[MUD-Dev] MMORPG Cancellations: The sky is falling?

[Koster, Raph]

From: Matt Mihaly
> From: Amanda Walker
>> On Jul 7, 2004, at 1:04 PM, Matt Mihaly wrote:

>> Neopets is very interesting.  I can't stand it for more than a
>> few minutes at a time (and I even like cute cartoon creatures).
>> I tend not to think of it as an MMO game, but as a web game.

> I'm not sure why using a web browser as a client as opposed to
> some other program as a client makes it not an MMO.

NeoPets doesn't meet my strict definition because there is no
simulation of a virtual space. It's got more in common with Pogo or
Yahoo! Games than it does with a mud/mmorpg. Nothing to do with the
client--it's an architectural distinction.

That said, Adam, the creative guy behind it, was a longtime mudder,
and he told me that he actually started out wanting to make a mud.

> And what about Habbo Hotel? They're making a ton of money and have
> more users than Everquest does (granted, their users are not
> paying anywhere near $15/month).

Habbo Hotel is a mud, IMHO.

-Raph
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