As a MUD enthusiast I think there's a pretty big gap between games that use an interesting story and meaningful choices vs. a game that is literally just role-p

As a MUD enthusiast I think there's a pretty big gap between games that use an interesting story and meaningful choices vs. a game that is literally just role-playing. I think the labels "Choices matter" and "Character progression" are good for capturing the newer versions of roleplaying games while leaving the noun roleplaying for actual RP. That said RP can and is done in a variety of multiplayer engines, I've seen it in Warcraft 3, Neverwinter Nights, WoW, Minecraft and a bunch of other games - but in those cases it's essentially just folks ignoring the actual game mechanics to just use it as a roleplaying platform.