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misao · 09-25-2009, 02:13 AM

No, I don't have similar requirements as you. I don't care about realism, frankly. I know spending 30 minutes to get from one area to another is realistic but I like the teleport command. Adding 'some time later, they arrived at xxx' into a pose suffices for me. I know paging and tells are OOC but I don't care, as long as there are distinct lines drawn between OOC and IC. And I don't think that roleplay needs to be as realistic as possible to be considered /roleplay/; nor do I fancy rebuilding my character with all its history, relationships and reputations from scratch because an RL emergency happened to come up or my connection died. You can have all those requirements for RPI if you want; I don't really care about them, nor do I have the knowledge and experience to comment on RPIs. However, nobody ever claimed that MUSHes should be included in the RPI genre. 'Realism' is a boon for some and a bane to others, and a subjective term all the same.

09-25-2009, 02:13 AM	#77
misao Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 60	Re: What are the differences between a MUD and a MUSH? No, I don't have similar requirements as you. I don't care about realism, frankly. I know spending 30 minutes to get from one area to another is realistic but I like the teleport command. Adding 'some time later, they arrived at xxx' into a pose suffices for me. I know paging and tells are OOC but I don't care, as long as there are distinct lines drawn between OOC and IC. And I don't think that roleplay needs to be as realistic as possible to be considered /roleplay/; nor do I fancy rebuilding my character with all its history, relationships and reputations from scratch because an RL emergency happened to come up or my connection died. You can have all those requirements for RPI if you want; I don't really care about them, nor do I have the knowledge and experience to comment on RPIs. However, nobody ever claimed that MUSHes should be included in the RPI genre. 'Realism' is a boon for some and a bane to others, and a subjective term all the same.