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Old 11-13-2010, 08:18 PM   #1
Justin534
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YART (Yet Another RPI Thread)

So, it seems threads tend to pop up from time to time what makes for and RPI MUD. The debate goes something like this: All RPI Muds must meet these qualifications....but xyz MUD is clearly RPI but doesnt meet all qualifications...Ok so qualification #2 and 5 don't have to be included for MUD to be considered RPI....But no! #2 and 5 are paramount to most RPIs....(Flame war begins)

So after glancing over a few of these threads the answer seems obvious to me there is not simply a broad header that you can fit all RPI MUDs in. Rather RPI is a genre of MUDs with different attributes associated with MUDs in the genre. For example one attribute might be RPI Realism where focus is on realism of the roleplay experience i.e. permanent death no numbers visible to players when it comes to stats and skills, etc. Another attribute might be RPI IC Only, where there are no OOC forms of communication, in the same vein RPI IC Strong might be an attribute denoting that OOC messaging in the MUD is very limited (perhaps only a global newbie channel exists).

But, at its core an RPI MUD must have only one base attribute that it is RP Enforced and other attributes only act to further define just what type of RPI MUD it is, but not whether or not it actually is an RPI MUD.

What do you guys think?

Last edited by Justin534 : 11-13-2010 at 08:19 PM. Reason: adding poll
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