[MUD-Dev] MUDs vs. MMUDs (was MUD Coding Staff Structure)

[Matthew Mihaly]

On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Steven Kaskinen wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Matthew Mihaly [mailto:the_logos at achaea.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 1:53 PM
> > 
> > No actually, I don't believe it. Urban areas are not simply 
> > towns with a
> > larger population. Generally they encompass far greater diversity of
> > income, of race, of religion, and generally of point of view. Go to a
> > small town that has this kind of severe diversity and see how much
> > community there is between the two sides. Likewise, go to various
> > ethnically-bonded areas of big cities, and notice how much 
> > community there
> > is in them.
>  
> Exactly my point.  Urban areas are not simply towns with a larger
> population.  MMUDs (MMOG) are also not simply MUDs with a large population
> as well.

Erm, you seemed to utterly ignore the part of my post that addressed this
issue. My point was that I'm betting you will find that the playerbase of
a big graphical MUD is composed of basically the same sorts of people as a
smaller text MUD, just more of them. It's just a matter of scale in my
opinion. Clearly cracks in the design will shine through more clearly with
more people working to expose them, but that is a matter of degree not
fundamental difference.

--matt




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