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From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin)
Subject: Re: Zarf's comments on the contest games (SPOILERS)
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Kenneth Albanowski (kjahds@kjahds.com) wrote:
> Speaking as someone who loves I-F, but hasn't done much with it, I quite
> agree. Every "major" new game I've seen seems to have suffered badly from
> lack of synonyms most particularly, although there are other problems.
> [...]
> Well, that is just my set of complaints about otherwise fine games. No
> disrespect is intended to the authors, just a hope for more flexibility in
> future games.

Or, indeed, in future releases of *these* games. The competition format 
inevitably means that games don't get enough beta-testers, and the 
beta-testers don't get enough time. (Note that "Sherbet", for example, 
got no beta-testing at all.)

Now is the time to send bug reports.

Authors, take the time to create updated versions. There's no rush now.

--Z

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