[OPLINTECH] MUDs & MUVEs

[Chad Neeper (list)]

I would think that if you attracted any sort of recurring users, they 
would tend to be the crowd that played text-based adventure games when 
they were popular. I'm not a gamer at all now, but I certainly played my 
fair share of adventure games back in the BBS era. It would be fun to go 
back and hit a few of those old games for a few hours, but not something 
that I'd do over and over again. Aside from a brief curiosity, I can't 
imagine there would be a big draw for teens with so many other more 
graphical interactive games that satisfy a similar type of adventure 
type interest.

Unless you could do it very easily without investing much time in it, 
I'm rather skeptical about the overall usefulness as a game/promotional 
tool. (There's that durned cost/benefit thing again!) I'd love to be 
proven wrong, though!

My 2 cents,
Chad

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Chad Neeper
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Level 9 Networks
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millerst at oplin.org wrote:
> With all the hoopla about SecondLife and virtual worlds (everything from
> RuneScape to EverQuest and WoW), teens and adults are rushing headlong
> into cyberspace.
>
> Does anyone remember the *OLD* days, back in the 80's, when all you had
> were 8 colors on your TV and your keyboard?
>
> In order to stick with our mission statement (promote reading, ensure
> learning, enhance discovery), I have been thinking on starting a
> text-based adventure game / multi-user dungeon that centers around
> libraries and books.  Hoping to get our TAG involved (because I have sooo
> much spare time).
>
> Anyone have any thoughts on that?  Are text-based environments passe, or
> could they become retro?
>
> Thanks!
> Steve
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> Steve Miller
> TechCoord
> Ashtabula County District Library
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Chad Neeper
Senior Systems Engineer

Level 9 Networks
740-548-8070 (voice)
866-214-6607 (fax)

--   Full LAN/WAN consulting services   --
-- Specialized in libraries and schools --