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Ide · 03-05-2009, 06:24 PM

As a fan of pyweek, TIGsource compos, IF competitions, etcetera, I think this could be fun, and perhaps the thing to stress here is the contest could be about creating a world simulation, not necessarily a simulation of the world as we understand it. In that sense many interesting world simulations could have their day. Or better yet a simulation of a system within some made-up world, as a simulation of the whole mess could be a bit much to do in a month or whatever.

I think a resurrection so to speak of the 16k contest is doable but it'll need a big run-up of publicity. While there still are a fair number of mud developers out there I don't think you have the same kind of critical mass as existed when Erwin held the first contest.

03-05-2009, 06:24 PM	#17
Ide Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Seattle Posts: 361	Re: Any interest in a MUD programming contest? As a fan of pyweek, TIGsource compos, IF competitions, etcetera, I think this could be fun, and perhaps the thing to stress here is the contest could be about creating a world simulation, not necessarily a simulation of the world as we understand it. In that sense many interesting world simulations could have their day. Or better yet a simulation of a system within some made-up world, as a simulation of the whole mess could be a bit much to do in a month or whatever. I think a resurrection so to speak of the 16k contest is doable but it'll need a big run-up of publicity. While there still are a fair number of mud developers out there I don't think you have the same kind of critical mass as existed when Erwin held the first contest.