<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia --> <!--X-From-R13: Dvpuneq Ibbypbpx <YnHveNqvny.cvcrk.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 17:13:40 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 3608AEAD.D70#dial,pipex.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 11A17AA2B9EAD111BCEA00A0C9B41793EDBD8D#forest,origin.ea.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg01109.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01111.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg01109.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01121.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#01110">Author</A> | <A HREF="#01110">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#01110">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Richard Woolcock <<A HREF="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 01:17:49 -0700</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> Koster, Raph wrote: > [snip brief overview of Medievia] > It's also, I think, the most popular free text mud there is. Realms of Despair has around the same number of players, possibly more - additionally, it doesn't accept donations like Medievia does. Is a mud really free if the only way you can compete with other players is to send a fat cheque to the implementor? Is such a system is comparible to the 'reduced functionality' games which are given out freely in the hope of tempting people to purchase the full game? > Why? All of these players can't be wrong... Anyone familiar enough with > what it has become to be able to give an analysis? I've not played Medievia, but I played Realms of Despair for a couple of years (94-96). I think the main reasons for their success are that when they opened up, there was less competition - and so their playerbase has had a long time to grow; the features they have added have tended to be favourable towards players; they have never wiped their playerfiles (other than unused ones). Finally, the release of their source code (smaug) has helped advertising greatly - although perhaps not as much as Medievia's "bad publicity" campaign. KaVir. </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="01109" HREF="msg01109.html">[MUD-Dev] Medievia</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> "Koster, Raph" <rkoster#origin,ea.com></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01109.html">[MUD-Dev] Medievia</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01111.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Ugh, IS Diablo a mud?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01109.html">[MUD-Dev] Medievia</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01121.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#01110"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#01110"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01134" HREF="msg01134.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Spellchecking</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Wed 23 Sep 1998, 15:18 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="01131" HREF="msg01131.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: META: who are we?/What are you looking for?</A></strong>, Michael.Willey <a href="mailto:Michael.Willey#abnamro,com">Michael.Willey#abnamro,com</a>, Wed 23 Sep 1998, 14:33 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="01127" HREF="msg01127.html">[MUD-Dev] [CUSTOM] ScryMUD Source release 1.6.0</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Wed 23 Sep 1998, 06:46 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="01109" HREF="msg01109.html">[MUD-Dev] Medievia</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Tue 22 Sep 1998, 23:47 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01110" HREF="msg01110.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</A></strong>, Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Wed 23 Sep 1998, 00:13 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01121" HREF="msg01121.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</A></strong>, Ryan Prince <a href="mailto:jynx_ryn#mindless,com">jynx_ryn#mindless,com</a>, Wed 23 Sep 1998, 03:18 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01147" HREF="msg01147.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Wed 23 Sep 1998, 18:50 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01108" HREF="msg01108.html">[MUD-Dev] Spellchecking</A></strong>, Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Tue 22 Sep 1998, 23:39 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01117" HREF="msg01117.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Spellchecking</A></strong>, Travis Casey <a href="mailto:efindel#polaris,net">efindel#polaris,net</a>, Wed 23 Sep 1998, 02:29 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>