> > IMVHO: easier...automated == not (as much) thought.
> > Come on, you were cranially powerful enough to build an area, surely you
> > can memorize a few numbers and figure the rest out.
>
> Sure you CAN, but why? Its dull, its tedious, and it doesn't
> inspire anyone to write a zone.
One thing about NOT using OLC though, it is FAST.
If you know the format it's the work of only moments for each
room/obj/mob. Of course, the hardest part in each method is still the
description.
Personally, i prefer to be able to use any text editor to write the
files, and hence have a backup copy if the mud disastrously collapses,
and don't mind sitting there with a copy of the up to date docs next to
me instead of memorising the numbers. OLC though irritates me, which is
why I haven't implemented it.
I also feel that as an implementor I have more control over zones that
have to be given to me to connect to the mud instead of being connected
without a reboot or whatever. I know there are safeguards etc, but
nonetheless.
Question of style ;-)
*grins*
db
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A: Four; three to hold it down, and one to
rip its head off.
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