>Thanks for the reply. It is rather idealistic of me to think
>people should "want" to figure out things rather than be
>spoonfed, but it is blaringly obviously this will not occur.
>Afterall, it IS a game and if people would rather not focus on
>certain aspects, or have no fun figuring out certain things,
>then I suppose it's okay if they find out other ways...
>as long as they roleplay!!!

I started back about 94/95, and didn't have any web resources, but I wouldn't have used them anyway. I was going all out making my own maps, learning areas, and making a huge collection of identify results. Unfortunately, I took a few years off between then and now, and so much changed while I was away that to catch up I used the web resources rather than examine everything anew. Now that I'm on stable footing, I'm going to fill in details myself. So, just to let you know, there are still people who want to do things the hard way. I compromised for a little while, but it's back to doing it all myself once again.