Sorry bout the title, but I figgered it was a good way to get attention.
Maybe there could be two lists. But as long as there were still people here
to explain some of the stuff.
But I will say this. I think the reason that you are seeing an
up-rise in newbie questions is that the mud is becoming a more
-straight-outta-de-box design. It is becoming easier to add things in,
because the code lets us just patch. And cut and paste. Remember even if you
know C, you still might not know how things are handled in the MUD. What
file is responsible for handling playerfiles? Who knows? there is no docs on
that.
Now, I am not trying to take anything away from anybody, and what
they know, should know and don't know, have done, should have done, are
doing, should be doing, will be doing. But I think if you want to cut down
the amount of newbie questions, then get the docs out, and lets maybe start
adding things to the web site, like the FTP site, but make sure they are
there, and that they more-or-less work, at least for the Gamma release.
things like, multi-level, multi-class, added races, all that kind of things.
Remember things ain't like they are in the old days. The easier you make
things to work, the dumber the questions that you are going to get. But it
isn't stupid
questions we are to worry about, but just dumb answers.
Maybe instead of splitting the lists, and creating an elitist class ( I
dunno, I kinda like to see that the original coder posts his mail in the
same group I do.) Maybe the FAQ should be worked on. Or finishing the rest
of the docs.
Just my 2 cents
Chris
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