[MUD-Dev] Interesting EQ rant (very long quote)

[Hulbert]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: the_logos at www.achaea.com [mailto:the_logos at www.achaea.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 1:57 AM
> To: mud-dev at kanga.nu
> Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Interesting EQ rant (very long quote) 
 
> On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, J C Lawrence wrote:

>> There are a great many people who solo play in multi-player games,
>> but will only do that when other players are present in numbers.
>> They don't want to participate in the multi-player aspects, but
>> they do want the second order benefits of having other players
>> active in the environment.
 
> I don't buy that. You're telling me that there are people who play
> MUDs who _never_ interact with other players?

raises his hand.   

Seriously, I can't say 'never.'  In fact, you can't avoid the fact
that other players are in the area where you are hunting, etc.  But I
almost never talk to another player, unless I need help.  Even then,
if what I need is in the help files, I'll find it there first.  I
don't do group hunting, and I don't join guilds.  I did, in fact join
a kingdom, but that was because I could not travel in that kingdom
without getting jumped, otherwise.  I occasionly take part in mud-wide
celebrations, but not often.  I NEVER join in PK.  The attraction of a
multi-player world is that it changes, and other players affect the
world around me.  I would be happy to do my exploring single-player,
if the world were simulated to the degree that the mobs could produce
an interestingly varied experience.  If I could get the experience I
like without playing in a multiplayer game, I probably would.  But I
do play in a multiplayer game, and I try my best not to interact with
other players.  Not that I don't like other people...I do.  But I'm
generally a loner, I have no set schedule where I can play the same
game at the same time every day, and it's too difficult to keep a
group together in a small mud that way.
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