September 2008

• [MUD-Dev2][BIZ] I have a new site for sims Bristle
• [DESIGN] Interactive text system. Robert Flesch
• • [DESIGN] Interactive text system. Mike Rozak
• Bad Terminology: MMO, MMORPG vs. MUD Jean, Yannick
• • Bad Terminology: MMO, MMORPG vs. MUD Michael Hartman
  • • Bad Terminology: MMO, MMORPG vs. MUD Michael Chui
    • • Bad Terminology: MMO, MMORPG vs. MUD Vincent Archer
    • Bad Terminology: MMO, MMORPG vs. MUD Adam Martin
    • • Bad Terminology: MMO, MMORPG vs. MUD Acius
      • Bad Terminology: MMO, MMORPG vs. MUD Vincent Archer
      • Bad Terminology: MMO, MMORPG vs. MUD Aurel
      • • Bad Terminology: MMO, MMORPG vs. MUD Vincent Archer
        • • Bad Terminology: MMO, MMORPG vs. MUD Siege)
            On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Vincent Archer <archer@frmug.org> wrote:
            > Initially, World of Warcraft wasn't supposed to have "mobs". It was supposed
            > to have "creeps", because that's how they were called in Warcraft 3. The
            > devs used creeps all the time during alpha, and I think early beta.
            >
            > Today, all the devs and community managers refer to mobs as... "mobs".
            
            However, in Tower Defense type games, the enemies are often referred
            to as creeps, because that's all they do: creep down the established
            path, or toward the established goal.
            
            --
            Zach Collins (Siege)
            "If code can be speech, then software can be art."
      • Bad Terminology: MMO, MMORPG vs. MUD Jon Mayo
      • • Bad Terminology: MMO, MMORPG vs. MUD Mike Oxford
        • • Bad Terminology: MMO, MMORPG vs. MUD Mike Sellers
        • Bad Terminology: MMO, MMORPG vs. MUD cruise