Re: Times 110

Greg Lindahl (lindahl@pbm.com)
Wed, 24 Mar 1999 13:36:23 -0500 (EST)

> This is not an ordinary BUG. This BUG will make many "features"
> of the game unplayable.

I agree. The "survive fatal" bug was similar. The healing potion bug
was similar. Only the last was fixed before it was frequently abused.
The instant I saw it, I brought the consequences up to Rich, and it
was fixed. I did the same with the movement feature. The people who
found the "survive fatal" bug seem to have not done this. Or did they?
I'd like to know.

> In the past the BUGs I have learned about have always come from the BUG
> list.

The bug list entry for the "survive fatal" bug never said "here's how
you can exploit this bug to get lots of aura." That only came out much
later, right before it was fixed.

> I would have thought Rich would have asked him not to use it. OR if Greg
> cared about the game would have not used it so other would not learn about it
> and therefore put us in our current situation.

Rich always wants players to not use bugs.

I care about the game. I only used the "feature" after my enemies used
a bug against me for a long time. You can judge what you think of that, but
I would suggest that you consider both sides.

> Calling it a feature is
> just your way of rationalizing your actions.

Please stop putting words in my mouth and thoughts in my head. As I
have said in public a few times, I rationalize this action because
it's the same that was done to me in the "surrvive fatal" case. You
are welcome to disagree with me, as long as you avoid distorting the
facts and putting words in my mouth.

-- greg

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