[MUD-Dev] Alright... IF your gonan do DESIESE...

[clawrenc at cup.hp.com]

In <3391bd5b.32580552 at relay.mnsinc.com>, on 06/01/97 
   at 09:36 AM, caliban at darklock.com (Caliban Tiresias Darklock) said:

>On Fri, 30 May 1997 20:27:39 PST8PDT, clawrenc at cup.hp.com wrote:

>>>Lastly remember most combat-twinks are AFRAID to roleplay.  So much
>>>so that they felel the need to denegrate those who do...
>>
>>Funny that.  Why then were you able to list half a dozen pejoritive
>>names for "munchkins" as you say, and yet I can't think of a single
>>equivalent pejoritive used by combat-twinks for RP'ers?

>Because combat twinks usually refer to RPers using common insults
>like wimp, moron, asshole, dork, geek, nerd, and various other terms
>that have no relation whatsoever to roleplaying. 

Odd.  I've not noticed such.  Perhaps I've hung out with a better
crowd.

>>Consider it from a software systems PoV:

>Your example is fallacious. The RPer expects the system to stay out
>of his way. The powergamer uses the system to get his way. 

You appear to be restating my point.

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