[MAJordan]

I am actually confused with this on running discussion.

I have read a large amount of online forums posting back and forth on the topic of are muds are dying off, or what should be done to modernize them, and how to get new players.

I have never ran a mud myself but I do see a pattern in the different people who are posting.

On one side there are people saying it is slowing and players are growing old and stagnant.

Then there are the few posts saying that their muds are doing just fine and have been doubling in players.
The trouble with that is 50% increases of 10~100 people is not great when looking at the wide range of people around the world playing games.
The new additions being from online advertising and it doesn't seem to be from actual changes in the type of mud or game play.

I am wondering if honestly this is just a change of generation.
The children and young adults which are now spending their time and money seem to be chasing what they grew up with and it was not text based games.

I would be surprised if any new mud players were younger than 20 years old.