[MUD-Dev2] Text based MUD's - State of the art (if any)

[Tiago]

Hey all,

I know that this question surfaces from time to time, but, what is your
opinion on developing text based muds these days ? I've started one from
scratch, as a hobby, and to experiment stuff like multithread programming
and creature AI without the hassle of building a GUI.

I don't actually play any of those MMORPG's you all know and love :) (in
fact I stopped at some clone of Envy Mud 10 years ago), and I don't know if
people still care about text based games.

Of course there are some advantages like: the developers can focus solely on
gameplay and not on polygons, players can essentially connect from anywhere
anytime (you cannot have a WoW window open during your working hours, but a
telnet session will do fine), etc...

Thing is, is it worth it? Will anyone still care ? Is it a waste of time?

thanks for your opinions :)

tiago matias