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I think that everyone here is addicted to muds to some extent, but for most of us, I imagine that addiction is mostly a healthy one. However, in playing muds I’ve come across a lot of people with very unhealthy addictions, and I’m sure that most of you have too.
In this light, I have a few questions.
To anyone who runs a mud – how responsible do you feel to prevent unhealthy mudding addictions? I know that some games offer something like a lock command that allows the player to lock their own account for a specific period of time, but do you feel responsible for having any other checks and bounds? A common response is if you don’t like it, don’t play but do you agree with that as being the extent of things? Obviously, a game’s administration can’t catch everyone, but should they be trying to (and if so, how hard should they be trying?)? Finally, what do you think that the proper response to said addiction would be?
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