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I both built and played MUDs from 1994 - 2003. From your comments is seems like you didn't read the article. Of course Roblox is not a text-based MUD. Not ev

by biddit 6y ago

I both built and played MUDs from 1994 - 2003. From your comments is seems like you didn't read the article. Of course Roblox is not a text-based MUD. Not even the author is arguing that. Mechanically, it's incredibly similar in social dynamics, creativity and difference of worlds, and the fact that you can design your own world/mechnaics so easily.

freediver 6y ago
I understand that. The author does make the claim that "Roblox is a MUD for the TikTok generation." I am making an important distinction in just one - and to me the crucial point - which I highlighted in the original comment above: text is highest bandwidth medium for our imagination. If a game is not using text but other mediums such as graphics, then regardless of social dynamics, creativity, difference of worlds etc it can not be put in the same context as MUDs.
- biddit 6y ago
  > Roboblox could not be farther from MUDs This statement is a bit extreme no? That's what I was addressing.
  - freediver 6y ago
    I suppose you could say so. But also depends on the perspective, I am very passionate about MUDs obviously :)