[Brody]

I have to take issue with this mentality. Generalizing about all MUSHes is as bad as generalizing about all MUDs. Not all MUSHes are of the pure consent variety that you're slamming here. Mine, for example, do involve some coded aspects - the facsimile of a tabletop dice-rolling system. Players pose, yes, but the poses are based on what the dice say. You don't get to pull off a John Woo dive-and-shoot-with-two-guns move. You get to try, and if the dice fail you, you fail. And if a player gets petulant and refuses to participate in a scene (this RARELY happens) - well, we write the ending for them, if need be.