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

Adam Martin adam.m.s.martin at googlemail.com
Mon Sep 22 16:37:48 CEST 2008


2008/9/16 Michael Hartman <mlist at thresholdrpg.com>:
> Jean, Yannick wrote:
>>
>> Why not just "MOG" - Multiplayer Online Game ?
>
> The thing about POW is that the P and the W hit on the really key elements.
> Persistence and World.

The thing about POW is that it isn't MMO.

Here are 21 million (approx) reasons why you're all wrong:

http://www.google.com/search?q=mmo

Sorry :(. Really, I am. If you're going to do a search/replace on
every document and every webpage in existence, then ... awesome!

Otherwise, it's too late for you to change this terminology now.



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