[MUD-Dev] Indies unite?

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad]

This is a hypothetical proposition and yes, it won't happen, but still...

What if players could subscribe to all independent commercial MUDs
for 20 bucks per month? I mean all, from MUD2 to Meridian59 (just to
pick two well known examples).

Tehnical:

  1. all server hardware is put into the same pool

  2. a proxy makes sure that there is only one connection per
  subscription

Could that make smaller MUDs more competitive in the market?

Benefits:

  1. you can provide smaller amounts of content with higher quality
  without loosing the subscription

  2. players can go on vacation to other muds for variety

  3. you get more money for marketing purposes

  5. you can have centralized customer support and billing systems

  6...?

Problems:

  1. fixed pricing, which might exclude systems like
  Achaea... Actually, even such systems could benefit: remain free,
  retain charging for upgrades, provide subscribers with some
  special benefits.

  2. cultural issues

  3...?

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Ola - http://folk.uio.no/olag/
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