Re: [Nel] You guys will let us know when you're done mucking about, right?

[robert]

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> Hello Robert
> 
> > I'm still interested in using NeL in a project, and I wanted to prod
> > you guys and see how things are coming along, and when we'll be able
> > to get involved again.
> 
> What kind of project you are working on ?

Why a 3d MUD, of course.

I started out on a MOO, then got into ColdMUD, which then begat this
project:

coldstore.sourceforge.net

Which is just the back-end, and is embrionic still.

My goal is to replace all the MMORPGs with a decentralized free
alternative.  Of course, this would compete with Nevrax, but that will
just encourage them to be better. :)

I think Nevrax has the best philosophical approach to this problem of
any commercial effort, and I applaud them.  However, since I don't
work there, and I still want to work on these problems, I work for
free.

The particular subject I wish to tackle with an MMORPG is the social
experimentation subject.  This has been tried before in text-based
adventures (LambdaMOO and its descendents), but never on a large
enough scale or with new technology.

I want to see if we can learn something as a culture by creating a
super dynamic world with maximum "player" input into the universe and
maybe solve some of our differences inside that world.  Then maybe we
can carry those lessons to the outside world.

My experiment would NOT be a game.  It would also not be a pure
simulation because we just don't have that technology yet, either in
input and output or in resources to process or computer it.  It would
be a rough analogy of life, and would try to put everyone at roughly
the same level of world interaction, within reason.  It would be based
heavily on life as we know it, but with an accelerated time scale.

I try not to think too much about whether I actually expect this to
ever happen or be popular. :)

Thanks for asking!

Robert

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