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From: "Lee Sheldon" <linearno@gte.net>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 10:19:46 -0500
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mud-dev-admin@kanga.nu
> [mailto:mud-dev-admin@kanga.nu]On Behalf Of
> Koster, Raph
> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 10:34 PM
> To: 'mud-dev@kanga.nu'
> Subject: RE: [MUD-Dev] A list of MMORPG Questions
<SNIP>
> Multiplayer game meant 16 people at the time, hence the coinage
> of "massively multiplayer."
>
> Such a hideous term, and I think we're stuck with it now... :(
Not sure we're stuck with it. When massively multiplayer games become
common, instead of unique, I expect we'll see adaptors use some less
tongue-twisting slang term or abbreviation to describe them. Something
along the lines of Chrichton's "worlds" maybe?
Lee
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