Valguarnera | Wed 06-Jul-05 02:17 PM |
Member since 04th Mar 2003
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#9354, "Yup."
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You can't justify every point with a decline in pbase
Yup. At the risk of repeating myself, MUDs in general have had a decline over the last couple years, largely due to new competition from commercial MUD-like games. Even a couple years ago, your options for RPG-type gaming online were very limited. Now, that's not the case. I still believe MUDs offer options that MMORPGs don't, notably depth, speed of change, personal impact on a world, content customized to an individual, and the greater storytelling freedom you have when you're not constrained by what graphics are available. We like to think we provide a gourmet meal, but a lot of people like eating at Wendy's (*).
To me, accounting for that marketplace shift is a lot more believable than blaming it on every game feature you want changed (even if that feature predates any decline, thus weakening the proposed causality even further), like the duration on Plague.
It's especially spurious logic to say "Carrion Fields has had a playerbase decline in recent times. You should steal more ideas from these two other MUDs that have had steeper declines."
* Quasi-related TMS quote of the day, regarding MUDs with pay-for-perks schemes: "Of course Viagra MUDs are popular, but not for their quality so much as their ability to allow even the most insecure and impotent to feel that they're something as long as they've got a valid credit card."
valguarnera@carrionfields.com
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I am a bit disturbed This is what hurts CF not the Im...
[View all] , Rogue, Wed 06-Jul-05 10:12 AM
Heh...They come and go.,
Karakan,
06-Jul-05 03:07 PM, #34
Hey no thread stealing This is about asking for more st...,
Rogue,
06-Jul-05 11:59 AM, #21
Less caustic response than,
Psektos (Anonymous),
06-Jul-05 08:00 AM, #5
RE: Less caustic response than,
Valguarnera,
06-Jul-05 08:23 AM, #6
RE: Less caustic response than,
Psektos (Anonymous),
06-Jul-05 09:03 AM, #7
RE: Less caustic response than,
Valguarnera,
06-Jul-05 09:10 AM, #8
RE: Less caustic response than,
Psektos (Anonymous),
06-Jul-05 09:33 AM, #10
Since you keep bringing up RS....,
Laearrist,
06-Jul-05 01:49 PM, #22
Yup.,
Valguarnera,
06-Jul-05 02:17 PM #25
RE: Yup.,
Psektos (Anonymous),
06-Jul-05 02:43 PM, #29
RE: Yup.,
Sandello,
06-Jul-05 05:49 PM, #39
RE: Yup.,
Java,
06-Jul-05 05:58 PM, #40
Final post on this.,
Psektos (Anonymous),
06-Jul-05 02:28 PM, #27
RE: Final post on this.,
Valguarnera,
06-Jul-05 02:33 PM, #28
RE: Final post on this.,
Psektos (Anonymous),
06-Jul-05 02:48 PM, #30
If only it was. (n/t),
Valguarnera,
06-Jul-05 03:06 PM, #33
Care to name some of your characters?,
incognito,
06-Jul-05 06:01 PM, #41
RE: Less caustic response than,
nepenthe,
06-Jul-05 09:00 AM, #9
RE: Less caustic response than,
Psektos (Anonymous),
06-Jul-05 09:31 AM, #11
You didn't read Nep's post closely enough,
Theerkla,
06-Jul-05 09:39 AM, #12
I'll be clear:,
Valguarnera,
06-Jul-05 09:42 AM, #13
Blunt for blunt.,
Psektos (Anonymous),
06-Jul-05 10:16 AM, #15
RE: Blunt for blunt.,
nepenthe,
06-Jul-05 10:39 AM, #17
Wherein I get irate,
Wilhath,
06-Jul-05 11:31 AM, #18
Ugghh, wherein I feel dirty,
Theerkla,
06-Jul-05 11:55 AM, #20
Sorry.,
Psektos (Anonymous),
06-Jul-05 02:18 PM, #26
Ur are an 8.,
Psektos (Anonymous),
06-Jul-05 02:15 PM, #23
Wherein I throw gasoline on the fire.,
nepenthe,
06-Jul-05 02:51 PM, #31
I am a jackass! I can not resist this post, well said!,
Psektos (Anonymous),
06-Jul-05 03:26 PM, #32
RE: I am a jackass! I can not resist this post, well sa...,
Java,
06-Jul-05 03:29 PM, #35
Bless your black heart for putting this better than I d...,
nepenthe,
06-Jul-05 03:38 PM, #37
Unpopular characters: A digression on Onirakoth.,
nepenthe,
06-Jul-05 03:36 PM, #36
Well said again, no flame sensed.,
Psektos (Anonymous),
06-Jul-05 04:59 PM, #38
It's not bad rp if i think you're a knob in RL.,
Evil Genius (Anonymous),
06-Jul-05 06:16 PM, #42
A quote I heard once,
Minyar,
14-Jul-05 01:06 PM, #44
Except,
Wilhath,
06-Jul-05 06:41 PM, #43
I've mainly just been watching this train wreck from th...,
A2,
06-Jul-05 11:55 AM, #19
RE: I've mainly just been watching this train wreck fro...,
Psektos (Anonymous),
06-Jul-05 02:16 PM, #24
RE: Less caustic response than,
nepenthe,
06-Jul-05 10:25 AM, #16
RE: Less caustic response than,
appelsien,
06-Jul-05 09:54 AM, #14
RE: I am a bit disturbed This is what hurts CF not th...,
Isildur,
05-Jul-05 10:41 AM, #3
No its just a blatant disregard for roleplay,
Rogue,
05-Jul-05 01:00 PM, #4
Agreed, but I'm not sure I'd break a friendship over it,
incognito,
05-Jul-05 04:26 AM, #1
My friends dont cheat or belittle the game,
Rogue,
05-Jul-05 08:14 AM, #2
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