I'm a European (ashamed to admit it in this case.) I mostly disagree with US policies on various things but the EU has gone all downhill with this. Why bother forcefully taking control away? ICANN has been doing a decent job at what they do. Like they say, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Well what exactly is the problem? The current system has been working since...well since the birth of the internet. If the UN takes control, that will open the doors to various nations requesting specific policies on it such as removing all the porn (bastards), blocking another nation from accessing them or some such things. You get the idea. Sure the States could be up to something but as they uphold Free Speech, "Democracy" and so forth I really see no reason for handing control to the UN.
And how exactly could the 'net "fall apart?"
I haven't played too many MUDs but the ones I tried I didn't enjoy as much. I think the thing with me is that I don't really like RPing. A decent balance between MUDs and MMORPGs I found is a little gem called EVE Onlinehttp://www.eve-online.com/. In there you have a very rich and detailed back story, a completely player driven market, huge galaxy, small and tight-knit community of around 13,000 or so. People become known throughout the galaxy or you can do your own thing with a few friends and strive to become great. It leans towards the MMORPG side but I find elements of MUDs lingering in there.
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I'm a European (ashamed to admit it in this case.) I mostly disagree with US policies on various things but the EU has gone all downhill with this. Why bother forcefully taking control away? ICANN has been doing a decent job at what they do. Like they say, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Well what exactly is the problem? The current system has been working since...well since the birth of the internet. If the UN takes control, that will open the doors to various nations requesting specific policies on it such as removing all the porn (bastards), blocking another nation from accessing them or some such things. You get the idea. Sure the States could be up to something but as they uphold Free Speech, "Democracy" and so forth I really see no reason for handing control to the UN. And how exactly could the 'net "fall apart?"
I haven't played too many MUDs but the ones I tried I didn't enjoy as much. I think the thing with me is that I don't really like RPing. A decent balance between MUDs and MMORPGs I found is a little gem called EVE Onlinehttp://www.eve-online.com/. In there you have a very rich and detailed back story, a completely player driven market, huge galaxy, small and tight-knit community of around 13,000 or so. People become known throughout the galaxy or you can do your own thing with a few friends and strive to become great. It leans towards the MMORPG side but I find elements of MUDs lingering in there.
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