I got my account banned at Uni for playing a certain MUD - But I don't think your grasping how quickly technology is taking off.

I got my account banned at Uni for playing a certain MUD - But I don't think your grasping how quickly technology is taking off. :
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Posted by Gandalf on October 26, 1999 at 02:40:41:

In Reply to: Text muds are assured a presence in the future if... posted by Graham on October 26, 1999 at 01:26:46:

Perhaps there will be a place for it but what happens if a game like CF say Abandoned Realms went graphical (i doubt it). It would have a hard time getting the numbers ... it could turn from a 100 player mud to 50 or less. That is one of the reasons I play this MUD. It encourages PKing and has a lot of people playing it. It WOULD lose its charm if only 30 people played.

As for technology (optical fibre allows at least 1 mb/sec I am lead to believe) Graphics will be easily transported between networks so I believe that it will affect Uni students in 3 years or so.

> ..for no reason other than all the students in the world
> I am unable to play things like graphical muds on the university computers
> (ie during the day) because it's not allowed..few people understand what muds are thus don't realise
> you are fucking about killing some goblin called "george" rather than looking through skrees of computer bullshit.

> graphical muds are too intensive to be free
> (since they require to be constantly updated)
> even mod(ification)s for online multiplayer games are limited in their scope as to what can be done with the same engine..
> there will be a place for commercial graphical muds and a place for the likes of CF

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Comments:	> Perhaps there will be a place for it but what happens if a game like CF say Abandoned Realms went graphical (i doubt it). It would have a hard time getting the numbers ... it could turn from a 100 player mud to 50 or less. That is one of the reasons I play this MUD. It encourages PKing and has a lot of people playing it. It WOULD lose its charm if only 30 people played. > As for technology (optical fibre allows at least 1 mb/sec I am lead to believe) Graphics will be easily transported between networks so I believe that it will affect Uni students in 3 years or so. > > ..for no reason other than all the students in the world > > I am unable to play things like graphical muds on the university computers > > (ie during the day) because it's not allowed..few people understand what muds are thus don't realise > > you are fucking about killing some goblin called "george" rather than looking through skrees of computer bullshit. > > graphical muds are too intensive to be free > > (since they require to be constantly updated) > > even mod(ification)s for online multiplayer games are limited in their scope as to what can be done with the same engine.. > > there will be a place for commercial graphical muds and a place for the likes of CF

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