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From: pdarnows@rwd.goucher.edu (Phil Darnowsky)
Subject: Re: Silly Game Elements, Round Three
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Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 16:11:04 GMT
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L.J. Wischik (ljw1004@thor.cam.ac.uk) wrote:

: >ask [North/South Zak][Zaks] about [North/South]
: The North-going Zak replies: I'm a north going Zak, and I go north. I'm 
: not going to budge, not one inch. The South-going Zak interrupts: And I'm 
: a south going Zak who goes South. Only south. Not East, not West, but 
: South. If this north-going Zak thinks I'm going to move out of his way, 
: he has another thing coming.

: I'd be inclined to leave them there and have the player have to work 
: around them. But perhaps it'd be more text-adventurish if the player had 
: to sort out their problems for them. Probably doing it purely by 
: negotiation, and by asking them lots of questions, and by suggesting 
: things to them softly and gently. 

Wouldn't it be easier just to give one of them a good shove to the east?
