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January 2004

The last days of Discord PVP server on EQ Frank Crowell
- The last days of Discord PVP server on EQ szii@sziisoft.com
biggest muds Matt Mihaly
Congratulations Horizons... Lee Sheldon
- Congratulations Horizons... Brad McQuaid
- - Congratulations Horizons... Marian Griffith
  - - Congratulations Horizons... Brad McQuaid
    - - Congratulations Horizons... T H
      - Congratulations Horizons... Matt Mihaly
      - Congratulations Horizons... Lee Sheldon
        Congratulations Horizons... Chanur Silvarian
      - Congratulations Horizons... Lee Sheldon
      - Congratulations Horizons... Brad McQuaid
      - Congratulations Horizons... Marian Griffith
      - Congratulations Horizons... Chris Duesing
    - Congratulations Horizons... Mike Shaver
    - - Congratulations Horizons... Marian Griffith
    - Congratulations Horizons... Tom "cro" Gordon
  - Congratulations Horizons... Lee Sheldon
  - - Congratulations Horizons... Brad McQuaid
    - - Congratulations Horizons... Lee Sheldon
    - Congratulations Horizons... Christopher Kohnert
    - Congratulations Horizons... Vincent Archer
    - Congratulations Horizons... Chanur Silvarian
    - - Congratulations Horizons... Vincent Archer
      - Congratulations Horizons... Chanur Silvarian
        Congratulations Horizons... Lee Sheldon
        Congratulations Horizons... Chanur Silvarian
  - Congratulations Horizons... Matt Mihaly
  - - Congratulations Horizons... John Buehler
- Congratulations Horizons... Philip M. Hofer {Frumph}
- - Congratulations Horizons... Lee Sheldon
  - Congratulations Horizons... Paul Schwanz
  - - Congratulations Horizons... Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
    - - Congratulations Horizons... Lee Sheldon
    - Congratulations Horizons... Lee Sheldon
- Congratulations Horizons... Matt Mihaly
- - Congratulations Horizons... Lee Sheldon
[DGN] The psychology of random numbers Ted L. Chen
- [DGN] The psychology of random numbers Ammon Lauritzen
- - [DGN] The psychology of random numbers Chanur Silvarian
  - - [DGN] The psychology of random numbers Michael "Flury" Chui
    - [DGN] The psychology of random numbers Zach Collins {Siege}
    - [DGN] The psychology of random numbers David Kennerly
- [DGN] The psychology of random numbers Paolo Piselli
- [DGN] The psychology of random numbers Sean Kelly
- - [DGN] The psychology of random numbers Chanur Silvarian
  - - [DGN] The psychology of random numbers Alex Chacha
  - [DGN] The psychology of random numbers Ted L. Chen
  - - [DGN] The psychology of random numbers ceo
    - [DGN] The psychology of random numbers Dave Bacher
    - - [DGN] The psychology of random numbers Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt
      - [DGN] The psychology of random numbers Ben Hawes
        [DGN] The psychology of random numbers Byron Ellacott
        [DGN] The psychology of random numbers Kirinyaga
      - [DGN] The psychology of random numbers Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
      - [DGN] The psychology of random numbers szii@sziisoft.com
        [DGN] The psychology of random numbers Brian Hook
        [DGN] The psychology of random numbers Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
        [DGN] The psychology of random numbers Mike Shaver
        [DGN] The psychology of random numbers Byron Ellacott
        [DGN] The psychology of random numbers Byron Ellacott
      - [DGN] The psychology of random numbers J C Lawrence
      - [DGN] The psychology of random numbers Rayzam
        [DGN] The psychology of random numbers Vincent Archer
      - [DGN] The psychology of random numbers Robert Zubek
- [DGN] The psychology of random numbers Travis Casey
[BIZ] Defining 'churhn' in relation to MMO games Tom "cro" Gordon
- [BIZ] Defining 'churhn' in relation to MMO games ren@aldermangroup.com
Moderation delays J C Lawrence
NEWS TECH: Welcome to the "MUD-Dev" mailing list Peter Seebach
- NEWS TECH: Welcome to the "MUD-Dev" mailing list Jon Leonard
- - NEWS TECH: Welcome to the "MUD-Dev" mailing list Peter Seebach
- NEWS TECH: Welcome to the "MUD-Dev" mailing list Lars Duening
- - NEWS TECH: Welcome to the "MUD-Dev" mailing list Peter Seebach
    
    In message <CC2ED80B-4577-11D8-A8F5-0003938094E8@bearnip.com>, Lars
    Duening wri tes:
    
    >> 1. I want a driver that is as game-generic as possible. I do
    >> not want to impose concepts more specific than "players who
    >> interact with a game" on potential users.
    
    > Having a game-generic driver is a good idea, but you still have to
    > specify it a bit more. Will it support text-games? Text and some
    > graphics? Whatever the mud-implementor wants? Is the driver going
    > to implement game mechanics?
    
    I'm probably leaning towards text, but I suppose someone could
    implement curses-like stuff. Graphics are outside the scope of my
    design. My plan is to explicitly exclude game mechanics from the
    driver.
    
    > Is the intermediate language going to be compiled into bytecode
    > and then interpreted, or (via C) into machine code? Can the game
    > objects be modified at runtime, and if yes, by whom with what
    > level of expertise?
    
    I expect to do bytecode and interpret, and yes, runtime
    modification.
    
    > One thing I have noticed over the last years of working on LDMud
    > is that the demands of the Mud implementors require more and more
    > a generic scripting language with a few Mud-specific constructs,
    > than the other way around. If I had the time to implement
    > everything my users are wishing for, I'd end up with the
    > equivalent of Python (Perl, Ruby, pick your poison) with LPC
    > syntax and a MUD module.
    
    It depends, I think, a lot on what you're doing. I'm leaning in the
    direction of a language with some of the feel of Inform; I find that
    language incredibly convenient for expressing the kinds of things I
    want to do in muds.
    
    > Of course! Threads are overrated though - they make life a bit
    > easier if you want to have the communications module run
    > asynchronously from the main game engine, but having, for example,
    > a separate thread for each player won't buy you much (feel free to
    > prove me wrong!). And they are a pain to port across platforms.
    
    I think you're probably right... but I have absolutely *no* interest
    in non-Unix platforms. I have my limits. :)
    
    > I'd go for the two- or three-clause BSD license - to the point and
    > easy to understand. After all, it's just a mud driver.
    
    Either that or Artistic is fine by me.
    
    >> I'm interested in learning more about the state of the art, and
    >> seeing what kinds of ideas people have. I might well be
    >> persuaded that one of the existing mud-level languages, such as
    >> LPC, is the best option, but I am thinking seriously about
    >> trying to do a language targeted specifically at muds.
    
    > IIRC LPC started out as improvement over the languages targeted
    > specifically at muds, as the latter put too many restrictions on
    > what could be done (dynamic descriptions come to mind).
    
    Well, my idea is to do a properly complete and flexible language,
    but to give it syntax that's a little friendlier to mud writers.
    
    > ...hmm, having a driver support both levels of language complexity
    > might actually be a useful thing...
    
    Indeed. Well, that's what I like about inform:
    
    Object "a paperclip"
    with description "It's just a regular paperclip."
    ;
    
    Object "a complicated paperclip"
    with times_described 0;
    description [i;
    print "You've looked at this... [narrator pauses,
    counts...] ";
    for (i = 0: i < self.times_described: ++i) {
    print i, " ";
    }
    print "times. Are you bored yet?^";
    self.times_described++;
    rtrue;
    ]
    ;
    
    As complicated or as simple as you want. I like this; it is for
    stealing. Functions, strings, whatever; it's all just objects, and
    a property can be any kind of object.
    
    -s
  - NEWS TECH: Welcome to the "MUD-Dev" mailing list Mats Lidstrom
  - - NEWS TECH: Welcome to the "MUD-Dev" mailing list Lars Duening
Expected value and standard deviation. Michael Tresca
- Expected value and standard deviation. Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- - Expected value and standard deviation. Michael Tresca
  - - Expected value and standard deviation. Ola Fosheim Grøstad
levels (was: ghost mode) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
Do players enjoy farming? (was MUD-Dev Digest, Vol 7, Issue 9) Paul Schwanz
- Do players enjoy farming? (was MUD-Dev Digest, Vol 7, Issue9) John Buehler
- - Do players enjoy farming? (was MUD-Dev Digest, Vol 7, Issue9) Paul Schwanz
  - - Do players enjoy farming? (was MUD-Dev Digest, Vol7, Issue9) John Buehler
    - - Do players enjoy farming? (was MUD-Dev Digest, Vol7, Issue9) Paul Schwanz
      - Do players enjoy farming? (was MUD-Dev Digest, Vol7, Issue9) John Buehler
  - Do players enjoy farming? (was MUD-Dev Digest, Vol 7, Issue9) Freeman, Jeff
  - - Do players enjoy farming? (was MUD-Dev Digest, Vol7, Issue9) John Buehler
    - Do players enjoy farming? (was MUD-Dev Digest, Vol 7, Issue9) Dave Bacher
  - Do players enjoy farming? (was MUD-Dev Digest, Vol 7, Issue9) Ian McDonald
  - - Do players enjoy farming? (was MUD-Dev Digest, Vol 7, Issue9) Paul Schwanz
- Do players enjoy farming? (was MUD-Dev Digest, Vol 7, Issue9) Rayzam
- - Do players enjoy farming? (was MUD-Dev Digest, Vol 7, Issue9) Paul Schwanz
  - - Do players enjoy farming? (was MUD-Dev Digest, Vol7, Issue9) Rayzam
    - - Do players enjoy farming? (was MUD-Dev Digest, Vol7, Issue9) Paul Schwanz
      - Do players enjoy farming? (was MUD-Dev Digest, Vol7, Issue9) Eli Stevens {WG.c}
  - Do players enjoy farming? (was MUD-Dev Digest, Vol 7, Issue9) Sheela Caur'Lir
  - - Do players enjoy farming? (was MUD-Dev Digest, Vol 7, Issue9) John Buehler
    - Do players enjoy farming? (was MUD-Dev Digest, Vol 7, Issue9) Dave Bacher
  - Do players enjoy farming? (was MUD-Dev Digest, Vol 7, Issue9) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
  - - Do players enjoy farming? (was MUD-Dev Digest, Vol 7, Issue9) T H
    - Do players enjoy farming? (was MUD-Dev Digest, Vol 7, Issue9) Rayzam
- Do players enjoy farming? (was MUD-Dev Digest, Vol7, Issue9) eversilver@yahoo.com
Camping (Was just named as a generic MUD-DEV reply) Chanur Silvarian
- Camping (Was just named as a generic MUD-DEV reply) ren@aldermangroup.com
- Camping (Was just named as a generic MUD-DEV reply) Brent P. Newhall
Exploits and hacks in MMORPGs Björn Morén
- Exploits and hacks in MMORPGs Daniel Anderson
- Exploits and hacks in MMORPGs Sheela Caur'Lir
- Exploits and hacks in MMORPGs Kirinyaga
Do players enjoy farming? Chanur Silvarian
Do players enjoy farming? (was MUD-Dev Digest, Vol 7, Issue 9) Paul Schwanz
- Do players enjoy farming? (was MUD-Dev Digest, Vol 7, Issue 9) Tom "cro" Gordon
Online worlds and behavior... etykwins@fcbayern.de
ANNOUNCE: MUD-Dev conference, 26 and 27 March 2004 J C Lawrence
MudWorld.Org Anthony R. Haslage
New MMORPG from the Army Amanda Walker
- New MMORPG from the Army Dave Rickey
- - New MMORPG from the Army Amanda Walker
  - - New MMORPG from the Army Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
FedExing ghovs
- FedExing Sean Middleditch
- FedExing Ben Hawes
- - FedExing Alistair Riddoch
  - - FedExing Jesus Lopez
    - - FedExing Alistair Riddoch
      - FedExing Sean Middleditch
Play styles and world interactionsistilldontwantitposted@phlange.com J C Lawrence
Death and Permadeath and Corpse Retrieval Sean Middleditch
- Death and Permadeath and Corpse Retrieval T H
- - Death and Permadeath and Corpse Retrieval Ben Hawes
  - - Death and Permadeath and Corpse Retrieval Sean Middleditch
- Death and Permadeath and Corpse Retrieval Spot
- - Death and Permadeath and Corpse Retrieval Sean Middleditch
- Death and Permadeath and Corpse Retrieval Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
[DGN] Senior Focus Mentor Needed Andrew Budd
[BIZ] HOW TO SCREW UP A PERFECTLY GOOD GAME COMPANY IN TEN EASY STEPS Michael Tresca
[BIZ] TEN MORE EASY WAYS TO SCREW UP YOUR GAME COMPANY Michael Tresca
Crafting systems Björn Morén
Do Quests need to be Fed-Ex David Lyttle
- Do Quests need to be Fed-Ex eversilver@yahoo.com
- - Do Quests need to be Fed-Ex Chanur Silvarian
  - - Do Quests need to be Fed-Ex Sean Howard
    - - Do Quests need to be Fed-Ex Chanur Silvarian
      - Do Quests need to be Fed-Ex Sean Howard
Moving toward Massive Multiplay (was Congratulations Horizons...) Paul Schwanz
- Moving toward Massive Multiplay (was Congratulations Horizons...) Mike Shaver
ADMIN: Policy change J C Lawrence
[TECH][TOOLS] SCM systems ceo
- [TECH][TOOLS] SCM systems Erik Bethke
- - [TECH][TOOLS] SCM systems ceo
  - [TECH][TOOLS] SCM systems Jon A. Lambert
Problems with current RPGs Björn Morén
- Problems with current RPGs Koster, Raph
- - Problems with current RPGs Sean Howard
  - Problems with current RPGs Björn Morén
  - - Problems with current RPGs Koster, Raph
    - - Problems with current RPGs Björn Morén
      - Problems with current RPGs David Johansson
  - Problems with current RPGs Yaka St.Aise
- Problems with current RPGs Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt
- - Problems with current RPGs Björn Morén
- Problems with current RPGs Yaka St.Aise
Character Perceptions John Buehler
- Character Perceptions Derek Licciardi
- - Character Perceptions John Buehler
  - - Character Perceptions ceo
    - - Character Perceptions John Buehler
- Character Perceptions Scion Altera
- - Character Perceptions John Buehler
- Character Perceptions bjoernen@hotmail.com
- - Character Perceptions John Buehler
[BIZ] Warcraft Interview Michael Tresca
- [BIZ] Warcraft Interview ceo
- [BIZ] Warcraft Interview Björn Morén
Raffle at the MUD-Dev Conference, March 27th and 28th 2004 Ann
R: Moving toward Massive Multiplay (was CongratulationsHorizons...) Ghilardi Filippo
Python script as stand alone MUD server... Jason Slaughter
- Python script as stand alone MUD server... Sean Middleditch
- Python script as stand alone MUD server... Alistair Riddoch
- - Python script as stand alone MUD server... Jason Slaughter
  - - Python script as stand alone MUD server... Sean Middleditch
    - - Python script as stand alone MUD server... Alistair Riddoch
      - Python script as stand alone MUD server... Kwon J. Ekstrom
      - Python script as stand alone MUD server... Alistair Riddoch
    - Python script as stand alone MUD server... Zach Collins {Siege}
    - - Python script as stand alone MUD server... Alistair Riddoch
    - Python script as stand alone MUD server... Alistair Riddoch
    - Python script as stand alone MUD server... Byron Ellacott
- Python script as stand alone MUD server... Mats Lidstrom
- Python script as stand alone MUD server... ceo
- - Python script as stand alone MUD server... Zach Collins {Siege}
  - - Python script as stand alone MUD server... ceo
    - - Python script as stand alone MUD server... Zach Collins {Siege}
      - Python script as stand alone MUD server... Byron Ellacott
- Python script as stand alone MUD server... Edward Glowacki
- - Python script as stand alone MUD server... Brian Hook
  - - Python script as stand alone MUD server... Sean Middleditch
    - Python script as stand alone MUD server... Frank Crowell
- Python script as stand alone MUD server... Byron Ellacott
- - Python script as stand alone MUD server... Mike Shaver
  - Python script as stand alone MUD server... Alistair Riddoch
- Python script as stand alone MUD server... Thomas Clive Richards
- - Python script as stand alone MUD server... Zach Collins {Siege}
[BIZ] Apparent acquisition of Yantis (mysupersales) by IDE Rudy Fink
- [BIZ] Apparent acquisition of Yantis (mysupersales) by IDE Bruce Mitchener
Meaning and entertainment - Farming and FedExing (was Do players enjoy farming?) Michael Sellers
Power games Ana Valdés
- Power games Mats Lidstrom
- - Power games Ana Valdés
- Power games Byron Ellacott
- - Power games Ana Valdés
Mage 2 Mage gbtmud
- Mage 2 Mage Travis Casey
Interpersonal Relations in Virtual Worlds Brad King
- Interpersonal Relations in Virtual Worlds Chris
- Interpersonal Relations in Virtual Worlds Nick Yee
- Interpersonal Relations in Virtual Worlds Paul Schwanz
- Interpersonal Relations in Virtual Worlds Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- Interpersonal Relations in Virtual Worlds Lee Faris
Platform choice Gary Whitten
MUD client popularity Brian Hook
- MUD client popularity Frank Crowell
- MUD client popularity Ammon Lauritzen
- - MUD client popularity Brian Hook
  - - MUD client popularity Rayzam
    - - MUD client popularity Brian Hook
      - MUD client popularity Rayzam
    - MUD client popularity Edward Glowacki
    - - MUD client popularity J C Lawrence
      - MUD client popularity Edward Glowacki
  - MUD client popularity Travis Casey
  - - MUD client popularity Ammon Lauritzen
    - MUD client popularity Byron Ellacott
    - - MUD client popularity Frank Fisher
    - MUD client popularity ceo
    - MUD client popularity Edward Glowacki
    - - MUD client popularity Emil Nilimaa
      - MUD client popularity Tom "cro" Gordon
        MUD client popularity Edward Glowacki
    - MUD client popularity Sean Middleditch
    - - MUD client popularity Zach Collins {Siege}
      - MUD client popularity Sean Middleditch
- MUD client popularity Alistair Riddoch
- MUD client popularity Byron Ellacott
- MUD client popularity Brian Hook
- MUD client popularity Brian Hook
- - MUD client popularity Sean Middleditch
  - MUD client popularity Edward Glowacki
  - MUD client popularity Brent P. Newhall
SMOG - small multiuser online game Frank Crowell
- SMOG - small multiuser online game Miroslav Silovic
- - SMOG - small multiuser online game Frank Crowell
- SMOG - small multiuser online game Crosbie Fitch
- - SMOG - small multiuser online game Frank Crowell
  - SMOG - small multiuser online game Byron Ellacott
  - - SMOG - small multiuser online game Crosbie Fitch
- SMOG - small multiuser online game Byron Ellacott
- - SMOG - small multiuser online game Tom "cro" Gordon
  - SMOG - small multiuser online game Crosbie Fitch
- SMOG - small multiuser online game Crosbie Fitch
- - SMOG - small multiuser online game maddog
[BUS] How to build an MMOG... ceo
[DGN] Subjective randomness (was: The psychology of random numbers) Robert Zubek
- [DGN] Subjective randomness (was: The psychology of random numbers) Felix A. Croes
- - [DGN] Subjective randomness (was: The psychology of random numbers) Sean Kelly
Solutions for smarter NPCs Björn Morén
- Solutions for smarter NPCs ext.Christer.Enfors@tietoenator.com
- - Solutions for smarter NPCs info@castwide.com
- Solutions for smarter NPCs Kirinyaga
- - Solutions for smarter NPCs Vincent Archer
  - - Solutions for smarter NPCs Valerio Santinelli
    - Solutions for smarter NPCs Olivier Lejade
    - - Solutions for smarter NPCs Kirinyaga
      - Solutions for smarter NPCs Olivier Lejade
- Solutions for smarter NPCs Michael Sellers