ATLANTISv2 atl-design-digest #61

From: csd@microplex.com (Christian Daudt)

Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Errors to csd@microplex.com
Now there should be a digest whenever (a) there are 10 emails
or (b) whenever there is an email waiting for more than 48 hours
for a digest to be completed.
So don't get worried if the digest has only 1 or 2 emails, that
just means the list has been slow.
(I hope it works)
If you want previous versions, they are available via WWW at
http://www.microplex.com/~csd/atlantisv2/
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Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 09:38:58 -0800
Subject: Re: Atlantis 2.0 Design: GIVE before ATTACK
From: Bruce Onder <bonder@earthlink.net>

>GIVE being _before_ ATTACK would have the unfortunate effect
>that, if you were expecting to lose a battle, you could
>simply drop all of your items, not allowing the attacker to
>pick any of the loot up. And while most attacking is not
>especially for the loot, I think it is an important ability,
>to be able to attack and take away the enemy's possesstions.

Why not implement a DROP command that can't be used before attack and let
the GIVE command work as it does now, just before ATTACK?

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