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Re: Descent Suggestion

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From: uff... Uffe Friis Lichtenberg
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 1995 17:47
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"Kid Vid, The Elite 1" <pay...@pops.navo.navy.mil> writes:

>What I think would be WAAAAAYYY COOOOOLLL would be different paths
>to other boards, or in other words, SECRET EXITS!  This may already
>be implemented, but I can see it now.  I'm in a 6-player net game, 
>and I come upon this hidden door which I can't open. All of a sudden,
>the mine starts rockin', and I have a limited time to escape.  But lo
>and behold, the door in front of me opens, revealing a secret exit.  My
>friend who was hiding in the corner says, "WHOAH", and follows me to
>the exit.  On the next level, he and I are the only ones on this new level,
>whilst the others are still messing around on the normal level.  Eventually,
>we end up back on the normal levels with the other guys, but not after we've
>grabbed some cool stuff from the secret level.  Wouldn't this be (isn't this)
>a cool idea?

Yes. Imagine splitting a perfectly nice 3-4 player game up in 3-4 perfectly
nice sub-games - that would really feel like net-gaming :)

No really, I couldn't agree more. There is only one hitch: the "waiting for
opponent" screen would be rather boring for the other players. This could
probably be solved though...

>"No one user wrote me.  I'm worth many of their man-years."
>-Kid_Vid

Fnord,
  Uffe.
  uff...@diku.dk
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From: uff...@diku.dk (Uffe Friis Lichtenberg)
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Subject: Re: Descent Suggestion
Date: 2 Feb 1995 17:47:04 GMT
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