[MUD-Dev2] [Design] Dinosaurs evolve to chickens, MMOs evolve to massively single-player games

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Mike Rozak wrote:
> Most people WANT to play a single player game. Or, they want to play a game with their close friends. Only a minority of the population wants to play in a world with thousands of other players (for PvP, raiding, trading, or other reasons).

I agree, and in light of this, one has to really wonder why Blizzard has 
chosen to remove lan/tcp-ip play from Diablo 3. That's basically a deal 
breaker for me, which is shocking since Diablo 2 is one of my favorite 
games of all time. But one of the reasons it was my favorite was because 
of the fun from lan/tcp-ip play. I don't want to rely on someone else's 
servers.


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Michael A. Hartman, J.D.
President and CEO, Frogdice, Inc.
http://www.frogdice.com