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Aeran · 08-01-2006, 11:02 AM

If you look at many of the graphical mmrpgs they are pretty much the same as most MUDs. Why would people want to use a text only interface, when there are so great 3D versions with the same(or close to) feature set avaible? 3D offers a lot of possibilities that MUDs just aren't capable of. You can always throw text into 3D, but you can't easily throw 3D into a text MUD.

My guess is that the reason Gemstone/DragonRealms are losing subscribers is that people are becoming hesitant about supporting non 3D games. Then there are also a lot of people who aren't leaving the text MUD community but still haven't entered it. A lot of people I have talked to in 3D mmrpgs I have tried don't even know about MUDs.

So it is possible there's a lot of people that would be interested in trying another kind of "mmrpgs" but just don't know where to look.

Edit: If you ask people what MUD clients they use, a lot of people will answer that they use "free" clients with the motivation similar to "Why would I pay to play such old games?".

08-01-2006, 11:02 AM	#42
Aeran Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 208	If you look at many of the graphical mmrpgs they are pretty much the same as most MUDs. Why would people want to use a text only interface, when there are so great 3D versions with the same(or close to) feature set avaible? 3D offers a lot of possibilities that MUDs just aren't capable of. You can always throw text into 3D, but you can't easily throw 3D into a text MUD. My guess is that the reason Gemstone/DragonRealms are losing subscribers is that people are becoming hesitant about supporting non 3D games. Then there are also a lot of people who aren't leaving the text MUD community but still haven't entered it. A lot of people I have talked to in 3D mmrpgs I have tried don't even know about MUDs. So it is possible there's a lot of people that would be interested in trying another kind of "mmrpgs" but just don't know where to look. Edit: If you ask people what MUD clients they use, a lot of people will answer that they use "free" clients with the motivation similar to "Why would I pay to play such old games?".