[MUD-Dev] What I want, what players want

[Jeff Freeman]

From: "Andrew Ritchie" <ritchie at pacific.net.au>

> This brings me to my question. I can spend years on my Xanadu, and finish
> designing my dream. However, I believe that my dream is not similar to the
> majority of MUDders, and would only attract a very small playerbase.

Does your dream include having a large playerbase?

> Alternatively, I can create a fun MUD which has 'player-friendly'
features,
> which could attract many players.  However, there still would be something
> missing for me, because I would not have created my dream.  Which path
> should I follow?

How important is it to you to have many players, vs. having fewer players on
the type of MUD you want to make?

Honestly, I don't understand why anyone would put up a MUD that they don't
even like, just for the opportunity to spend all their spare time admin'ing
the mud they don't like.

I'd say do what you want, and you'll collect the sorts of players that want
the same thing.

Well, you'll collect them if you have a nice web page, anyway.





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