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

[Jeffrey Kesselman]

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Aurel <aurel.gets.mail at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Michael Hartman <mlist at thresholdrpg.com>wrote:
>
>> 
>> Someone influential needs to coin a better term and spare us from this
>> garbage MMORPG term. The term itself is unpronounceable, and the words it
>> stands for are a gobbled mess as well. 
>> 
>> 
> 
> Sure it's pronounceable: more-pug or morp-ug. Take your pick! If you're
> really technical you can hold the 'm' for a few seconds and pronounce rpg
> as a single sound, but the resulting noise might lead observers to think
> you're about to throw up.   

heh.

Besides, the industry has already shortened it to "em-em-oh"