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From: roc@eskimo.com (Mark Riel)
Subject: Re: Black's gender
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Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 11:06:19 GMT
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In article <owls-0111951215590001@owls.port.net>,
J. I. Drasner <owls@interport.net> wrote:
>It was a good suggestion to check "nouns" to see if Black is male or
>female, but since "nouns" reveals that Miss Shutes is, in fact, a "him",
>I'm not sure that this will tell you much about the intentions of the
>author. (Unless Miss Shutes is actually a man in drag and I just didn't
>get it...<g>)
>
	And Black can  be addressed as him, after you speek to 'him' 
once. The game should almost pick a gender at the moment the player 
does. That is, when the player says, ask HIM about device, then assume 
Black is male. ask HER about device, make Black female. I saw Black as 
female, then tried to use 'her' in conversation and it didn't work. 
(Him/Her work like 'it' except for people) 

