Re: CF: Dup'ing items

[James Cameron <cameron@stl.dec.com>]

Anthony Thyssen wrote:
> Don't coddle the player in the face of a `disconnection'.
> No other game I know does this, but then few games are as
> `long term'

Netrek makes a few attempts to contact the client at last known IP
address.  A save is done of the "character" every death, but in Netrek's
case death is a necessary part of playing the game.

I agree.  Make crossfire disconnection painful, just like death, and
people will rapidly act to fix the problems they are experiencing.  Make
it identical in behaviour to death, perhaps?

"Hello, customer service?  I just lost a thousand gold pieces because
your modem hung up on me!"

-- 
James Cameron                                      (cameron@stl.dec.com)

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