen
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Matt Mihaly
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Neil Brown
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Matt Mihaly
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Kroh, Clayton
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Jon Morrow
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content rayzam
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Jon Morrow
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Greg Underwood
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Geoffrey MacDougall
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Brian 'Psychochild' Green
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Koster, Raph
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Richard Aihoshi aka Jonric
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Richard Aihoshi aka Jonric
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Dave Rickey
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Richard Aihoshi aka Jonric
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content Trump
- JOB: How to get into Game Design / Game content SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- Article: The Ascendancy of Mass Market Gaming Bruce
- Thread Pools (was: TECH: Distributed Muds) Scion Altera
- Thread Pools (was: TECH: Distributed Muds) Greg Underwood
- Thread Pools (was: TECH: Distributed Muds) Matt Chatterley
- UO Volunteer Programs Marc Bowden
- Intellectual Property Lawyer Jon Morrow
- Intellectual Property Lawyer Steve {Bloo} Daniels
- Korea, was [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- (no subject) J C Lawrence
- Korea, was [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Dave Kennerly
- Korea, was [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- Korea, was [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Dave Kennerly
- Korea, was [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- Korea, was [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Dave Kennerly
- Korea, was [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- Korea, was [News] NCSoft + Richard Garriott Dave Kennerly
- Imaginary Realities - May 2001 David Bennett
- Virtual Good Value Assertion Eric Rhea
- Virtual Good Value Assertion wrenner@uiuc.edu
- Virtual Good Value Assertion F. Randall Farmer
- Virtual Good Value Assertion Vincent Archer
- Virtual Good Value Assertion Matt Mihaly
- Virtual Good Value Assertion Eric Rhea
- Virtual Good Value Assertion Matt Mihaly
- Neverwinter Nights John W Pierce
- Neverwinter Nights John W Pierce
- Neverwinter Nights Martin Burke
- Neverwinter Nights Freeman, Jeff
- Neverwinter Nights Gavin Doughtie
- Neverwinter Nights Dave Rickey
- Neverwinter Nights Taylor
- Neverwinter Nights Rob Bartel
- Neverwinter Nights Lars Duening
- Neverwinter Nights Christopher Kohnert
- Neverwinter Nights Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- Neverwinter Nights Eli Stevens
- Neverwinter Nights Christopher Kohnert
- Neverwinter Nights David Loeser
- Neverwinter Nights Lee Sheldon
- Neverwinter Nights Valerio Santinelli
- Neverwinter Nights Lee Sheldon
- Neverwinter Nights Valerio Santinelli
- Neverwinter Nights Koster, Raph
- Neverwinter Nights Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- Neverwinter Nights Adam Martin
- Neverwinter Nights John Buehler
- Neverwinter Nights rayzam
- Neverwinter Nights Lars Duening
- Neverwinter Nights rayzam
- Neverwinter Nights John Buehler
- Neverwinter Nights rayzam
- Neverwinter Nights John Buehler
- Neverwinter Nights rayzam
- Neverwinter Nights Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- Maintaining fiction. Trump
- Maintaining fiction. Brian Hook
- Maintaining fiction. Trump
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Marc Fielding
- Maintaining fiction. Trump
- Maintaining fiction. Marc Fielding
- Maintaining fiction. Trump
- Maintaining fiction. Brian Hook
- Maintaining fiction. Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. Marian Griffith
- Maintaining fiction. Jon Lambert
- Maintaining fiction. SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- Maintaining fiction. Freeman, Jeff
- Maintaining fiction. SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- Maintaining fiction. Freeman, Jeff
- Maintaining fiction. shren
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. Neil Brown
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Chatterley
- Maintaining fiction. Vincent Archer
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. Vincent Archer
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. Hulbert, Leland
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Maintaining fiction. Hulbert, Leland
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Maintaining fiction. Hulbert, Leland
- Maintaining fiction. Edward Glowacki
- Maintaining fiction. SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- Maintaining fiction. Freeman, Jeff
- Maintaining fiction. SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- Maintaining fiction. Freeman, Jeff
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. shren
- Maintaining fiction. shren
- Maintaining fiction. SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Vincent Archer
- Maintaining fiction. Neil Brown
- Maintaining fiction. Phillip Lenhardt
- Maintaining fiction. Neil Brown
- Maintaining fiction. Christopher Kohnert
- Maintaining fiction. Corey Crawford
- Maintaining fiction. Neil Brown
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. Neil Brown
- Maintaining fiction. Paul Schwanz - Enterprise Services
- Maintaining fiction. Neil Brown
- Maintaining fiction. Marc Fielding
- Maintaining fiction. John Buehler
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Chatterley
- Maintaining fiction. Alex Kay
- Maintaining fiction. Michael Tresca
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. shren
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. Brian Hook
- Maintaining fiction. Adam Martin
- Maintaining fiction. Brian Hook
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. Dave Rickey
- Maintaining fiction. rayzam
- Maintaining fiction. Michael Tresca
- Maintaining fiction. Ananda Dawnsinger
- Maintaining fiction. Peter Tyson
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Nixon
- Maintaining fiction. z032383@students.niu.edu
- Maintaining fiction. shren
- Maintaining fiction. Andrew Reisse
- Maintaining fiction. Christopher Kohnert
- Maintaining fiction. Madman Across the Water
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Madman Across the Water
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Freeman, Jeff
- Maintaining fiction. SavantKnowsAll@cs.com
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Maintaining fiction. Trump
- Maintaining fiction. Vincent Archer
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Freeman, Jeff
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Chatterley
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Chatterley
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Maintaining fiction. Madman Across the Water
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Madman Across the Water
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Madman Across the Water
- Maintaining fiction. Eli Stevens
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Madman Across the Water
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. John Buehler
- Maintaining fiction. Ian Collyer
- Maintaining fiction. Madman Across the Water
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Madman Across the Water
- Maintaining fiction. Ian Collyer
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. shren
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. shren
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Maintaining fiction. Ian Collyer
- Maintaining fiction. shren
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. Vincent Archer
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
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- Maintaining fiction. Freeman, Jeff
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Nixon
- Maintaining fiction. J C Lawrence
- Maintaining fiction. Ian Collyer
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. caduvall@wam.umd.edu
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- Maintaining fiction. Daniel A. Koepke
- Maintaining fiction. Phillip Lenhardt
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- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Vincent Archer
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Freeman, Jeff
- Maintaining fiction. John Buehler
- Maintaining fiction. shren
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. shren
- Maintaining fiction. Matt Mihaly
- Maintaining fiction. Trump
- Maintaining fiction. Brian Hook
- Maintaining fiction. shren
- Maintaining fiction. Derek Licciardi
- Maintaining fiction. shren
- Maintaining fiction. Phillip Lenhardt
- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Maintaining fiction. Freeman, Jeff
- Maintaining fiction. Phillip Lenhardt
- Maintaining fiction. Travis Casey
- Maintaining fiction. J C Lawrence
- Maintaining fiction. Koster, Raph
- Maintaining fiction. Peter Tyson
- Maintaining fiction. Freeman, Jeff
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- Maintaining fiction. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Upcoming Commercial, Text-Based Games Jon Morrow
- Upcoming Commercial, Text-Based Games Bob Cochran
- [TECH] Programming languages (was: Neverwinter Nights) Bruce
- [TECH] Programming languages (was: Neverwinter Nights) John W Pierce
- Spoof implementation Eli Stevens
- BIZ: Online consoles and MUDs Peter Tyson
- BIZ: Online consoles and MUDs Neil Brown