[MUD-Dev] Requirements for MM (was Complexities of MMOG Servers)

[Dubious Advocate]

From: "shren" <shren at io.com>

> NWN fills two fringe niches simultaneously.  You can run a NWN
> (for a lack of a better word) micromud.  However, even if you take
> all of the network stuff and rip it out by the roots, you still
> have a easily modifable single player game.  There hasn't been a
> successful game in that niche since Adventure Construction Set.
> (Unless my impression is wrong and you can do things worth doing
> in Dungeon Siege.  That game put me to sleep.)

> The fact that it fills two fringe niches simultaneously means that
> it will see a long and healthy future.

Very much agreed on all points.  As an unleveraged consumer I hope
others are taking note.

-----
Dave Scheffer
"Questions are a burden to others, answers a prison for oneself"

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