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Jazuela · 04-22-2008, 06:19 PM

So you would consider "Gemini" to be an unambiguous term...are we now going to spend the next 5 pages defining ambiguous, and STILL be exactly where we started, over 10 years ago.

The thing is, nothing has changed in 10 years. And I see no reason why it has to change to something other than RPI. Just change the meaning of the three letters. Just say - "RPI is NOT an acronym. The letters don't stand for anything at all. They are just three letters designated to define this set of game features."

If you do that, then there's no problem, right? Just eliminate the idea that "RPI" stands for roleplay intensive. Which, if you want to get really anal about it, would be RI, not RPI. Since roleplay is one word, or at most, a hyphenated word. In which case it would be R-PI, not RPI. Or perhaps, R.-P.I. So everyone who claims RPI stands for roleplay intensive is wrong, already.

There. Problem solved.

04-22-2008, 06:19 PM	#190
Jazuela Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: New England Posts: 849	Re: Guidelines for an RPI mud. So you would consider "Gemini" to be an unambiguous term...are we now going to spend the next 5 pages defining ambiguous, and STILL be exactly where we started, over 10 years ago. The thing is, nothing has changed in 10 years. And I see no reason why it has to change to something other than RPI. Just change the meaning of the three letters. Just say - "RPI is NOT an acronym. The letters don't stand for anything at all. They are just three letters designated to define this set of game features." If you do that, then there's no problem, right? Just eliminate the idea that "RPI" stands for roleplay intensive. Which, if you want to get really anal about it, would be RI, not RPI. Since roleplay is one word, or at most, a hyphenated word. In which case it would be R-PI, not RPI. Or perhaps, R.-P.I. So everyone who claims RPI stands for roleplay intensive is wrong, already. There. Problem solved.