[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia

[J C Lawrence <claw#kanga,nu>]

On Wed, 23 Sep 1998 14:40:46 -0700 (PDT) 
Adam Wiggins<adam#angel,com> wrote:

> 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.

This would seem a direct echo of Keegan's assertion both here and in
his JOMR article that familiarity and least change/surprise are
critical keys to success in MUD variations (he probably has a more
succint statement back in the archives).

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