From: mohrc@CS.ORST.EDU (Craig Mohr)
Newsgroups: rec.games.mud.diku
Subject: Re: Mud Review: Perilous Realms
Date: 3 Oct 92 23:46:49 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Oregon State University

In article <1al37mINNpa7@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> au095@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Kevin Rosenjack) writes:
>
>Modifications: Next Generation?  This is the most confusing thing
>               I have ever seen in my life.  The city is VERY 
>               hard to get around in.  Somebody should explain to
>               them that circular streets don't work well in 4
>               directions.  The guilds are a pain to find, and you
>               are hungry and thirsty every 3 seconds, but if you 
>               eat once you are too full to drink, so you never win.
>
1) this isnt our "Next gen" code which i point out several times such as in the
   mass mailing, I belive in the post and in the motd.
2) circular streets.. read what the creator of midgard wrote
3) there are maps provided in the town hall (the entire town should be soon)
4) hungry and thirsty ever 3 seconds??? a tick is 75 seconds normal diku..
5) drink then eat your eating an item that has a fill value of 24 which is max

>Gods:          Typical assholes.  You die 3 times getting items and
>               they take them away saying, 'That area isn't open 
>               yet!'  If so, expalin to me how we went in and killed
>               things?

Ahh i love this one. 
First off *YOU* didnt do anything but tag along with a lvl 87 char to get those
items. your dying didnt do anything to you your only lvl 5. (because i GAVE you
lvl 5). Second i told that player that the mobs were WAY WAY to weak and not to
go into the area until it was ready. Third there was no point in me removing the
entrance since there are several relocate spells that could reach that area just
as easy.

>
>Rent:          None.  And it crashes every 3 minutes anyway, so you 
>               don't have to waste your time typing: 'quit'

What? you WANT me to charge rent?? I thought people prefered no rent? Yes the
game did crash twice while you were there and that was due to us making it so
you couldnt just quit anywhere anymore (and keep all your items). beyond that
we had the game running for over 200 hours just before we added that. Yes with
players. 
>
>Builders:      The immortals steal all the kills from the mortals.. 
>               Someone should explain to them that immortals don't
>               need newbie Shire items.

The immortal your refering to had just got frobbed and wasnt even aware of it.

>
>Shops:         Well the shops look nice, but without shopkeepers it
>               is pretty hard to buy things.
>
The empty shops are the unimplemented things such as thrown weapons and bows
the rest are there. If you have ideas for more feel free to offer them.

>Overall:       I'll wait another 13 hours for a REAL mud, SneezyMUD
>               on dumbo.cc.utexas.edu 7900.  Not your typical trap.

Actually your REAL mud imp and i happen to be friends and he was on last night
He didnt express any of the feelings you have here.

>
>-Done.
>
>P.S. Sneezy is the BEST mud I have ever participated in.  GREAT Gods and
>     players.  Give it a try!

Please do. I wont put down another fellow imp (and friends) mud He does have
some good ideas on his mud just as i have on mine. Make your own opinion.

>-- 
The reason this posting came about was a level 9 and 7 char got pissed i wouldnt
let them keep the best items in the game. I dont feel this is unreasonable and
neither did anyone else on at the time. A balanced game is important, having a
lvl 9 char that can kill a lich is not good for game balance.
Unfortuanatly this has led me to decide to install a min lvl system for items,
something i really didnt want to do, not because its hard just because i wanted
to let my players handle things themselves. Well a few bad apples...

anyone interested feel free to consult my other players that have been there for
4 months and ask how we are there. We add improvements daily and are quick to
get suggestions in the game. The gods here all care about you and how you feel
about the game, Just be a bit reasonable, dont cuss and bitch at us as these 
people did that tends to make us ignore you.

-Deth of Perilous Realms
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