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<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>: Ryan Prince <<A HREF="mailto:jynx_ryn#mindless,com">jynx_ryn#mindless,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 20:17:35 -0700</LI>
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Koster, Raph wrote:
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[ the mighty hand of SNIP ]
> It's also, I think, the most popular free text mud there is.
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> Why? All of these players can't be wrong... Anyone familiar enough with
> what it has become to be able to give an analysis?
Why is it the most popular MUD out there?
IMHO ( Which May Be Wrong) Two reasons:
1. It has an absolutely HUGE playerbase. People like playing in places where you
can be annonymous as far as most of the world is concerned. This is the one and
only reason role players ever touch that hideous monstrosity ( I played it, and
it is the WORST mud I ever played. ) PKers can kill with limited annonimity, and
role players can easily start up huge conspiracies and plots. This is also one
of the MANY reasons UO has a huge playerbase, although UO has MANY MORE reasons.
Simply, a large playerbase begets a large playerbase.
2. It panders to the #1 most common type of MUD player there is: The Adolescent
Male With Severe Mental Problems. In other words, killers love the thing. It has
a huge database of monsters and badies to kill, and a maze that shifts around.
Quake players AWAY!
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<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
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01109" HREF="msg01109.html">[MUD-Dev] Medievia</A></strong>,
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<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
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<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
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<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
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<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
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<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
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01144" HREF="msg01144.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Spellchecking</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Wed 23 Sep 1998, 17:37 GMT
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