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<LI><em>From</em>: "Travis S. Casey" <<A HREF="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 14:20:25 -0600 (EST)</LI>
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On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Dan Shiovitz wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, Travis Casey wrote:
> > JC Lawrence wrote:
> > > The only thing that CoolMud lacks is the attentions of a mud game
> > > designer. There are even fewer of those than there are mud coders. >:->
> >
> > Yep... I'll note that all the popular mud codebases seem to be stuck
> > in the late 70's or early 80's, as far as RPG design goes (speaking,
> > as I usually am, in terms of paper RPGs).
>
> Sure, but that's because the move in the 90's has been towards more
> freeform, less rule-intensive, more GM-moderated systems. In other words,
> exactly the wrong type of thing for muds to implement.
You're leaving out the mid- and late 80's -- when several complex
skill-based paper RPGs became popular (and some of them continue to be
popular -- not everyone likes more freeform systems). Those sorts of
systems are quite suitable for muds.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00482" HREF="msg00482.html">Re: Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] (no subject)</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw@cp.net">claw@cp.net</a>, Wed 24 Nov 1999, 19:27 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00468" HREF="msg00468.html">RE: Re[4]: [MUD-Dev] (no subject)</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster@origin.ea.com">rkoster@origin.ea.com</a>, Tue 23 Nov 1999, 21:24 GMT
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