Posted by Asa on August 8, 2000 at 16:00:17:

In Reply to: Discussion of the future of Muds, and how they effect us... posted by Not An Immortal on August 8, 2000 at 12:20:52:

> 1) Approximately how many hours have you put into CF total, with
> all your characters? Is there any other form of entertainment that has
> taken near the number of hours as CF?

18,200 hours or there abouts in the last 5 years or so
>
> 2) Have you ever tried any of the graphical pay muds that are out
> there? Ultima Online, Asheron's Call, Everquest, etc? Do you think any
> of them could ever replace what CF means to you?

Bah fuck that wheres the imagination in that ?

>
> 3) Do you think text-based muds will be able to continue to compete
> in the coming years? Will they evolve enough to continue attracting new
> players?

I'm sure if they didn't I'd stand in trafalger square with a sandwich board reading 'The End is Nigh ---- CF at Carrionfields.org 9999 don't be left out'
or some such

>
> 4) When you think of your life 5 years from now, do you imagine
> yourself still playing mud-type games?

Sure why not its just a pit of harmless fun right ...*gives himself another adrenalin injection*

>
> 5) If you had the time, and money/hardware was not a factor, would
> you spend 8 hours a day playing CF in its current form? Would you
> play one of the graphical Pay-muds? Or would you divide your time between
> them, depending on your mood?

Already do that so .......

> 6) Have you ever forced yourself to quit mudding, only to lose
> control of yourself at some point and find yourself back? Do you or others
> ever look at CF as an addiction or Illness? Have you ever lost a close
> relationship/job/class because you could not pull yourself away from the
> game?

I delete every 17 hours of a character so yes I've quit a few times but its good fun so....

>
> 7) Have you ever seriously considered ways to make mudding a paying
> career or job? Have you ever mudded while working, even though it might
> get you in trouble?

Asa.

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