[MUD-Dev] A list of MMORPG Questions

[Dave Rickey]

-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Bowden <ryumo at merit.edu>


>--On Wednesday, December 6, 2000 9:58 PM -0800 J C Lawrence
><claw at kanga.nu> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 06 Dec 2000 15:11:29 -0600
>> Bloo  <Steve> wrote:
>>
>>> What MMORPG?
>>
>> A dyslexic attempt at the word MUD by someone with far too many
>> fingers?
>>
>> (Sorry, I'll go away quietly now)
>
>It's the latest in TrendySpeak(tm). It's just another word for a
>MUD-like game, albiet one that the designers hope will allow them to
>retire to their own private carribean island populated by tight-bunned
>sex slaves.
>
>Remember, boys and girls, when you absolutely, positively, need to
>hype your MUD overnight - TrendySpeak(tm) is the answer.
>
>Endorsed by GO Network and the Walt Disney corporation.
>
    That's both true and false.  True, in the sense that (rather unwieldy)
acronym does come in handy when you are pitching to suits as a way to set a
commercial venture aside from the decidely non-commercial majority of MUD's.
False, in that it was the MUD enthusiasts themselves that bristled at
applying the label of MUD to games like NWN, M59, and UO.  It was easier to
invent a new term than to argue with them over it.

    But money washes clean all sins, apparently.  ;-)  Actually, the latest
in TrendySpeak is to refer to them as PSW's (Persistent Simulated Worlds).

--Dave Rickey

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