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Odd Raven · 01-26-2012, 05:31 PM

I'm pleased to finally see Arantha having a post here! I kept thinking about it, too. Mentioning players is important - the way the game works allows you to create intricate friendships, not to mention the benefit of so many helpful "faces". But if we're going to talk helpful, I want to mention my very first impression of this MUD:

I was plopped into it and was sort of sheepishly blundering about, not terribly sure what I was going to do with myself, but before I could start to stray back towards more familiar settings, several of the players greeted me cheerfully, welcoming me by name to the game on a separate, clearly-marked channel: And wouldn't you know it? Those players weren't just players, because a few of those greeted me as well, more interesting and perhaps more important to me was that the staff had greeted me. These guys with their busy lives, running this MUD, doing their coding bit and working behind the scenes to make things move slowly really kept in touch, thus far, with the best thing about a growing MUD:

"Hey, we have players and they make this work. Maybe we should act like people and talk to them."

01-26-2012, 05:31 PM	#2
Odd Raven Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Home MUD: Arantha Posts: 42	Re: Arantha I'm pleased to finally see Arantha having a post here! I kept thinking about it, too. Mentioning players is important - the way the game works allows you to create intricate friendships, not to mention the benefit of so many helpful "faces". But if we're going to talk helpful, I want to mention my very first impression of this MUD: I was plopped into it and was sort of sheepishly blundering about, not terribly sure what I was going to do with myself, but before I could start to stray back towards more familiar settings, several of the players greeted me cheerfully, welcoming me by name to the game on a separate, clearly-marked channel: And wouldn't you know it? Those players weren't just players, because a few of those greeted me as well, more interesting and perhaps more important to me was that the staff had greeted me. These guys with their busy lives, running this MUD, doing their coding bit and working behind the scenes to make things move slowly really kept in touch, thus far, with the best thing about a growing MUD: "Hey, we have players and they make this work. Maybe we should act like people and talk to them."