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<LI><em>From</em>: "Caliban Tiresias Darklock" <<A HREF="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 13:59:32 -0800</LI>
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From: diablo#best,com <diablo#best,com>
Cc: mud-dev#kanga,nu <mud-dev#kanga,nu>
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 1:32 PM
Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Mud reviewing
>It's not whether they liked them or not that concerns me. They're not my
>customers and I haven't had any customers come tell me "I came to Achaea
>because I read a positive review on X".
If you read a good review of thus-and-such a thing, do you tell people when
you buy it that you bought it because of a review? I visit a lot of web
sites because I hear they're cool. Someone will say "hey, check out
www.unamerican.com for lots of cool bumper stickers" and off I go, but never
at any time do I say "hey, I heard a good review so here I am". I don't
think that happens with anything except movies and computer games.
Which leads into something we could actually discuss, instead of just
arguing about how long you should review a MUD or whether enough people
review them or whether they review them properly...
From your own perspective, as a player, how long does it take you to decide
whether a MUD is worth playing? What makes the difference between a good MUD
and a bad MUD for *you*? (It's probably completely unproductive to try and
nail down what exactly a good or bad MUD is across the board. Maybe it would
be more productive here than elsewhere, but then again maybe not.)
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00306" HREF="msg00306.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mud reviewing</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Wed 27 Jan 1999, 16:10 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00316" HREF="msg00316.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mud reviewing</A></strong>,
diablo <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Wed 27 Jan 1999, 23:32 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00328" HREF="msg00328.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mud reviewing</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</a>, Sun 31 Jan 1999, 01:20 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00332" HREF="msg00332.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mud reviewing</A></strong>,
Dan Shiovitz <a href="mailto:dbs#cs,wisc.edu">dbs#cs,wisc.edu</a>, Sun 31 Jan 1999, 04:34 GMT
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Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Wed 27 Jan 1999, 22:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00311" HREF="msg00311.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mud reviewing</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Wed 27 Jan 1999, 22:17 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00313" HREF="msg00313.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mud reviewing</A></strong>,
David Bennett <a href="mailto:ddt#discworld,imaginary.com">ddt#discworld,imaginary.com</a>, Wed 27 Jan 1999, 22:30 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00314" HREF="msg00314.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mud reviewing</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00315" HREF="msg00315.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mud reviewing</A></strong>,
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