The main reason these differences between MUDs and MMOGs is that they're targeted towards escaping life in different ways. While the average player of a MUD, say, Achaea, escapes life by running another, hopefully better, life, the average player of a game like Planetside or Everquest escapes life by blasting monsters or opposing grunts, grabbing treasure, and blasting more monsters for more treasure. While there is some of the other in each, MMOGs focus on bashing, and MUDs generally focus on roleplay or world. This doesn't mean that there are no basher MUDs or more relaxed MMOGs, though.
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