[MUD-Dev] attracting players

[Marc Bowden]

--On Tue, Apr 25, 2000 9:53 PM -0700 David Bennett
<ddt at discworld.imaginary.com> wrote:

> 
> Critical mass is definately the key...  Once Discworld got over a
> certain threshold of people it grew significantly faster.  As to
> what gets the critical mass in the first place...  Lots of things.
> Some muds with a trully horrible inteface and really interefering
> admins manage it, others with a nice looking descriptions and nice
> admins don't.  You need something to make yourself stand out and a
> way to keep players hooked once they are there (initially).  In the
> case of Discworld this was obviously the books...  There are other
> methods though, advertising is one. Although I found this to have
> limited effectiveness.
> 

  I have disappointing results in advertizing for *cast members*, and
would welcome any suggestions from the synod.

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Marc Bowden - Soulsinger         Dreamshadow:The Legacy of the Three
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