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prof1515 · 10-07-2008, 07:30 AM

Knowledgeable about the code perhaps but that might be it. My experience has been that 99% of coders are ill-equipped to be anything but a coder and totally unqualified to run the MUD in general (to be fair 99% of all imm staff are totally unqualified to run a MUD in general). There's a lot more than code to deal with and the reason so many MUDs have shallow, poorly-designed worlds is probably because the same person who codes also creates the stock, illogical, and flawed world design.

A person can make a decision without knowing how to implement it. For many coders, they know how to implement something but have no idea how to design it to interact seamlessly into the world.

Besides, why can't a coder be an integral part of a team where everyone has strengths and weaknesses and serve in their best capacities rather than via some extreme version of a coder as either in total-control or as a "wordless grunt"? That seems rather pessemistic to me.

Take care,

Jason
Who designed his MUD but does not code it because he's a code-tard.

10-07-2008, 07:30 AM	#9
prof1515 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 791	Re: Immortal Commands Knowledgeable about the code perhaps but that might be it. My experience has been that 99% of coders are ill-equipped to be anything but a coder and totally unqualified to run the MUD in general (to be fair 99% of all imm staff are totally unqualified to run a MUD in general). There's a lot more than code to deal with and the reason so many MUDs have shallow, poorly-designed worlds is probably because the same person who codes also creates the stock, illogical, and flawed world design. A person can make a decision without knowing how to implement it. For many coders, they know how to implement something but have no idea how to design it to interact seamlessly into the world. Besides, why can't a coder be an integral part of a team where everyone has strengths and weaknesses and serve in their best capacities rather than via some extreme version of a coder as either in total-control or as a "wordless grunt"? That seems rather pessemistic to me. Take care, Jason Who designed his MUD but does not code it because he's a code-tard.