<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds --> <!--X-From-R13: "Ybfgre, Dncu" <exbfgreNbevtva.rn.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 15:58:33 +0000 --> <!--X-Message-Id: c=US%a=_%p=EA%l=MOLACH-980106155733Z-198843#molach,origin.ea.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00057.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00059.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00152.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00266.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00058">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00058">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00058">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: "'<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A>'" <<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A>></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: "Koster, Raph" <<A HREF="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 09:57:33 -0600</LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Thursday, December 25, 1997 7:56 AM, Mike Sellers[SMTP:mike#online-alchemy,com] wrote: > it is entirely possible that there are now more people playing > graphical MUDs than text ones; and if there aren't now, there will be in a > year. Unbelievable? Far fewer people play text muds than you probably > think... and I'll go out on a sturdy limb and predict that there will be at > least 250,000 people playing graphical ones within a year. Oh my, that's very conservative. :) There will be that many within six months, I expect. I can't discuss exact figures for UO but from publicly available information regarding M59, DSO, Realm, and UO, it's possible to arrive at a figure that is already around 125,000 at least. -Raph </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00057.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Wild west (was Guilds & Politics)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00059.html">[MUD-Dev] OT: Suomi Finland</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00152.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text vs Video; Movies, Books & muds.</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00266.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00058"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00058"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00420" HREF="msg00420.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></strong>, coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Thu 12 Feb 1998, 02:19 GMT </LI> </ul> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00110" HREF="msg00110.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 08 Jan 1998, 06:54 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00128" HREF="msg00128.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user1,inficad.com">nightfall#user1,inficad.com</a>, Fri 09 Jan 1998, 03:57 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00152" HREF="msg00152.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text vs Video; Movies, Books & muds.</A></strong>, Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Fri 09 Jan 1998, 21:36 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00058" HREF="msg00058.html">[MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Tue 06 Jan 1998, 15:58 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00266" HREF="msg00266.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></strong>, Brandon J. Rickman <a href="mailto:ashes#pc4,zennet.com">ashes#pc4,zennet.com</a>, Wed 21 Jan 1998, 06:05 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00415" HREF="msg00415.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></strong>, coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Thu 12 Feb 1998, 02:14 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00416" HREF="msg00416.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></strong>, coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Thu 12 Feb 1998, 02:17 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00268" HREF="msg00268.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The impact of the web on muds</A></strong>, Brandon J. Rickman <a href="mailto:ashes#pc4,zennet.com">ashes#pc4,zennet.com</a>, Wed 21 Jan 1998, 07:15 GMT </LI> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>