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prof1515 · 05-20-2009, 08:29 AM

you forgot the most common/important problem with "magic".

4. Magic, as well as the term "fantasy", is most often merely a crutch for ignorance. Almost every time I've spotted something which doesn't make sense in a MUD, the excuse given for it is "it's magic" or "it's fantasy". It's not really an explanation but rather the way people who can't offer an explanation attempt to get around their lack of knowledge. It's one thing to know how to do something but choose for creative purposes to rely on a fictional method. It's quite another thing to have no choice but to use a fictional method because you haven't any idea as to how something exists or is achieved.

05-20-2009, 08:29 AM	#2
prof1515 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 791	Re: The Lost Cause of Magic you forgot the most common/important problem with "magic". 4. Magic, as well as the term "fantasy", is most often merely a crutch for ignorance. Almost every time I've spotted something which doesn't make sense in a MUD, the excuse given for it is "it's magic" or "it's fantasy". It's not really an explanation but rather the way people who can't offer an explanation attempt to get around their lack of knowledge. It's one thing to know how to do something but choose for creative purposes to rely on a fictional method. It's quite another thing to have no choice but to use a fictional method because you haven't any idea as to how something exists or is achieved.