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15384: RE: [MUD-Dev] UO rants

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From: "Koster, Raph" <rkoster@verant.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 09:42:11 -0700
Organization: Kanga.Nu
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mud-dev-admin@kanga.nu 
> [mailto:mud-dev-admin@kanga.nu]On Behalf Of
> Vincent Archer
> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 4:42 AM
> To: mud-dev@kanga.nu
> Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] UO rants
> 
> 
> According to Koster, Raph:
> > And Shadowbane, and Horizons, and Atriarch, and... :)
> 
> Those too, but, apart from Horizons and its (what's the 
> name?) Bloodwars
> that pit some races against some others, none of these games have very
> clear-cut teams.

Horizons and (I believe) Atriarch rely on racial teams. Shadowbane is taking
the more sophisticated approach of having the teams be purely
player-driven--essentially very large guilds with the ability to hold
territory.

> What? Somebody is still playing text only muds?
> (ducks and runs away quickly)

Heh. Well, IMHO, if the graphical developers paid more attention to text
muds, they'd by and large realize they're not as innovative as they think.
(I can get away with saying that without giving offense, I hope, because I
am one of them!)

-Raph



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