[MUD-Dev] Girl appeal (was: Boys and Girls)

[Matt Mihaly]

On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Caliban Tiresias Darklock wrote:
> From: "Matt Mihaly" <the_logos at achaea.com>

>> My girlfriend is downstairs right now playing Rollercoaster
>> Tycoon with the people turned invisible, because they "get in the
>> way". She doesn't care at all about the people. Mainly, she just
>> wants to beat my score.
 
> Said score being a number of guests and approval rating, both of
> which are dependent on... people using the park.
 
> Whether you can SEE them isn't the important part. The people DO
> get in the way when they're on the screen, since there are just
> far too many of them milling about to do anything effectively in
> an isometric engine that only rotates in 90 degree intervals
> (which is a HUGE mistake, IMHO). But if they weren't there at all,
> there would be no reason to play.

My point was that she's not doing it out of any concern for making
the guests happy, which, I think, was the suggestion being made
about girls and Rollercoaster Tycoon. She just wants to kick my ass.

--matt

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