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

[Raph Koster]

On Tuesday, August 19, 2008 2:24 PM Jon Mayo wrote:

> 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? 

"Massive" originally meant -- shock! -- MUD-sized. :) Not 1000, but on
the order of 100 or more. Remember, the point of comparison was 8 people
in Quake, at the time.

The first game to get labeled massive was Meridian 59, with a max of
~250.