Ok, my turn.
I think those exits are not beneficial in that they over complicate a
situation. To rebuff your "saves typing" argument, "n" <RETURN> "e"
<RETURN> is only one keystroke greater than "ne" <RETURN>.
Obviously the entire CircleMUD community doesn't agree either way, but
lets look at it like this for a moment, shall we:
* 50% of CircleMUDs out there are coded in the following places: the
mailing list, the snippets site, the ftp site, and George's site.
* 20% of those CircleMUDs are comprehensible.
* Directions would be added in if, throughout history, a large public
interest had been showed in them. Judging by three arguments in favor,
two against, and 395 that don't give a crap, I'd say they aren't
important to many people.
* From mailing list data, I have determined that < 1% of people want a
CircleMUD that comes with the extra exits. 20% of 1% can find the
patch. :P
* .5% of people are totally against it. The rest think it's pointless to
argue.
* CircleMUD is a codebase. The definition of "code" in this example is
supposed to be "written data in the form of the C language which will
compile to form a MUD" and base is "something to be built upon." Using
my graduation from second grade with highest honors, I will make this
compound word mean that CircleMUD is written C code which compiles into
a MUD for you to build upon.
* From my experience, all these extraneous exits would be removed.
That's not building on Circle, that's removing extra garbage.
Irked? -B. (Not intended to be derrogatory, but if you want something,
put it in your own MUD. Don't force feed everyone else.)
/* Rest of thread for completion */
On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Del Minturn wrote:
> Chris Jacobson wrote:
> >
> > Hint of advice: don't get cocky on this list when the big guys
> > (regulars), such as Dak, speak.
> >
>
> Cocky? I was not the first to try and speak for EVERYONE on this list or
> in the mud community.. I speak for myself. And Yes.. I have played on
> several muds lately.. and yes a lot of them suck.. there are a few that
> have used the extra exits very well. As it stands so far, you and Dak do
> not like the extra exits. There are atleast three on this list that have
> asked about information to put them in.
>
> You figure the odds..
> (hint > 50%)
>
>
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