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zombiedepot · 04-01-2006, 03:35 PM

Hmm
I think advertising can help, but how do you get the attention of the common gamer? It all breaks down to what your friends are playing, and everyone seem to be playing World of Warcraft and the big name MMORPGs.

The masses seem to be generally ignorant about the existence of MUDs. And when bringing it up to some of the diehard MMORPG fans, I either get a "huh? what's that?" or "I don't like those text webpage games" as a reply.

These days I introduce it as "a quicker way to play D&D" and it goes into people's heads better than going into my usual spiel about the dawn of MUDs, and then them finding out to their disappointment, they have to read it.

A few of my friends and I are working on a MUD, and the biggest concern for us is that there aren't many MUD-less MUDders out there. And only a handful of newbies anymore it seems. We've already lost a couple staff members and play testers to WoW.

04-01-2006, 03:35 PM	#5
zombiedepot Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: IL Posts: 36	Hmm I think advertising can help, but how do you get the attention of the common gamer? It all breaks down to what your friends are playing, and everyone seem to be playing World of Warcraft and the big name MMORPGs. The masses seem to be generally ignorant about the existence of MUDs. And when bringing it up to some of the diehard MMORPG fans, I either get a "huh? what's that?" or "I don't like those text webpage games" as a reply. These days I introduce it as "a quicker way to play D&D" and it goes into people's heads better than going into my usual spiel about the dawn of MUDs, and then them finding out to their disappointment, they have to read it. A few of my friends and I are working on a MUD, and the biggest concern for us is that there aren't many MUD-less MUDders out there. And only a handful of newbies anymore it seems. We've already lost a couple staff members and play testers to WoW.