Re: Bugs and cheating - From the Times

Pedro Ribeiro (ribas_pedro@hotmail.com)
Thu, 28 Jan 1999 06:26:05 PST

>Dragonlord,
>you're missing the entire point. I would love to "let him do his work"
but
>he's not. You are absolutely correct that only Rich can determine what
a bug
>is a bug and when it should be fixed (I said so much in my previous
email) but
>when he makes the determination he needs to inform us. Right now most
bug
>reports are not even acknowledged by the GM so we players continue to
grope
>through the game not knowing if we're "abusing" a bug or utilizing a
feature
>and never knowing when or if the bug/feature will be fixed and yanked
out from
>under us.
>
>I can't begin to imagine how complicated it is to write the code and
run such
>a game. It must be a daunting task and I recognize that Rich must be
busy.
>But, as we players are required by the rules to report possible bugs, I
think
>it should be required for the GM to acknowledge such reports and keep
the
>players updated on the repair. A simple 1 paragraph "note from the GM"
at the
>top of the Oly Times each week would do the trick.
>
>Eric Nelson
>

To be honest if it is a bug and some players are taking advantage on it,
why inform on its correction?

Let us learn the hardest way when it happens.

Eric

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