[MUD-Dev] Introductions and

[coder at ibm.net]

On 18/12/97 at 11:18 PM, Mike Sellers <mike at online-alchemy.com> said: >At
03:03 PM 12/14/97 PST8PDT, coder at ibm.net wrote:

>>That's where the rub currently lies.  I don't have a solution I like yet. 
>>The nickname etc type pattern I just suggested to Sellers might be an
>>acceptable solution.

>I have a cold, which might account for this evil thought:  if you allowed
>for this sort of naming, you could easily create a race of, say, fairly
>powerful but extremely contrary elves, each of whom *demands* that you
>call him or her "Zinfandel" -- and that you not call any *other* elves by
>this name.  

Excellent!  I'll have to code in something like this.  Superb.

>This could easily degenerate into a Buckaroo Banzai-like situation, with
>everyone named John <something>.  It could be confusing and frustrating,
>especially if your ability to tell these individuals apart was not
>perfect, but it could be amusing too ("Only *I* am Zinfandel.  All of
>these others are confused!" or "I'm not John Smallberries, I'm John
>Bigbooty!").

And over here is Bruce from the department of Logical Positivism, and here
is Bruce from the department of...

Rightio Bruce!

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