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MudMann · 10-10-2010, 02:56 PM

From a player perspective, I dont think they are going anywhere, but most MUD's are only targetted at a specific crowd of existing MUD'ders so the player base is quite small to share around.

Surely in this age where thanks to social networks, where we now have more gamers than ever and gaming is now acceptable, all of them grinding, levelling up, etc etc MUD's could be reinvented / retargetted to hit this new batch of gamers who could be just as interested in text based adventuring as we all were 10+ years ago.

Everyone likes to read, and now everyone likes to play games apparently.. brnig ther two together and see what happens.

Personally I think dropping the name MUD is a good start, regardless of how accurate it is. MUD to most people means OLD!

10-10-2010, 02:56 PM	#2
MudMann Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Europe Home MUD: Primordiax Home MUD: Threshold Posts: 178	Re: Are MUDs still popular? From a player perspective, I dont think they are going anywhere, but most MUD's are only targetted at a specific crowd of existing MUD'ders so the player base is quite small to share around. Surely in this age where thanks to social networks, where we now have more gamers than ever and gaming is now acceptable, all of them grinding, levelling up, etc etc MUD's could be reinvented / retargetted to hit this new batch of gamers who could be just as interested in text based adventuring as we all were 10+ years ago. Everyone likes to read, and now everyone likes to play games apparently.. brnig ther two together and see what happens. Personally I think dropping the name MUD is a good start, regardless of how accurate it is. MUD to most people means OLD!