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From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin)
Subject: Re: Do IF players read? (was: Re: Do IF writers write?)
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Nulldogma (nulldogma@aol.com) wrote:
> > There is no such thing as atmospheric text that I 
> > wouldn't want to read twice.
>
> What about atmospheric text that *I* (the author) don't want you to read
> twice?

What about it? I want to read it twice, you're the programmer, you don't 
let me read it twice. You win.

> Are you also bothered by daemons that display text once, then never again?
> (I haven't noticed that it's possible to watch the ending of the play in
> So Far more than once, for example.)

Well, there are room description, and descriptions of events. If a 
sentence describes something that happens the first time I walk into a 
room, it should appear once. If it describes my reaction to a room, I'd 
like to be able to see it again.

If you split the difference -- say, a reaction of surprise which could 
not realistically happen twice -- I'll be sensible about it. :-)

--Z

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