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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: Medievia</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Adam Wiggins <<A HREF="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 14:40:46 -0700 (PDT)</LI>
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On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Koster, Raph wrote:
> > I lump its success into the same category as that of America Online or
> > Microsoft. Take an incredibly accessable product and invoke
> > a huge amount
> > of hyper-aggressive marketing on it, and you'll gain a large
> > user base.
>
> Is Medievia really that accessible? As I recall, I found it difficult to
> get into (this is in its current incarnation) because:
My brief experience with it was ~3 years ago. At the time it had a
playerbase of around 80 - 100.
> - there was a lot of spam
> - the color scheme was hideous
> - even the who list was confusing, with many columns
> - the map layout was difficult to follow--there was little sense of
> "welcome area" to it
> - the shift between random mazes, outdoor overhead views, and classic
> room-based areas was disconcerting and jarring
> - there were a lot of unfamiliar commands in the game relating to stuff
> like their party formation system, etc
I consider it "accessable" to the average mudder, not to just anyone.
I found it to be mostly identical to stock diku except everything was more
overdone. The colors, like you say, the spam (since there are a lot of
people online and a lot of things going on all the time), a map which was
nearly identical to ones I was already familar with (such as the one
AnotherMUD had been using for years and the one found in the "Operation
Overkill II" BBS door game), etc.
I think your average ROM player logs on and says, "Wow, this is just like
what I know, only bigger, brighter, and busier!" So they stay.
Adam
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01325" HREF="msg01325.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: let's call it a spellcraft</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</a>, Mon 28 Sep 1998, 03:05 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01332" HREF="msg01332.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: let's call it a spellcraft</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01136" HREF="msg01136.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Wed 23 Sep 1998, 15:30 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01159" HREF="msg01159.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Wed 23 Sep 1998, 21:35 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01175" HREF="msg01175.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</a>, Thu 24 Sep 1998, 02:34 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01173" HREF="msg01173.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</A></strong>,
James Wilson <a href="mailto:jwilson#rochester,rr.com">jwilson#rochester,rr.com</a>, Thu 24 Sep 1998, 00:41 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01134" HREF="msg01134.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Spellchecking</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Wed 23 Sep 1998, 15:18 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="01131" HREF="msg01131.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: META: who are we?/What are you looking for?</A></strong>,
Michael.Willey <a href="mailto:Michael.Willey#abnamro,com">Michael.Willey#abnamro,com</a>, Wed 23 Sep 1998, 14:33 GMT
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