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the_logos · 09-09-2003, 06:06 PM

Come on, is that really called for? At the very least, their website is fantastic.

--matt

CSmith_Fan · 09-09-2003, 10:53 PM

Hephos · 09-10-2003, 03:40 AM

Actually, would be fun to see which mud is the most successfull (counting playerbase) and is nearly stock.

malaclypse · 09-10-2003, 04:59 PM

That would be nice for research, but I dunno about fun. Thats about as much fun as when I correct my bosses correspondence (fixing his spelling errors of "quistions" and "raidos") and then doing payroll and seeing him earn 5 times what I do.

When mediocrity is successful, it makes me wanna kick a puppy!

- Ryan

vedic · 09-10-2003, 05:54 PM

You obviously haven't bothered to play the game. Materia Magica has no "stock" areas.

vedic · 09-10-2003, 05:56 PM

Also with approximately 8 million locations, having an average of 250 players online could hardly be considered "overpopulated".

Kreative · 09-10-2003, 07:33 PM

I wonder sometimes if you people actually know even a clue about what you are talking about. I play Materia Magica (note the order of thoes words vmaster). Rarelly lagging, extremly friendly admin, and sensible players. The world is HUGE... I have no idea where you got this idea that its 'overpopulated', or that _any_ part of it is Stock...

Matt

Kat · 09-23-2003, 01:13 AM

Hephos · 09-23-2003, 09:56 AM

*cough* *cough*

40 unique zones? I wouldn't call that large. We have over 250 unique zones, coming up near 25-30k rooms. AND wilderness maps spanning several continents with millions of non-real locations. We have about 30 players online at peak. Now, comparing i would also certainly say materia magica is over-populated.

Yeah, now you're talking wilderness and NOT "real" locations. You can't use that for describing how "large" the world is.

Kat · 09-23-2003, 10:12 AM

vedic · 09-23-2003, 12:10 PM

There are over 130 separate unique areas and 8 million rooms in Materia Magica. The average number of players online is 275.

There's also a very nice wilderness system - if you are saying that your wilderness system in your game, Hephos, isn't used by your players as separate areas with which to explore and adventure, then you are under-utilizing your wilderness. Materia Magica is making good use of theirs. There are separate zones within the wilderness - areas where hill giants roam and where you can find cave trolls, they aren't all in the same location or just based on terrain. So yes, I would say that 8 million rooms does count towards the total.

It's also very easy to have lots of rooms. But having lots of detailed, well-described rooms, with interesting NPCs who have their own scripting and interaction? Much harder. There are few games who do a really good job at making use of the systems they have, so I would say that quantity is definitely != quality.

09-09-2003, 06:06 PM	#21
the_logos Legend Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mill Valley, California Posts: 2,305	Come on, is that really called for? At the very least, their website is fantastic. --matt

09-09-2003, 10:53 PM	#22
CSmith_Fan Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 90

09-10-2003, 03:40 AM	#23
Hephos Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Sweden Home MUD: www.sharune.com Posts: 359	Actually, would be fun to see which mud is the most successfull (counting playerbase) and is nearly stock.

09-10-2003, 04:59 PM	#24
malaclypse Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Santa Cruz, Ca Posts: 68	That would be nice for research, but I dunno about fun. Thats about as much fun as when I correct my bosses correspondence (fixing his spelling errors of "quistions" and "raidos") and then doing payroll and seeing him earn 5 times what I do. When mediocrity is successful, it makes me wanna kick a puppy! - Ryan

09-10-2003, 05:54 PM	#25
vedic Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 39	You obviously haven't bothered to play the game. Materia Magica has no "stock" areas.

09-10-2003, 05:56 PM	#26
vedic Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 39	Also with approximately 8 million locations, having an average of 250 players online could hardly be considered "overpopulated".

09-10-2003, 07:33 PM	#27
Kreative New Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: OH Posts: 3	I wonder sometimes if you people actually know even a clue about what you are talking about. I play Materia Magica (note the order of thoes words vmaster). Rarelly lagging, extremly friendly admin, and sensible players. The world is HUGE... I have no idea where you got this idea that its 'overpopulated', or that _any_ part of it is Stock... Matt

09-23-2003, 01:13 AM	#28
Kat New Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 5

09-23-2003, 09:56 AM	#29
Hephos Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Sweden Home MUD: www.sharune.com Posts: 359	cough cough 40 unique zones? I wouldn't call that large. We have over 250 unique zones, coming up near 25-30k rooms. AND wilderness maps spanning several continents with millions of non-real locations. We have about 30 players online at peak. Now, comparing i would also certainly say materia magica is over-populated. Yeah, now you're talking wilderness and NOT "real" locations. You can't use that for describing how "large" the world is.

09-23-2003, 10:12 AM	#30
Kat New Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 5

09-23-2003, 12:10 PM	#31
vedic Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 39	There are over 130 separate unique areas and 8 million rooms in Materia Magica. The average number of players online is 275. There's also a very nice wilderness system - if you are saying that your wilderness system in your game, Hephos, isn't used by your players as separate areas with which to explore and adventure, then you are under-utilizing your wilderness. Materia Magica is making good use of theirs. There are separate zones within the wilderness - areas where hill giants roam and where you can find cave trolls, they aren't all in the same location or just based on terrain. So yes, I would say that 8 million rooms does count towards the total. It's also very easy to have lots of rooms. But having lots of detailed, well-described rooms, with interesting NPCs who have their own scripting and interaction? Much harder. There are few games who do a really good job at making use of the systems they have, so I would say that quantity is definitely != quality.

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