Re: Time till tick in prompt

From: David Klasinc (bigwhale@CAPYBARA.SK-PTTSC.LJ.EDUS.SI)
Date: 07/19/97


On Sat, 19 Jul 1997, Patrick J. Dughi wrote:

>          I personally think it would be kinda stupid to have the info in
> the prompt. You only need it right before the tick goes off, and it
> decreases role-playability. I remember one mud in which everyone used
> tintin and it was not uncommon to see people run around willy-nilly, sleep
> for exactly .2 seconds, get up and continue speedwalking where ever they
> were going... made the mud more of a "Hey - i've got better triggers than
> you!" than anything else...

 How about implementing 'random' ticks? That go off somewhere from 60-75
seconds? This would made things a lot more ocmplicated... ;>


David!


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