[Jazuela]

No, the only difference is not the client. Gemstone comes with a graphics client, which shows the player directions, maps, injury locations, a little picture to show if the character is standing or sitting, or in a group, whether or not he's bleeding, etc. etc. etc. Gemstone is NOT a graphics-based game. It is a text-based game. It is ALSO massively-multiplayer, and it is ALSO a roleplaying game. That makes it a MMORPG, but it does NOT make it a graphics-based game.

When the -vast majority- of people who visit THIS website (topmudsites) are looking for a new mud, they are looking specifically for a text-based mud. They are also specifically NOT looking for a graphics-based mud. If they were looking for a graphics-based mud, they would look on one of the websites that cater to graphics-based game fans. This is not one of them, and in THIS website (topmudsites), when someone is talking about MUDs, they are talking about text-based muds, UNLESS THEY SPECIFY OTHERWISE.