Subject: Re: Between darkness and light...
From: Atte Koivula (yorka@dlc.fi)
Date: Sat Jul 03 1999 - 13:29:32 EEST
Lari Kuitunen wrote: > > true indeed, we do not need normally evolving systems, but it is not > forbidden to use common sense is it? > in addition, i never mentioned that there should not be cold winters, i > merely > stated that they would not, if common sense has anything to say here, be > very cold in all regions. how could a rainforest, for example, live through > 6months of cold winter and snow? > If everywhere would be cold and snowing, majik would consists only of > temperate climate, and vegetation would be far from tropical > (except those lava lakes, which in my opinion should be rarities, > not very common. it would to me seem bit > stupid if lava lakes were so common that they'd keep southern majik > warm for whole winter, and enable those rain forests to survive) Agreed, I do not like to consider Majik as "The World of Lava Lakes" :). > mixing magic into this conversation is bit far fetched, ofcourse people > would > research magic in order to survive changes in climate and seasons, but > isn't it > bit patronising to base the climate system to purpose that mortals would > learn other magic than only combat magic? Mortals should not be considered universally important as the world can handle itself without them. I do not recall anyone giving the impression that the world of Majik should be designed from the mortals' point of view. Everything should be objective. > in conclusion, ofcourse there should be noticeable differences in > appearance and > gameplay when it comes to seasons and climates, but to me, it still seems > quite > radical to limit day to 6 month periods and night to 6 month periods. > sentient beings would probably be far from what they are nowadays in majik, > probably they'd be just creatures that would stay out for 6 months, then > hilbernate > for another 6 months, and so on, since their eyes would not be adjusted to > the light / darkness / whatever. Yep, yep... > I for one am against this kind of system, not for only because of my > personal > opinion, but because of logic. > this system would seem, to me at least, contradict the very logic base on > which > we were at least supposed to be building majik on. It does contradict logic, and I hope it has been made inexclusively clear. -- _/_ /Atte "Yorkaturr" Koivula <yorka@dlc.fi>
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