[MUD-Dev] Player statistics

[David Kennerly]

Overall, Korean client and server technology is par with the best.
Quality and technology varies between companies and games, just as is
in the rest of the world.

Raph Koster:

> And the server tech for Kingdom of the Winds, at least, is
> apparently pretty sophisticated, based on the simultaneous user
> figure I've heard for a single world (over 12,000).

Now over 16,000 / server.

The same server engine (oddly named Doomvas[1] in 1994) hosts the
standard fare: quest scripting (I wrote 100,000+ lines of Dark Ages
script), high-level feature scripting, AI scripting, distributed
server (thus the 16,000+), a custom DB manager, 100+ various game
server mechanic data files (Examples: Items, Spells, Legends), and so
on.

I documented all these 150+ game server features in November, a
sanity-challenging month. :)

By 1998, Doomvas was remarkably stable.  When I operated Dark Ages, I
set a personal record of 3 or 4 months operation without a single
server crash.  I'm guessing this is remarkable.  I don't know what
other game server engines average.  Players tell me the EQ, UO,
etc. have a game server crash about once a week.  I'm skeptical of
many things I'm told.

Korean client tech lagged in 1997-1999, but new games (examples:
Tactical Commanders and Elemental Saga) are head-to-head with the best
in the world.

Dave Kennerly
Nexon Game Server Manual Author

[1] Distributed Object-Oriented Multimedia Virtual Adventure Space

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