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MUD Co-Creator Bartle On Voice Chat in MMOGs

Posted by michael on from the who-are-you-talking-to-dear dept.

Fusty writes "In 1979, Richard Bartle co-created a MUD, the first system for players to share adventures online. Aside from veteran game coding skills, Bartle has strong opinions about game design. He recently examined the idea of voice chat in massively-multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs). His opinion? Not Yet You Fools! - on Game Girl Advance."

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  1. Hrmm by acehole · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess the world isnt ready to hear:

    "n0 way I k1ll3d u d00d! u c4mp1ng f4g!"

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    1. Re:Hrmm by IIRCAFAIKIANAL · · Score: 1, Funny

      Ob PA cartoon

      Oh, and this one is funny too :)

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  2. Could he write some Slashcode??? by jkrise · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the article:
    .strong opinions... the idea of voice chat in massively-multiplayer online role-playing games..

    Okay, here's the scenario:
    Strong opinions: All Slashdotters have them
    Voice vhat : Vow! That'd be cool over here...
    Massively-multiplayer : The very definition of Slashdot.
    Online role-playing: Yeah, we have the MS shills, the Apple astro-turfers, the GNU devotees, the FSF freaks, the trolls, the GNAA folks...

    Let's get this chap to write Slashcode I say!

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  3. Yeah well by grug0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think slashdot should have voice chat. Imagine hearing people yell fr1st p0st.

  4. heh, yeah. by DashEvil · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can just see it now, "I'm humping you, see my character going back and forth, oh yeah, finger yourself babe, I want to hear you moan, oh yeah, oh YEAAAAAAAH, OH SWEET JESUS THANK MICROSOFT FOR GIVING ME THE CHANCE TO GET LAID!"

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  5. Re:problems by Gherald · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why would it destroy the role playing element?

    I have a decent she-elf accent!

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  6. Re:problems by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    What I would give to meet an elf babe from England... damn that accent... Yummm

  7. I cast Magic Missile! by AndrewCox · · Score: 3, Funny

    Galstaff, you have entered the door to the North. You are now by yourself, standing in a dark room. The pungent stench of mildew eminates from the wet dungeon walls ... "Where are the cheetos??"

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  8. Nice article but: by donscarletti · · Score: 3, Funny

    I find it very hard to take anything seriously published on gga after reading this

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  9. I can't wait... by LordLucless · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...for someone to turn on their stereo while playing his favorite MMORPG, only to find the RIAA busting the entire player population of Everquest for listening to pirated music.

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  10. Nice idea ... by evslin · · Score: 3, Funny

    Voice chat for an mmog is a decent idea, provided that: A) Everyone you're going to be grouping/associating with has access to it B) You're not playing in a roleplaying environment. (Hey, that elf chick is really an old dude from Alabama!)

  11. Yeah, destroying the roleplaying element... by halivar · · Score: 2, Funny

    As everyone knows, the roleplaying element is the most important part of CS. Voice just reminds me that I'm getting mopped up by 14 year old kids, not the "l33t krew" they purport themselves to be!

  12. Re:This reminds me of... by DigitalDaedalus · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Who the HELL wants to hear actors talk?" H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927

    Mr. Warner must have forseen Gigli...