Re: Fed up with PBeM (well nearly)

From: alansz@mellers1.psych.berkeley.edu (Alan Schwartz)

Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 00:00:00 +0000

John Yeung  <j.yeung@dial.pipex.com> writes:
>
>Yes Dougs right, Mud seemed to be all about Hacking n Slashing,
>advancing my player, doing quests (and of course the usual chit chat).

Speaking as a MUD player and developer (I maintain/develop the
PennMUSH server), I'll just note in passing that MUD is considered
to be the proper generic term which includes Dikumuds, LPmuds,
MUSHes, MUSEs, MOOs, and all the like.

Historically, Dikumuds and LPmuds have been used for adventure
gaming of the hack and slash variety, and so-called "tinymuds"
(MUSH, MUSE, MOO, TinyMUD itself) have been social or, especially
in the last few years, role-playing environments which focus
very little on combat, quests, etc. But there's nothing in any
particular server which mandates how it can be used.

Many people, when they say MUD, do mean a hack and slash game
run typically on a Diku (or variant) or LPmud server; those are
the majority of MUDs. But there are many other types of MUDs,
some of which support genuine role-playing.

- Alan

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References

Re: Fed up with PBeM (well nearly)
Richard Reynolds <topcat@airmail.net>
Sun, 25 Aug 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Fed up with PBeM (well nearly)
John Yeung <j.yeung@dial.pipex.com>
Sun, 25 Aug 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Fed up with PBeM (well nearly)
John Yeung <j.yeung@dial.pipex.com>
Sat, 24 Aug 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Fed up with PBeM (well nearly)
dconklin@netcom.com (douglas d)
Sat, 24 Aug 1996 00:00:00 +0000