Backstory (was RE: [MUD-Dev] New poll)

[Matthew Mihaly]

On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, Tess Lowe wrote:

> While the Achaean histories are some of the best I've read, they do seem to
> be rather disconnected from the mud itself, at least for me. I have 100% of
> your backstory, incidentally. The history of Achaea's Modern age seems much
> more relevant, especially when I realised I had met many of the characters
> featured in it.

Yeah, the modern age IS more relevant, but it's also not as nicely epic.

 
> The thing I don't understand is why your history should not be all-pervasive
> in Achaea when a much shorter (but more mystical and weird) history in a
> world such as Temuair (of Dark Ages) should have been absolutely fundamental
> to my experience in that game to the point where I would not initiate or
> mentor anyone who did not have a grasp of that history far far greater than
> my own current weak grasp of Achaean history.

Ponder.

 
> A big difference for me was perhaps Dark Ages' encouragement of
> player-written histories, literature and lore, which led me to immerse
> myself in that world to an enormous extent before I'd even had a chance to
> play in it - (I had 2 or 3 months to read and drool over Temuairan histories
> repeatedly before the game went commercial and I could actually play it).

We're doing a library system that will encourage player-written histories
and literature.

 
> Another difference I suppose would be that when I first entered Temuair,
> everyone I came into contact with had a huge understanding of the history
> and religious mysticism of the place, whereas in Achaea, the need to know
> the histories is apparently limited to the odd competition.

Yes, this does seem true. You don't NEED to know the histories but
apparently for whatever reason a lot of players have read them.

--matt




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