[MUD-Dev] Circumstances & Situations

[Ling]

On Mon, 22 Dec 1997 coder at ibm.net wrote:
> 
> This of course becomes especially valuable when running multiple bodies as
> it essentially equates to automation.  What I don't like is that it
> deliberately (seems to) create boring periods on the game where the
> playing is waiting for an event (arriving at the bakery) to transpire.  I
> don't want humans to wait for machines.

I don't see how, in the system suggested, humans don't need to wait for
machines.  I figured it would be cool to take out all the boring bits
(like you said) and have the player pick out interesting things when they
occur and catch the player's eyes.  Time, as usual is a constraint because
of the multiplayer nature of the game.  It always was and will be a
problem for multiplayer games.  I suppose a graphical one wouldn't be too
affected because the player will be wiggling the joystick about but I
don't want to get into the tired old graphics vs. text debate.

Oh yeah, Happy New Year guys.  Don't forget to get a new diary or whatever
you do. :)

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