Right. The only reason we knew it as a MUD not a MOO is because the term "MOO" hadn't been coined yet. I stand by my characterization of MW as running on a MOO based on my understanding of the MUD/MOO distinction.
On 11/16/19, Kerim Aydin <ke...@uw.edu> wrote: > > Yeah, I remember distinctly hearing the word MOO for the first time > sometime > after NW. We definitely called it a MUD. Only a few people (exclusively > Monash University I think) were granted wizard/programming privileges - > that > was one of the difficulties with using that forum for Nomic, it gave them a > bit too much unacknowledged clout over "reality" (i.e. what was POSSIBLE). > > On 11/16/2019 4:56 PM, Ørjan Johansen wrote: >> It was 1992 (As You Know, Agora is from 1993), and the meaning of the >> words >> may have shifted, but I don't think people would have called Nomic World a >> >> MOO at the time. I never got a look at its actual source code, but as I >> recall the interface resembled more LPMud (the MUD style I was already >> familiar with) than MOOs (I don't think I'd ever been on an actual MOO at >> >> the time, not that I've spent much time since either - my MUD days had >> mostly ended around the time of Nomic World.) >> >> Greetings, >> Ørjan. >> >> On Sat, 16 Nov 2019, David Nicol wrote: >> >>> Nomic World started as a MOO in 1994 or thenabouts. Agora began, on its >>> first mailing list, after the fellow who was maintaining it graduated >>> from >>> college and didn't want to take that hobby with into The So-Called Real >>> World. It had discussion rooms and a voting room where players could >>> register their weigh-ins on whatever was currently proposed for voting. >>> >>> Fantasy Rules Committee began as a committee in Nomic World, before >>> Agora >>> existed. >>> >>> Lurking old guy signing off :) >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 9:03 AM Sgeo <sgeos...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Was looking through my email archives for LambdaMOO stuff, and saw >>>> something about an Agoran MOO that used to exist. Is the database for >>>> that >>>> available anywhere? I would love to explore it and see what people >>>> made, >>>> even if it's otherwise dead. >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Coming to you live, from behind Sneelock's store, in the big vacant lot. >>> > -- Coming to you live, from behind Sneelock's store, in the big vacant lot.
