At 11:55 AM 6/24/99 -0400, you wrote:

>From: Bob Stewart <bstewart@...>
>
>At 08:50 AM 6/24/99 -0700, Jim Mattson wrote:
>>Swim to -2140, 7490 or 220, -9210. Those are the two spots the boat
>>stops. Good luck!
>
>In a similar vein to the discussion of bards wearing plate and other
>aspects of roleplaying, are there other hardheads out their who would
>rather drown than use /loc and numeric coordinates?
>
>Personally I consider /loc a debugging command and a roleplaying
>abomination. I refuse to deal with it. If we are to have such a pin-point
>locating and finding capability, it should be a proper in-game mechanism,
>not a computer programming artifact.

I don't use it for more mundane reasons - I'm an idiot. ;) Seriously, I've
tried and tried to follow /loc info - it just doesn't work. Now, I just
tell people to tell me where they are, and I find them with my collection
of maps. A good Bard is always prepared.

Speaking of which - Bristlebane willing, I should be playing again Monday,
on the server of the same name.

Talies the Wanderer