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From: umcharl3@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Mike Charlton)
Newsgroups: alt.mud,news.groups
Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION: rec.games.mud
Message-ID: <1990Feb4.191852.22648@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Date: 4 Feb 90 19:18:52 GMT
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durrell@husc4.HARVARD.EDU (Speaker-To-Eris) writes:

>>}There currently is an alt.mud, but it suffers from poor distribution.

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>Bad idea. Let's not get carried away, here. Sure, lots o people play
>TinyMUD and AberMUD, but a whole official group? In the rec heirarchy?
>I think that's a bit overboard. Sure, Moria has its very own group,
>but many more people play Moria than all the MUDs combined. The MUD
>gorup is in the alt heirarchy because that way sites that don't have
>to deal with traffic of limited interest or alternative appeal don't
>have to deal with it. We are, like it or not, of limited appeal.

>Consider: there are currently ten TinyMUDs. Each one has a maximum of
>60 or so players at a time. 600 people is a rotten base for a group,
>and generally (always) less people than that are on. Sorry, but even
>though I play avidly, I don't think we deserve our own group.

>Bryant Durrell, aka Garrett

Well, if there isn't enough support for a new group (and I agree 600 probably
is too small, if that is the case) then how about someone starting a mailing
list for those of us who don't get the alt.mud group.  I would imagine that
if there are so few people, this wouldn't involve much overhead (If someone
with a kind heart is willing to do it...)
                          Mike