Re: ARENA: More initial comments

From: TN.DE7@ISUMVS.IASTATE.EDU

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1993 18:22:07 +0000

In article <troyer.746385546@cgl.ucsf.edu>,
troyer@socrates.ucsf.edu (John M. Troyer %IDK) writes:
>[ insert three glowing paragraphs of praise. I wondered why nobody did
>this before; bravo! It has always amazed me that people could charge for
>this stuff. I guess I'll throw away my preliminary notes on coding up the
>same thing now. :-) ]
>
>'description' command: this is in examples, but not in command list. No
>        documentation for it.
>jaguar style: in examples, but no documentation.
>there is no 'exhausted' battle situation, but there is an 'o-exhausted'
>        not parallel
>several times the 'new' command is mentioned, but it is not needed.
>
>can you sell items? Give them to other players?

I would like to sell so I can upgarde or get ride of an
ineffective weapon.
>
>Note that the very short turn-around time and newness of the game leads
>to itchy fingers. The temptation to submit multiple characters for
>multiple fights right now is very high. What counts as abuse?

I agree. I was shocked to see the results so quick.
>
>turn report comments:
>
>perhaps the insult lines could all be slurped before giving current list?
>Giving 10 insults gives you 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10 lines of confirmation.
>
  Yes the reply to new insults is annoying.

>Giving a complete roster after each fight could become . . . quite large
>after a while. Perhaps a 'roster' command to print current roster, with
>an abbreviated roster given otherwise. (maybe the top fighter, you,
>and people around you, so you know who to challenge?)

I secound this. Also maybe there should be a grand champ king of
the pit.
>
>The armor and and weapons of each opponent were not shown on the turn sheet.
>I have no idea what my opponent was using. Apparent woundedness/exhaustion at
>the beginning of each round would be nice to know, too.
>
>from my fight:
>'Hrothgar the Unlucky keels over from the stroke.'
>I did no such thing.  I won, too. I must have gotten up quickly :-).
>
>general comments:
>There are obviously many ways to make this game more complicated. And I
>was about to suggest them, but it occurs to me that you really don't want
>a whole lot more complexity to this. At least not visible complexity.
>But I'll still throw out the following, since it's in the grand free game
>tradition of demanding more poorly thought-out features before you even
>understand the game.
>
>One addition that would be interesting (but that doesn't really fit
>with the arena concept, I suppose) is 'stuff' around the arena to
>throw, jump up on and kick your opponent, hide behind, trip on, etc.
>Would add some variety to the combat.
>
>A 'dirty tricks' strategy or activity level would be fun. Eye gouges,
>knee to the groin, rabbit punches, sand in the face, tripping, would
>make my day. Which leads to the idea of more hand-to-hand close combat.
>
>Other skills?
>
>Note that I've had only one fight. All of these comments are coming from my
>preconceived notions and don't necessarily have anything to do with the
>game 'Arena.'
>
>Thank you, Scott. very much!
>
>john
>troyer@cgl.ucsf.edu

Also I love the comintators. No repeats yet.
   Is my mail problem to the Arena only happening to me.

Bill

References

ARENA: More initial comments
troyer@socrates.ucsf.edu (John M. Troyer %IDK)
Thu, 26 Aug 1993 17:19:06 +0000

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ARENA: More initial comments
troyer@socrates.ucsf.edu (John M. Troyer %IDK)
Thu, 26 Aug 1993 17:19:06 +0000