- David 'Dave' Berthiaume of DragonMUD [iii1.iii.net 4000] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ data@iii1.iii.net | eagle@virek.worcester.com eagle@ec68.residence.gatech.edu | david.berthiaume@swcbbs.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > I'm not necessarily breathing down his neck, or shooting flames. But, > it's annoying to have someone asking a question when they don't look for > the answer themselves. It's like someone asking constant questions about > how to play your MUD and never typing HELP, just keeps on asking, "What > does split do? What does hit do? What are socials?". Sure, it's an > unfair comparison in one way, as he asked only one, but it's not worth > the bandwidth to post this message, yours, or his when it all could have > been avoided if he'd of looked. It also could've been avoided if I > would've just said the correct answer, but that takes all the fun out of > it. I'd go check to make sure I'd answer right, but since the site is > having problems I can't... :) Regardless, the sound advise here would be > to try to figure it out yourself before you bother everyone else with it. > > I'm probably mistaken, but it doesn't seem right to ask everyone else for > assistance on an easy thing to fix... it was sound advise I gave, sure I > added a little salt to the wound, but no matter. Just, in the future, > I'd appreciate if people would post GOOD questions. If you joined this > list to get ideas for your own MUD, how will someone asking a question > that they didn't even look into help you setup a better MUD? It won't, > if they would find the code, and be kind enough to contribute their fixes > and the like -- then what the hell, might as well share. But, just don't > ask questions that you could answer yourself if you'd even bother to LOOK. > > > Spawn@KrimsonMud > ...will breathe down someone's neck sooner or later... > > I have been gone for a bit so I am catching up. When I posted that question I had looked. But I am too busy networking my computers together to do too much looking I am only on pl3 I can't upgrade cause of hd limitations that is why I am networking. I like to cause trouble too....:P
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