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<LI><em>From</em>: Jeff Kesselman <<A HREF="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</A>></LI>
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Side note,
I didn't want to say this unti li had double checked.
Its not spelld MUDL, its spelled MDL.
JK
At 08:18 AM 4/25/97 PST8PDT, you wrote:
>> From: S001GMU#nova,wright.edu
>>> From: Jamie Norrish <jamie#sans,vuw.ac.nz>
>>
>> > I'm also a long-time devotee of Interactive Fiction
>> >(games such as Zork and Colossal Cave) - I see MUDs as almost being a
>> >cross between RPGs and IF, but of course a medium in its own right.
>>
>> Actually, the Interactive Fiction games that you mentioned were spinoffs
>of the
>> original MUD1 from Essex. Having never played MUD1 or very much of Zork
>I
>> don't know how similar they are, but my understanding is that most of the
>> original MUDS were only multiplayer in that multiple ppl could be logged
>in at
>> once, but each one played a seperate adventure... kind of a Zork server
>or
>> something. If anyone played MUD1 (or still plays? I hear Essex U. leaves
>a
>> copy of the code up for posterity's sake) please feel free to enlighten
>those
>> of us who didn't/don't.
>
>Hmm? I find it hard to believe that those games were spinoffs of any mud,
>unless muds are a lot older than I think they are. The first mainframe
>versions of Adventure were written back in the '60s, and both Colossal
>Cave and Zork date from the '70s. When did MUD1 first go up?
>
>(Heck, Adventure actually predates D&D -- which also helps to explain the
>differences between the "interactive fiction" way of doing things and the
>"computer RPG" way.)
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<LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introduction</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00224" HREF="msg00224.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introduction</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Sat 26 Apr 1997, 00:27 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00220" HREF="msg00220.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introduction</A></strong>,
Travis Casey <a href="mailto:casey#NU,cs.fsu.edu">casey#NU,cs.fsu.edu</a>, Fri 25 Apr 1997, 21:25 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00226" HREF="msg00226.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introduction</A></strong>,
S001GMU <a href="mailto:S001GMU#nova,wright.edu">S001GMU#nova,wright.edu</a>, Sat 26 Apr 1997, 02:34 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00239" HREF="msg00239.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introduction</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sat 26 Apr 1997, 10:56 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00240" HREF="msg00240.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introduction</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Sat 26 Apr 1997, 11:37 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00245" HREF="msg00245.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introduction</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Sat 26 Apr 1997, 12:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00216" HREF="msg00216.html">(fwd) Re: Issues from the digests and Wout's list</A></strong>,
Raz <a href="mailto:raz#mushroom,demon.co.uknospam">raz#mushroom,demon.co.uknospam</a>, Fri 25 Apr 1997, 13:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00257" HREF="msg00257.html">(fwd) Re: Issues from the digests and Wout's list</A></strong>,
Raz <a href="mailto:muddyraz#mushroom,demon.co.uk">muddyraz#mushroom,demon.co.uk</a>, Mon 28 Apr 1997, 01:02 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00288" HREF="msg00288.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] (fwd) Re: Issues from the digests and Wout's list</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Wed 30 Apr 1997, 00:53 GMT
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