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<LI><em>To</em>: "'<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>'" <<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: "Koster, Raph" <<A HREF="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 10:02:47 -0500</LI>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Caliban Tiresias Darklock [<A HREF="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">mailto:caliban#darklock,com</A>]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 11:17 PM
> To: mud-dev#kanga,nu
> Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun
>
> An awful lot of people are building graphic MUDs, but an
> awful lot of folks
> still play text, and it doesn't seem like that many of them
> are *playing*
> the graphical MUDs.
I would guess that the majority of folks playing graphical muds are not
in fact longtime mudders. That's based on purely subjective impression
though.
> Most people I know who play graphical
> MUDs do so on
> rare occasions, not as a constant thing.
You probably know mostly text mudders. :) The usage figures for
graphical muds are quite similar to those for text muds. In UO's case,
half the players log on every day, and average usage is 4 hours a day.
> Most people I know
> who play the
> text MUDs (including myself) do so for WAY too many hours out
> of the day,
> every day. So I tend to be of the opinion that my system
> should be text
> based, since people playing for an hour here and an hour
> there is all well
> and good... but I'd really like people to be addicted as hell
> and playing
> all day every day. :)
I'd agree that graphical muds attract more casual players, but I don't
think the addiction factor is any less.
What are estimates of the current number of text mudders? Anyone got
any? I'd guess graphical mudders at around, uh, maybe 150,000?
-Raph
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00316" HREF="msg00316.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Wed 22 Jul 1998, 20:36 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00291" HREF="msg00291.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>,
Travis S. Casey <a href="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</a>, Tue 21 Jul 1998, 22:59 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00295" HREF="msg00295.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org">matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Wed 22 Jul 1998, 00:45 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00297" HREF="msg00297.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org">matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Wed 22 Jul 1998, 00:57 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00307" HREF="msg00307.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Wed 22 Jul 1998, 15:06 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00308" HREF="msg00308.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Wed 22 Jul 1998, 15:08 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00309" HREF="msg00309.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>,
S. Patrick Gallaty <a href="mailto:choke#sirius,com">choke#sirius,com</a>, Wed 22 Jul 1998, 16:21 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00310" HREF="msg00310.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Wed 22 Jul 1998, 16:27 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00315" HREF="msg00315.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Wed 22 Jul 1998, 20:33 GMT
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