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Old 08-28-2008, 02:56 PM   #15
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Re: which mud has the highest average number of online player ?

I don't know if games can be addicting in the medical sense of the word, because addiction isn't something I have any expertise in and there's no consensus by experts to rely on. I know people throw the word 'addiction' around in common parlance, but that's not the same thing at all. For instance, I might off-handedly throw out, "I am so addicted to mountain biking", but that's just short-hand. I'm not really addicted to mountain biking, no matter how much time I spend doing it.

I certainly don't deny the possibility that MUDs/MMOs are addictive, but I think addiction in the medical sense is a very strong term to throw around casually. I also think it's just as likely/unlikely that all the free alternatives to WoW are addictive as that WoW is addictive.

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