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Threshold · 04-09-2013, 01:24 AM

Good point.

Someone tell Amazon to stop making Kindles and Barnes & Noble to stop making Nooks because people are done with text. They only want to watch tv.

That's sarcasm, by the way.

Despite the fact that the vast majority of games are graphical, and most gamers want graphics, there are still a lot of gamers who like the text experience. Text still has a number of unique gameplay benefits:

Converting existing MUDs with happy players to some kind of graphical hybrid would be a grave disservice to them.

04-09-2013, 01:24 AM	#6
Threshold Legend Join Date: Apr 2002 Home MUD: Threshold RPG Posts: 1,260	Re: Do MUDs need to be "brought into the 21st century" Good point. Someone tell Amazon to stop making Kindles and Barnes & Noble to stop making Nooks because people are done with text. They only want to watch tv. That's sarcasm, by the way. Despite the fact that the vast majority of games are graphical, and most gamers want graphics, there are still a lot of gamers who like the text experience. Text still has a number of unique gameplay benefits: Converting existing MUDs with happy players to some kind of graphical hybrid would be a grave disservice to them. Last edited by Threshold : 04-09-2013 at 01:29 AM.