[MUD-Dev] RE: A Brief History of Commercial MUDs

[Mud-Dev mail]

On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Klimon, Ian wrote:

> That's the list off the top of my head.  As for numbers, GS3 and DR
> have between 1000-2000 players at peak times...probably ten times
> that many subscriptions.  Terris was on AOL for awhile, and I would
> think that they have in the multiple thousands of registered users.
> Eternal City has 100+ at peak times.  Achaea is supposed to be the
> #1 Most Popular MUD in the world according to PCGamer some time
> back.  I know that Aeternity gets a few thousand hits a day on their
> site and they haven't opened for beta.  Unwritten Legends claims to
> have gotten some 2000+ applications for their beta process.
> Crossroads was on AOL for awhile as well, but are now off on their
> own again (probably a product of the EA/AOL deal?).  These are what
> numbers I can remember or make an educated guess at off the top of
> my head.  In no way do I mean to slight a commercial (or commercial
> quality) MUD that isn't on this list, just trying to provide that
> information that I have.

Thanks for the mention, Ian. Just to update your info: The Eternal
City is currently peaking at 200+ daily and up to around 250 on
weekends.

Scott Martins
Worlds Apart Productions

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