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<b>Message ID:</b> 2656 <br/>
<b>Date:</b> Tue Jun 29 20:17:51 BST 1999 <br/>
<b>Author:</b> Bob Stewart <br/>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: purple and such <br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1174619407">At 12:08 PM 6/29/99 +0000, Brandon Kassebaum wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;FYI, the hide thing is not a bug.  You arent supposed to know if you are<br/>
 </span></blockquote>hidden<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;or not.  i.e.  in a roleplay sense, you try and hide but you have no way to <br/>
&gt;know<br/>
&gt;if you cant be seen by the enemy.  get it?<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>I could be persuaded, reluctantly, that that is reasonable, but giving me<br/>
the illusion that I&#39;m hidden when I&#39;m not and giving me no documentation as<br/>
to that unexpected effect is sloppy and annoying.<br/>
<br/>
I&#39;m more inclined to believe that like so many other characteristics of<br/>
EverQuest (such as the anonymous/color business) it&#39;s just sloppy<br/>
programming and bugs and the way things fell out, not the result of a plan.<br/>
<br/>
	Bob</div>