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From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin)
Subject: Re: Verbose--no free look in Inform?
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Jason Compton (jcompton@flood.xnet.com) wrote:
> I've noticed something about all the Inform games I've played.

> Unlike later Infocom adventures, where invoking verbose would get you a 
> free (no turn/time penalty) look at the room (much appreciated by me), 
> Inform games don't seem to allow this, they just let me know that I have 
> indeed put the game in verbose mode.

> Is it because authors don't like people like me?

Yes.

--Z

Ok, really because the library was written that way, and nobody noticed 
strongly enough to change it.


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"And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these were the
borogoves..."
