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<LI><em>From</em>: "Koster, Raph" <<A HREF="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</A>></LI>
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On Thursday, December 25, 1997 7:56 AM, Mike
Sellers[SMTP:mike#online-alchemy,com] wrote:
> it is entirely possible that there are now more people playing
> graphical MUDs than text ones; and if there aren't now, there will
be in a
> year. Unbelievable? Far fewer people play text muds than you
probably
> think... and I'll go out on a sturdy limb and predict that there
will be at
> least 250,000 people playing graphical ones within a year.
Oh my, that's very conservative. :) There will be that many within six
months, I expect. I can't discuss exact figures for UO but from
publicly available information regarding M59, DSO, Realm, and UO, it's
possible to arrive at a figure that is already around 125,000 at
least.
-Raph
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00420" HREF="msg00420.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></strong>,
coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Thu 12 Feb 1998, 02:19 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00110" HREF="msg00110.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 08 Jan 1998, 06:54 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00128" HREF="msg00128.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user1,inficad.com">nightfall#user1,inficad.com</a>, Fri 09 Jan 1998, 03:57 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00152" HREF="msg00152.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text vs Video; Movies, Books & muds.</A></strong>,
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Fri 09 Jan 1998, 21:36 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00058" HREF="msg00058.html">[MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Tue 06 Jan 1998, 15:58 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00266" HREF="msg00266.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00415" HREF="msg00415.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00268" HREF="msg00268.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></strong>,
Brandon J. Rickman <a href="mailto:ashes#pc4,zennet.com">ashes#pc4,zennet.com</a>, Wed 21 Jan 1998, 07:15 GMT
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