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From: Jed Hartman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 8:42 PM
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Subject: RE: writing scripts
As always, wish I had more time to participate in this discussion...
Also as always, I'm inclined to overlay my tabletop-RPG views on
this. (Perhaps Lurk
I agree with your assessment. Thanks for this
reference. Excellent reading.
I looked at the Skotos site and
inevitably we come back to the issues
of text MUD vs 3D real time stories.
Protocol and how to parse a protocol
as always becomes the design challenge.
We have discussed this
Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti.
Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h
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From: Rev. Bob 'Bob' Crispen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 7:04 PM
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Subject: Re: writing scripts
The voices are telling me that Len said on Thursday
Reading an email on the big list...
Now that is something I hadn't considered but should
be headslap obvious. The operating system security
features for user authentication and access privileges
can actually be a control in a virtual reality fiction
because it depends on roles.
Kinda of a
Time to inflate the shoes a bit more ...
One has to ask why there are devils
and angels in the universe, and of course
as we were taught by Milton, they are
the side effect of the war in heaven
over the creation itself.
Devils are angels with a different agenda
set by an angel with an
As always, wish I had more time to participate in this discussion...
Also as always, I'm inclined to overlay my tabletop-RPG views on
this. (Perhaps Lurker Par has some thoughts about how all this plays
out in existing MUDs, such as the groundbreaking work he and his
company are doing now at
I've taken the baby steps. For me, and maybe others
here, the next steps should be a lot more adventurous.
The idea is to support driving a plot forward when
in effect maintaining an illusion of free will.
I chose that metaphor to illustrate simple concepts
of having an author who does
expressions, tones, etc.
Len
http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard
Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti.
Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h
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From: Sandy Ressler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 6:28 PM
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Subject: Re: writing scripts
The voices are telling me that Len said on Thursday, November 30, 2000:
God has to intervene without being seen. How does God get them to
go where God wants and still maintain an illusion
of free will? Devils and angels.
Freakin brilliant, Len! Bravo!
Now if I can just get the
Close. Let's explore the illusion management
thing. Exploring a world set up with devices
is part of the answer, but it is still a bit
too static and predictable. Let's look at how
God does it (ok, inflate your shoes, Bozos!).
Let's say God does what some theologians think
and sets up
Len now this is one helluva description you got here...or should I
say Lord Len ;-)
Sandy
"Bullard, Claude L (Len)" wrote:
Close. Let's explore the illusion management
thing. Exploring a world set up with devices
is part of the answer, but it is still a bit
too static and predictable.
You write it based on observable behavior
and events. You can create internal states
easily using node transitions. It is not
hard to write it; it is a matter of working
out how to present it. Don't write stories;
create environments and shaping forces on
characters.
The difficulty is
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