[MUD-Dev] MEDIA: Virtual Dopers Crave High Scores

[David Heyman]

On May 27, 2004, at 7:21 PM, David Kennerly wrote:

> In "Virtual Dopers Crave High Scores," Daniel Terdiman wrote:

> ... A more appropriate analogy might be if there were a game
> consumable that temporarily seemed to increase abilities on the
> client but actually decreased abilities on the server.  The
> addiction, almost by definition, means a compulsive activity that
> is irrational and self-destructive.
>

Sounds like something Achaea recently implemented. While they've had
alcohol and weed smoking for a long time, and both produce effects
you would expect, they recently added a snorted drug called 'gleam'
>From the help file:

  GLEAM
  -----

    A newly-developed drug that one takes by snorting. This stuff is
    dangerous.  Please do not mess around with it unless you're
    prepared for the possibility of addiction. Gleam gives the user
    a unique feeling of euphoria, and a feeling that he or she is
    thinking more clearly . . . for a time. It will grant a bonus to
    your dexterity sometimes, while also making it impossible for
    you to sleep or be put to sleep if you have enough in you. There
    are also side effects from muscle twitches to mild
    hallucinations to death from overdose.

    The most difficult part of being a gleam user is becoming
    hooked. Once you're addicted, you must have gleam every now and
    then or you'll go into withdrawal.  Withdrawal is highly
    unpleasant, with chronic vomiting, shivering, a feeling of your
    skin crawling, and more. In the case of serious gleam addicts,
    withdrawal can take up to twenty five Achaean days of playing
    time. Please exercise caution if you choose to dabble in gleam."

David
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