MUDS still exist? Wow.

Quote from: RPGPundit;1120160MUDS still exist? Wow.

Of course. Few hundred out there still running. And several have been running for 20 or more years. Attendance has declined of course. But that started the minute the first graphical MMO came out and has continued since. A few still have populations in the hundreds. Or several hundreds. Most seem to be below that. Varies alot of course.

MUDs have been getting more sophisticated too with coders trying various approaches to creating more responsive NPCs and other elements. There is a near 1 for 1 translation of 2e Shadowrun into a MUD and pretty well done too. Too bad the admin ruined it. I have still an old MUD that was helping test that was a translation of 3e D&D into a MUD. Was fairly well along before it ended abruptly. Unfortunately I cant seem to get it to run now.

I remember them from like, 30 years ago.