Posted by Soren(VIP) on June 8, 2000 at 06:03:14:
WARNING: The following text might contain exaggerations, half-truths, irony and many puns to known persons, both living and dead. This is very intentional from the write as he wishes to get a point across to the reader.
Let me see. A good way to start is always an example so that is what I will do:
--- Example begin ----
Welcome to Carrion fields :
Who pk
[ Svirf ] (PK) Kyrian the Baroness of Fire
[ Arial ] (PK) Gaerak the Master of Taisabaki
[ Duerg ] (PK) Lyef the Dragon Slayer
[ Human ] (PK) Sennir the Crimson Knight
[ Gnome ] (PK) Betazenth the Adept of Geomancy
[ Gnome ] (PK) Bobbilin the Shapeshifter
[ Elf ] (PK) Amardaine the Master of Conjuration
[ Storm ] (PK) [ARBITER] Imbrogno the Holy of Faith, Arbiter Elder
So, let’s kill someone. Now, who should I kill –
Score
You are Fintzy the dark-elf from battle
Good – 1 t Sennir – 2 t Betazenth – 3 t Bobbilin – 4 t Amardaine – 5 t Imbrogno
I decide to find Imbrogno since he is always in Galadon. I die and quit. Log on next char.
Welcome to Carrion fields :
Who pk
[ Svirf ] (PK) Kyrian the Baroness of Fire
[ Arial ] (PK) Gaerak the Master of Taisabaki
[ Duerg ] (PK) Lyef the Dragon Slayer
[ Human ] (PK) Sennir the Crimson Knight
[ Gnome ] (PK) Betazenth the Adept of Geomancy
[ Gnome ] (PK) Bobbilin the Shapeshifter
[ Elf ] (PK) Amardaine the Master of Conjuration
[ Storm ] (PK) [ARBITER] Imbrogno the Holy of Faith, Arbiter Elder
So, let’s kill someone. Now, who should I kill –
Score
You are Minaria the Storm Maran
Good – 1 t Lyef – 2 t Sennir – 3 t Imbrogno (He have horns so ..)
---- End of example. ----
This behaviour is very common, perhaps not setting targets, but the planing behind is. What I wish a debate about is the amount of information one needs to get about other people. Without a who-list the game would be staggering slow and the pace would be just a pain, Galadon would be even more crowded so that is out of the question (There are MUD’s that doesn’t believe in who believe it or not). But what if all we could see was the name and the auto-titles, no Race and Class.
I think this would lead to more RP (or more Scrabs and other CE groups) for several reasons.
1) You would actually have to look at people to figure out what race
2) You would have to see them in action to figure out for sure what class they were.
3) You would have to speak with people to find out if they were good or evil.
4) You would have to know your range, who was what etc. That would mean less char-swapping and better know chars.
5) Last as a bonus, it might stop the killing of newbies with no clue to the game since they would be easy to spot.
I am sure there are more advantages to this, just imagine the RP it would take to gather a group. Sure it will take longer time to level but it will be a hell of a lot more fun than just the basic – We need a -> Insert class here <- . That takes place as it is now.
So, this will most likely never happen, but I fell the need to share this idea anyway as I am getting tired of the same answer each time someone tries to kill me – Hey, you are a ->Insert class/race here <-.
I would be happy to elaborate more on the reasons above but I need to get back to work.
Søren
This is here you write up something relating to the text above and submits it to the forum. It doesn’t have to be more than 5 lines but N/T is not a real contribution to a debate.