Posted by thormakar on October 24, 2000 at 20:59:57:
In Reply to: Yes and No..... posted by Falstaff on October 24, 2000 at 11:46:26:
> > > [Newbie] an Immortal: and this is a place to ask questions about the mud.
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> > "a place", not "the only place". Again, since the IMMs ocasionally field questions here, I don't get the impression that we are their hated foes.
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> > Ya see, the newbie channel has 2 drawbacks:
> > 1) It's only open to level 10 and under. If I have a question, should I log on to CF, make a dummy character, use the newbie channel, then delete? Isn't this place asier?
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> Ok, I quasi-agree with this point. I'd recommend creation of a general Q/A channel on top of the newbie channel for later level questions, but instantly most of the mud would turn it off and never listen to it. That, or they'd argue with the people that gave answers. (Read people as anyone, including Imms.)
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> I think pray pretty much gives you the freedom to ask the Imm staff questions. Besides, how many OOC questions do you have as a Hero?
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> > 2) No records. If I ask a question, it gets answered. Someone who logs on in ten minutes might ask the same question again. Doing the same thing on the Forum lets people figure things out without demanding the time of the IMM staff. I hear they're busy people.
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> I would agree with this one, but the same questions are getting answered over and over here too. At least when the question is asked on the MUD you can be fairly sure of it's accuracy. Here it takes a while to figure out who knows what.
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> Just my $0.02
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> Falstaff