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scandum · 01-27-2010, 11:33 AM

Whenever I'm in the library I typically read the first page of a book, and if it's good enough I take it home. I think this is the major downfall of MUDs, mediocre descriptions that don't draw in anyone with a love for reading.

The next issue is that MUDs haven't evolved past being a bunch of rooms with descriptions, and NPCs you can kill. Newbies often try all kinds of intricate forms of interaction with a MUD, only to find out that all they can do boils down to: n, e, s, w, u, d, l, and k.

The screenshot provided by imperian unfortunately emphasizes these two points:

01-27-2010, 11:33 AM	#3
scandum Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 315	Re: Easing the process for new players. Whenever I'm in the library I typically read the first page of a book, and if it's good enough I take it home. I think this is the major downfall of MUDs, mediocre descriptions that don't draw in anyone with a love for reading. The next issue is that MUDs haven't evolved past being a bunch of rooms with descriptions, and NPCs you can kill. Newbies often try all kinds of intricate forms of interaction with a MUD, only to find out that all they can do boils down to: n, e, s, w, u, d, l, and k. The screenshot provided by imperian unfortunately emphasizes these two points: