[MUD-Dev] On grouping, thoughts

[Alex Arnon]

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:32:29 -0500, John Buehler <johnbue at msn.com> wrote:
> Jeff Freeman writes:

>> Seems like we ought to do something along the lines of displaying
>> "Character Name (playername)" over the avatar's heads, and using
>> player names (rather than character names) for friends lists and
>> /tell's. Most of the time we talk to other players - extreme
>> roleplayers excepted - we want to talk to the player as a player
>> OOC, and *not* character to character.

> I entirely agree with the spirit of this.  My friends are the
> players, not the characters.  And I speak to players, not to
> characters.

A very useful feature, to be sure, but it must be made
voluntary/configurable. For example, the hardcore RP crowd or simply
those for whom this breaks immersion (or wish to remain anonymous).
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