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May 2004

Thief class (was: MUD-Dev Digest, Vol 11, Issue 23) Ghilardi Filippo
Levels, classes and choice cruise
- Levels, classes and choice Sean Howard
R: Playing catch-up with levels Ghilardi Filippo
R: Levels, classes and choice Ghilardi Filippo
- R: Levels, classes and choice Byron Ellacott
What is an RPG? [Was: Playing catch-up with levels] Sean Middleditch
- What is an RPG? [Was: Playing catch-up with levels] Darksuit
- - What is an RPG? [Was: Playing catch-up with levels] Sean Middleditch
What is an RPG? Mike Rozak
- What is an RPG? Threshold RPG
- What is an RPG? Byron Ellacott
- - What is an RPG? Amanda Walker
More on levels, was What is an RPG? rick cronan
- More on levels, was What is an RPG? Mike Rozak
- - More on levels, was What is an RPG? rick cronan
- More on levels, was What is an RPG? Byron Ellacott
- - More on levels, was What is an RPG? cruise
  - - More on levels, was What is an RPG? Jeff
Playing catch-up with levels Freeman, Jeff
SOC ANNOUNCE: Research project into Social Interactions in MMORPG field, need help PMooney@peddie.org
Multiplayer Game Logic System sszretter
- Multiplayer Game Logic System Douglas Goodall
- Multiplayer Game Logic System Mike Rozak
[SOC] A letter: Dear MMOG Corey Crawford
Playing catch-up with levels Sean Howard
- Playing catch-up with levels Freeman, Jeff
More on levels, was What is an RPG? Mike Rozak
- More on levels, was What is an RPG? Jeff Fuller
- - More on levels, was What is an RPG? Mike Rozak
Reminder: Community Work Symposium - May 21 T.L. Taylor
DESIGN: Online adventure games Mike Rozak
- DESIGN: Online adventure games Amanda Walker
- - DESIGN: Online adventure games Mike Rozak
  - - DESIGN: Online adventure games Alex Chacha
- DESIGN: Online adventure games Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- - DESIGN: Online adventure games Mike Rozak
  - - DESIGN: Online adventure games Jason Downs
    - - DESIGN: Online adventure games Mike Rozak
    - DESIGN: Online adventure games Malcolm W. Tester II
    - - DESIGN: Online adventure games J C Lawrence
      - DESIGN: Online adventure games Malcolm W. Tester II
- DESIGN: Online adventure games Fred Snyder
- - DESIGN: Online adventure games Mike Rozak
  - - DESIGN: Online adventure games Fred Snyder
- DESIGN: Online adventure games Steven King
- - DESIGN: Online adventure games Amanda Walker
  - DESIGN: Online adventure games Mike Rozak
- DESIGN: Online adventure games Alex Chacha
- DESIGN: Online adventure games Mike Rozak
- - DESIGN: Online adventure games Malcolm W. Tester II
- DESIGN: Online adventure games Tracy Lee
- - DESIGN: Online adventure games Mike Rozak
- DESIGN: Online adventure games J C Lawrence
- - DESIGN: Online adventure games Malcolm W. Tester II
MEDIA: Puzzle Pirates wins Webby J C Lawrence
NEWS: Online Economies Brian Thyer
IRC Channels for Virtual Worlds Discussion Matt Wilson
Natural Language Generation Tiago Carita
- Natural Language Generation Eric Rhea
- Natural Language Generation Douglas Goodall
  
  Tiago Carita wrote:
  
  > Any one knows examples of games that use natural language
  > generation for NPCs??? And if yes was it convincing??
  
  Alot of MUDs used (still use?) an Eliza based bot for one or a
  couple of NPCs. It wasn't what I'd call convincing, but they fooled
  quite a few people. I seem to recall a borg for DIKU style MUDs that
  included a chatterbot as well. Whether it's worthwhile depends on
  what you want to do. Chatterbots have already passed the Turing
  test, but only for a) very limited topics and b) very short periods
  of time. While I don't think they could convince most players that
  they are "real," this does not mean they are useless.
  
  Starship Titanic used chatterbots for most NPCs. It was not what I'd
  call convincing, but I did find it fun to play (this is a minority
  opinion judging by sales).
  
  Once upon a time when I thought I might have something to contribute
  to the game industry, I was working on a MUD that used a modified
  version of Alice for NPCs. It wasn't convincing, but I thought it
  worked well for things like directions and simple questions and
  haggling and such. I modified Alice to search only a list of AIML
  files to account for individual knowledge. For instance, if Bob is
  an Elven shopkeeper in Anytown, he would have access to the AIML
  files for Shopkeepers, Anytown, and Elves. This was a very handy way
  to divide knowledge and maintain the ability to customize NPCs
  without having to retype the same basic knowledge over and over. And
  while I wouldn't enter any of my NPCs in a Turing competition (I
  wasn't even using half the features of Alice, such as the <think>
  tag), I felt they were better than the completely silent, completely
  scripted, or completely random NPCs in other MUDs.
  
  If you're a genius AI programmer, you could always reverse engineer
  Brutus and the Erasmatron while combining and improving them. I'd do
  it myself, but I'm not genius enough.
  
  See hear:
  
  http://www.adventurecollective.com/reviews/starshiptitanic.htm
  
  http://www.alicebot.org/
  
  http://www.erasmatazz.com/
  
  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/080581986X/qid85167824/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/104-0262089-9395974?v=glance&s=books&nP7846
- - Natural Language Generation Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt
  - - Natural Language Generation mugginsm@under-the-fridge.com
    - - Natural Language Generation Michael "Flury" Chui
      - Natural Language Generation Sean Middleditch
        Natural Language Generation blizzard36_2002@yahoo.com
        Natural Language Generation Steven King
        Natural Language Generation Michael "Flury" Chui
believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Michael Sellers
- believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Robert Zubek
- - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Michael Sellers
- believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Malcolm W. Tester II
- - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Michael Sellers
- believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) J C Lawrence
- - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Michael Sellers
  - - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) J C Lawrence
    - - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
      - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Michael Sellers
    - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Brian 'Psychochild' Green
    - - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Michael Sellers
      - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
      - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Freeman, Jeff
      - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Robert Zubek
      - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
  - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
  - - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Samantha LeCraft
    - - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
      - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Douglas Goodall
      - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Hulbert, Leland
      - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Samantha LeCraft
        believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
        believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Paolo Piselli
        believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Matt Mihaly
        believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
        believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
        believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
        believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Michael Sellers
        believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
        believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) J C Lawrence
        believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
      - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Byron Ellacott
  - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) John Buehler
  - - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) J C Lawrence
    - - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) John Buehler
      - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Michael Sellers
      - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Eli Stevens {WG.c}
      - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
  - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Sam Mason
  - - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) cruise
  - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) John Arras
DGN: Rooms, Directions, etc. - any alternatives? Skane2004@aol.com
- DGN: Rooms, Directions, etc. - any alternatives? Malcolm W. Tester II
- DGN: Rooms, Directions, etc. - any alternatives? Otis Viles
- - DGN: Rooms, Directions, etc. - any alternatives? J C Lawrence
  - - DGN: Rooms, Directions, etc. - any alternatives? Nathan Yospe
    - DGN: Rooms, Directions, etc. - any alternatives? Mark
- DGN: Rooms, Directions, etc. - any alternatives? Sarah J. Blake
- - DGN: Rooms, Directions, etc. - any alternatives? Kwon J. Ekstrom
- DGN: Rooms, Directions, etc. - any alternatives? Fred Snyder
- DGN: Rooms, Directions, etc. - any alternatives? Zach Collins {Siege}
- DGN: Rooms, Directions, etc. - any alternatives? Sean Middleditch
- - DGN: Rooms, Directions, etc. - any alternatives? cruise
MEDIA: Virtual Dopers Crave High Scores J C Lawrence
- MEDIA: Virtual Dopers Crave High Scores David Kennerly
- - MEDIA: Virtual Dopers Crave High Scores David Heyman
believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Matt Mihaly
- believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Malcolm W. Tester II
DESIGN: Crime and Punishment Matt Mihaly
- DESIGN: Crime and Punishment J C Lawrence
- - DESIGN: Crime and Punishment Ghilardi Filippo
believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Freeman, Jeff
- believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
- - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Douglas Goodall
  - - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
- believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) John Buehler
- - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Freeman, Jeff
  - - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
    - - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Freeman, Jeff
  - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Matt Mihaly
- believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Michael Sellers
- - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Tracy Lee
  - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Matt Mihaly
  - - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Michael Sellers
    - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
    - - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Matt Mihaly
      - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Amanda Walker
  - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Freeman, Jeff
  - believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Mathieu Castelli
- believable NPCs (was Natural Language Generation) Mathieu Castelli
China practically bans online gaming? Sulka Haro
- China practically bans online gaming Sulka Haro
SOCIAL MEDIA: California Law Review: The Laws of Virtual Worlds J C Lawrence
playing the mob (was: believable NPCs) ceo
BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Yumiko
- BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Matt Mihaly
- - BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? John Buehler
  - BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? vlad cole
  - - BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Brandon J. Van Every
    - - BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Matt Mihaly
    - BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Matt Mihaly
- BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Brandon J. Van Every
- BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Tess Lowe
- BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Kwon J. Ekstrom
- BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Tess Snider
- - BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Kwon J. Ekstrom
  - - BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Matt Mihaly
    - - BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Peter Keeler
      - BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Matt Mihaly
        BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? John Arras
      - BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Kwon J. Ekstrom
      - BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Matt Mihaly
        BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Tess Lowe
        BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Matthew Mihaly
        BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Tess Lowe
        BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com
        BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Kwon J. Ekstrom
        BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Malcolm W. Tester II
        BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Matthew Mihaly
        BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Malcolm W. Tester II
        BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Eric Lamy
        BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? Matt Mihaly
- BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? ghovs
- - BIZ: Ban selling of in-game items for real cash? ren@aldermangroup.com