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

[Jon Mayo]

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 8:59 PM, Peter Keeler <scion at divineright.org> wrote:
> Michael Hartman wrote:
>>
>> cruise wrote:
>>>
>>> Persistance Online World? POW!
>>> It even has the side-benefit of sounding like WoW...
>>
>> POW is kinda awesome.
>>
>>
> Not to rain on everybody's POW parade, but I expect most people would see
> the acronym POW and think "Prisoner of War". Somehow I don't think
> Persistent Online World will gain any traction beyond this crowd. Aside from
> that, I like it.
>
> -- Pete

What a good idea for a game. You can play as a POW or a guard. Now how
to add skills, role-playing and quests it. I'm thinking like a mix
between Stalag-17, the Great Escape, Hogan's Heros, and
Slaughterhouse-Five(the prison camp part of it).  I'm not sure if I'm
kidding or not.

-- 
Jon Mayo
<jon.mayo at gmail.com>