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<LI><em>From</em>: Juha Lindfors <<A HREF="mailto:jplindfo#cc,helsinki.fi">jplindfo#cc,helsinki.fi</A>></LI>
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At 19:48 15.2.1999 -0600, Dan Shiovitz wrote:
>On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Koster, Raph wrote:
>> What do you think are the most important and/or
>> influential muds, and why? What contributions did they make to the state of
>> the art, or what significant muds owe a lot to them?
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>Um. I can't speak for more than the diku scene, but let's see. I think Epic
>was the first or one of the first to have the "big city", ie, not midgaard.
>It had a bunch of other things that are considered fairly standard today; I
>think Sojourn, one of the most popular dikus around now, owes a lot to
>Epic, or at least has a very similar feel.
And similarly, I believe that Sony's new EverQuest will owe a lot to
Sojourn/Toril. Interesting how these chains form. I recall Sojourn credits
mentioning Copper code somewhere. And then there was Duris which was highly
popular descendant of Sojourn as well.
-- Juha
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00498" HREF="msg00498.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Influential muds</A></strong>,
Dan Root <a href="mailto:dar#thekeep,org">dar#thekeep,org</a>, Sun 28 Feb 1999, 20:58 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00421" HREF="msg00421.html">[MUD-Dev] Influential muds</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Mon 15 Feb 1999, 21:15 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00423" HREF="msg00423.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Influential muds</A></strong>,
Brandon J. Rickman <a href="mailto:ashes#pc4,zennet.com">ashes#pc4,zennet.com</a>, Mon 15 Feb 1999, 22:42 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00425" HREF="msg00425.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Influential muds</A></strong>,
Dan Shiovitz <a href="mailto:dbs#cs,wisc.edu">dbs#cs,wisc.edu</a>, Tue 16 Feb 1999, 01:49 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00429" HREF="msg00429.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Influential muds</A></strong>,
Juha Lindfors <a href="mailto:jplindfo#cc,helsinki.fi">jplindfo#cc,helsinki.fi</a>, Tue 16 Feb 1999, 13:09 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00433" HREF="msg00433.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Influential muds</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Tue 16 Feb 1999, 19:20 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00434" HREF="msg00434.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Influential muds</A></strong>,
Sunny Gulati <a href="mailto:sunnywiz#radiks,net">sunnywiz#radiks,net</a>, Tue 16 Feb 1999, 21:06 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00436" HREF="msg00436.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Influential muds</A></strong>,
diablo <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Tue 16 Feb 1999, 21:40 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00427" HREF="msg00427.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Influential muds</A></strong>,
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