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<b>Message ID:</b> 2380 <br/>
<b>Date:</b> Thu Jun 24 20:35:49 BST 1999 <br/>
<b>Author:</b> Bob Stewart <br/>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Boat Problems <br/>
<br/><br/>
<div id="ygrps-yiv-811194350">At 03:07 PM 6/24/99 -0400, Wayne Sheppard wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;You might prefer to drown instead of using loc, but the roleplaying aspect<br/>
&gt;of the game was already lost when I was thrown off the boat by a BUG.  I<br/>
&gt;have to use these &quot;debugging&quot; commands with dealing with bugs.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Part of my problem is I don&#39;t even want to know how to use it.  I&#39;ve spent<br/>
a 30 year career dealing with programming and programming tools and bug<br/>
fixing.  I want to play a fantasy game, not fight with a computer program<br/>
on its terms.<br/>
<br/>
If I can&#39;t treat the negative effects of a software bug as if I&#39;d, say,<br/>
been washed overboard by an errant wave, then I&#39;ll pack it in as far as<br/>
game playing is concerned and expect Verant to bail me out.  The idea of<br/>
observing the sun for direction, having a sense of where you are overall,<br/>
and swimming for an island to me is playing the game for all it&#39;s worth, no<br/>
excuses.<br/>
<br/>
	Bob</div>