[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun

[Holly Sommer <hsommer#micro,ti.com>]

I've been innundated with mail since returning from a combination 
funeral/vacation leave, so haven't caught the full conversation, but felt 
compelled to ask about this:

On Thu, 9 Jul 1998, Marian Griffith wrote:

> On Wed 08 Jul, Jon A. Lambert wrote:
>
> > I'd argue that violence cannot and does not occur within any mud.

Can you please explain to me, then, what the "kill", "backstab", "kick", 
"bash" and "circle" commands are doing? Those certainly sound violent to 
me. Or did you mean "it's just a game, so it's not really REAL violence - 
only simulated"?

*confused*!

-Holly