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<LI><em>From</em>: Richard Woolcock <<A HREF="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</A>></LI>
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<PRE>
I seem to have either missed or accidently deleted the original post,
however I will try and patch this together as best I can...
On Mon, 4 May 1998, Koster, Raph wrote:
> I'd be curious to hear what the motivations of those on the list are.
My dad taught me BBC BASIC, and I loved it; by the age of 12 I had
started writing text-based computer games (as well as hacking up
graphical games in order to create my own 'highly modified' games ;).
I wrote 3 text-based games in total, the last two of which eventually
ran out of RAM, resulting in me giving up on them. I then moved on to my
own ZX Spectrum, where I tried writing a graphical multiplayer game called
"IT" - unfortunately, if one player was moving, nobody else could...
I later moved on to an Amiga, where I wrote a line-draw overhead view
game (and gave up when it became really slow). I also tried a street-
fighter style game, but it was a complete disaster. I studied computing
at school, then college, finally graduating in Software Engineering at
University and joining Smiths Industries as a Software Engineer in November
1996.
While at University, a friend told me about muds, and I decided to give them
a try. After much playing, I eventually became joint implementor of a mud
called Eternal Conflict, coded by a friend of mine. Suffice to say that I
wanted to learn C, as well as help write the mud, so I downloaded a Merc2.1
and began 'playing' with it. A few weeks later, a friend offered to put the
first version of God Wars on his site for us to 'play around' on. Thus, my
motivation was to teach myself C (originally). My motivation now is to create
my perfect mud. It is not based on anything I have ever heard of (except for
the theme), or seen before, but I am quite proud of the progress it is making.
> Or as a broader topic: what do people see as motives for people
> crafting muds?
Generally speaking? Power, or to create their 'ideal' mud.
> One of the primary motivations I have seen in the past
> is, "to make a game like the one I used to play until they changed it
> on me." How much of the stagnation of mud development do you think is
> attributable to this motive?
Quite a lot, unfortunately. Most people think only in terms of 'what is',
rather than 'what could be'.
KaVir.
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MUD-Dev: Advancing an unrealised future.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00255" HREF="msg00255.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar Crossfire MUD</A></strong>,
Jay Sax <a href="mailto:cimri1#gte,net">cimri1#gte,net</a>, Thu 30 Apr 1998, 01:43 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00353" HREF="msg00353.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar Crossfire MUD</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Mon 04 May 1998, 07:53 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00372" HREF="msg00372.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar Crossfire MUD</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00403" HREF="msg00403.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Motivations (was something else...)</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Tue 05 May 1998, 16:39 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00358" HREF="msg00358.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: (fwd) AD: [custom graphical] whitestar Crossfire MUD</A></strong>,
Jay Sax <a href="mailto:cimri1#gte,net">cimri1#gte,net</a>, Mon 04 May 1998, 10:16 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00654" HREF="msg00654.html">[MUD-Dev] How to represent a 3d object...</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00675" HREF="msg00675.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: How to represent a 3d object...</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00726" HREF="msg00726.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: How to represent a 3d object...</A></strong>,
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