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+ <B>robert@thatsnice.org</B>
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+&gt;<i> Hello Robert
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i> &gt; I'm still interested in using NeL in a project, and I wanted to prod
+</I>&gt;<i> &gt; you guys and see how things are coming along, and when we'll be able
+</I>&gt;<i> &gt; to get involved again.
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i> What kind of project you are working on ?
+</I>
+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 &quot;player&quot; 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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+System Administrator set him on fire and he'll be warm
+Got.net for the rest of his life.&quot;
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