[MUD-Dev] MMORPGs & MUDs

[Michael Tresca]

J C Lawrence posted on Saturday, January 12, 2002 9:24 PM
> On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 19:47:32 +0000 (GMT)
> Matt Mihaly <the_logos at achaea.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Michael Tresca wrote:

>> Most gamers, regardless of how long they have played, are not
>> interested in roleplaying.

> A more interesting point, and one which has been raised before, is
> that arguably roleplaying has no value or interest to the majority
> of MUD players except as a marketing term that they expect (even
> demand) to see used in reference with MUD-type games that they
> think will interest them.

YES.  And this is because there is a general assumption that a
role-playing environment is "rich enough" and in some way, superior,
to a typical game.

I do not expect all games to BE superb role-playing games.  But to
retain that gaming richness, that depth of content, they need to be
capable of being role-played in.

The only problem is, of course, that for role-players, other players
are considered content and thus the gaming richness is impacted by
the maturity of the community.

Therefore, the community is critical in being cultivated first, or
you will have the "Why are you talking with a funny accent?" 
questions that Michelle alluded to earlier.

Mike "Talien" Tresca
RetroMUD Administrator
http://www.retromud.org/talien


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