[MUD-Dev2] Bad Terminology: MMO, MMORPG vs. MUD

[Jon Mayo]

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Jeffrey Kesselman <jeffpk at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Michael Hartman <mlist at thresholdrpg.com> wrote:
>
>> I really wish there was a way to get back to the very simple term: MUD.
>
> Don't you mean the simple term MUD... or MUCK... or MUSH... or MOO....
>
>
> Don't blame the acronym confusion on the MMO space.  We MUDders
> invented it long before anyone had heard of an "MMO".

The annoying bit about the term "MMO" is that every online game is
considered an "MMO" by someone theses days, even if you can only play
with 8 other people at a time. What is so "Massive" about that?

I think I will draw the line for "massive" at around 1000 people in a
single area.

(don't get me started on how anything with elves and/or swords in it
is a Role Playing Game)