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Ide · 08-08-2007, 03:38 PM

Ultimately I think it's impossible to tell until you start up. However there certainly are a few indicators you can measure. How popular is the book series? Are you designing for a niche (RP intensive) or the common denominator (bashing/grinding/leveling/raiding).

I don't think it's really going to tell you anything if you post a 'would you play this mud' topic here or on another mud forum, e.g. TMC. It could tell you something if you posted on a 'player' forum, i.e. maybe a forum for the book series. My one piece of advice for you would be to run a beta test with a small population of players to iron out kinks, advertise heavily when you open, and have something for the players to do as soon as they hit the ground in your world.

08-08-2007, 03:38 PM	#2
Ide Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Seattle Posts: 361	Re: Sounding the waters for interest Ultimately I think it's impossible to tell until you start up. However there certainly are a few indicators you can measure. How popular is the book series? Are you designing for a niche (RP intensive) or the common denominator (bashing/grinding/leveling/raiding). I don't think it's really going to tell you anything if you post a 'would you play this mud' topic here or on another mud forum, e.g. TMC. It could tell you something if you posted on a 'player' forum, i.e. maybe a forum for the book series. My one piece of advice for you would be to run a beta test with a small population of players to iron out kinks, advertise heavily when you open, and have something for the players to do as soon as they hit the ground in your world.