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Gilmore · 04-22-2010, 07:24 PM

I sent mail to a few MUD admins about this but since there's a thread I'll reply here too:

I think the best way to make the newbie process better is test, test, test. You can't test your own MUD -- you already know how to play it! What's obvious to you is complete gibberish to someone else. So the best way would be to get people who haven't played your MUD to test the newbie process, and then give you feedback on what confused them personally, where they got lost, where they gave up and lost interest, etc.

I would LOVE to do a one-to-one feedback exchange with any MUD admin who wants it. You come try my MUD for an hour and I'll come try yours. Then we swap notes on how we felt about the process.

Who's in?

04-22-2010, 07:24 PM	#29
Gilmore New Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 5	Re: Easing the process for new players. I sent mail to a few MUD admins about this but since there's a thread I'll reply here too: I think the best way to make the newbie process better is test, test, test. You can't test your own MUD -- you already know how to play it! What's obvious to you is complete gibberish to someone else. So the best way would be to get people who haven't played your MUD to test the newbie process, and then give you feedback on what confused them personally, where they got lost, where they gave up and lost interest, etc. I would LOVE to do a one-to-one feedback exchange with any MUD admin who wants it. You come try my MUD for an hour and I'll come try yours. Then we swap notes on how we felt about the process. Who's in?