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"Roleplaying" on Non-RP MUDs (hereafter refered to as H&S, since that's what we're talking about) is possible. Of course, so too is cooking a meal in your car. It's just not the best place to do so.
I have found that most RPers are looked poorly upon by non-RPers on H&S MUDs and subject to ridicule, abuse, and harassment. That's one of the reasons I left H&S forever many years ago.
As for MUDs that claim to integrate aspects of both RP and H&S, it's like being pregnant. Either you are or you aren't. Anything in between is really just delusion or propaganda (ie, "Unlimited levels! Easy XP mobs! Great RP!" ads). H&S and those who are solely interested in it will, in most circumstances, interfere with sustained RP (you're RPing in a town and some H&Ser comes by and slaughters everything in sight, only to return hours later and do the exact same thing).
Point is, if you want great RP, go to a MUD that is designed around RP (RPIs in other words). If you want H&S, play a H&S MUD. Playing two games isn't that hard (certainly not horribly impossible), but trying to RP on a H&S is terribly difficult to achieve all the time and with any great amount of quality and acceptance.
Take care,
Jason
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