I have run a MUD for over 8 years and I find that they are MUCH more personable than MMORPGs like Everquest, WoW, and although they'd hate to admit it, Medievia. Our mud averages between 25-40 players on during peak hours which is very successful in these times of 1700+ stocky muds with staffs of 20 imms and NO people around to playtest the game for bugs.
I'm also proud to say, we've been in the Top 5 (currently #2) on the Mud Connector for almost a year now (more weeks than ANYONE else in the top 5) and we have an extremely high rate of player satisfaction with an extremely low rate of player drama. Player drama's one thing you won't find on those huge MMORPG games and I consider it an entertaining floorshow when we do see it. We've been getting 20+ votes a day for our mud on TMC and are very proud to be running one of the last remaining quality muds. It is a ton of work to run a successful game, but when you get so many compliments on your work every week, it makes the effort well worth it.
Awesome that our favorite pastime is being profiled on Slashdot, come stop by and make a few levels or just to shoot the breeze. We're a very friendly atmosphere where the IMMs and players actually log on to work and play, instead of idle all day. Come stop by!
Telnet Address : dreamsmud.com port 3000
Webpage Address : http://www.dreamsmud.com/
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I have run a MUD for over 8 years and I find that they are MUCH more personable than MMORPGs like Everquest, WoW, and although they'd hate to admit it, Medievia. Our mud averages between 25-40 players on during peak hours which is very successful in these times of 1700+ stocky muds with staffs of 20 imms and NO people around to playtest the game for bugs. I'm also proud to say, we've been in the Top 5 (currently #2) on the Mud Connector for almost a year now (more weeks than ANYONE else in the top 5) and we have an extremely high rate of player satisfaction with an extremely low rate of player drama. Player drama's one thing you won't find on those huge MMORPG games and I consider it an entertaining floorshow when we do see it. We've been getting 20+ votes a day for our mud on TMC and are very proud to be running one of the last remaining quality muds. It is a ton of work to run a successful game, but when you get so many compliments on your work every week, it makes the effort well worth it. Awesome that our favorite pastime is being profiled on Slashdot, come stop by and make a few levels or just to shoot the breeze. We're a very friendly atmosphere where the IMMs and players actually log on to work and play, instead of idle all day. Come stop by! Telnet Address : dreamsmud.com port 3000 Webpage Address : http://www.dreamsmud.com/