Re: [Arianne-general] Another Programmer

[MIGUEL A. B. L. <mb...@fe...>]

> Hi there.   I've been watching Arianne for some time and have finally
> decided to get involved to some degree.  I've wanted to get involved
> with a game project for a while now, just haven't had the gumption =)

Be welcome to Arianne, Lee.
 
> A little about myself.  I'm 32 and a professional software developer
> working for RealNetworks on the RealArcade project.  I'm fluent in C++,
> perl, C, Java, unix shell-scripting, HTML, XML, and Javascript.  I enjoy
> programming, but tend to go in spurts of productivity, especially with
> programming done in my 'spare' time.  Started programming when I was 10
> years old, and never really stopped.

Good.
 
> I've also been playing RPG's since about 1979.  These days, I mostly
> play
> D&D3 and GURPS, but have played almost all systems at one point or
> another.  I'm also heavily into MMORPGS such as EQ, Asheron's Call and
> Dark Age of Camelot (my current MMOG du jour).
> 
> I have not really decided how I can help yet in this project and am
> still looking at the code and documentation.

Take a look to them.
And later to the TODO List, there are task there to do.
Also you can take a look to the website on the news post are also Request for 
help from time to time.
 
> A couple questions that jump out at me:
> 1) Do you have an archive for this mailing list that I can read/search?
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=7070 <-- Arianne General
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=7071 <-- Arianne Devel

But I would go after documentation and ask the rest.
If it is not documented it is wrong done :)

> 2) What does "RP" stand for in the context used here?  Role-Playing?
Exactly.

Regards,
Miguel