[the_logos]

It's mainly a change in perspective. Around the time I made that quote I was, as a player, going through a heavy fixation on roleplaying, whereas I now view roleplaying as a game feature like any other. Highly desirable to some players, undesirable to others (like the original poster), and not inherently good nor bad. Of course, if a game population wants roleplaying it's something good to support (lest I get any complaints from players of our text MUDs claiming that "Matt doesn't care about roleplaying!")

I'm also impressed by Batmud's level of development over the years. Few MUDs can match the sustained development that Batmud has seen.
--matt