[MUD-Dev] Re: Ugh, IS Diablo a mud?

["Koster, Raph" <rkoster#origin,ea.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kylotan [mailto:kylotan#globalnet,co.uk]
> Sent: Friday, September 25, 1998 8:39 PM
> To: mud-dev#kanga,nu
> Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Ugh, IS Diablo a mud?
> 
> 
> I don't think there is much point trying to argue 'Game X isn't a
> mud, whereas Game Y is, because...'.  With the variety in 'accepted'
> muds, we have enough criteria to call just about anything a mud, if
> we wanted, or vice versa.
> 
> So maybe it is a question of 'How 'mudlike' is game X?'  Now, not
> many muds will fit -all- the criteria, but most will fit a large
> proportion of them.  I propose the following, but I am sure you
> could add to this.

Here's one to add to the list that my wife Kristen (occasional poster)
came up with:

- an expectation that the social experience occurs within the game, and
not outside it.

Thoughts?

-Raph