>You perceive MUDs as "illusory?" I have to ask: are you speaking from
>first-hand experience? Or are you speaking from a position of Fear,
>Uncertainty, and Doubt as promulgated by the mainstream media?
>Participating in a MUD, and participating in the tangled web of marketing
>materials spun by the popular media are two very different things. Most
>MUDders I've encountered are very adamant about the "reality" of their
>experiences, to the point that they expect other people to act as though
>they were face to face in the real world (which I personally find an
>annoying request!)... Text-based MUDs are at least psychologically
>compelling in their own right...
I take it that your a real Dungeons and Dragon's fan! I see no reason to
defend text-based MUD's, they are what they are, they serve a purpose like
phone sex.
Phone sex is compelling for some too. So what?
Fear doesn't enter into this picture in the least, though I'm sure that
most people would rather have their kids sitting in front of a computer
screen (where they can at least be found), that roaming around the city
streets getting into real trouble.
Also, you mis-read my notion of "getting lost", as some reference to
getting lost on the Internet, when I was refering to the GPS and GIS
systems with blanket our planet. And which now ironically have appeared in
our over-priced luxury sedans as a convience for navigation, so we don't
miss that turn going on the way to Uncle Pete's (laughs):).
And finally, I don't think are present day condition is in any way
comparable to the 60's (huh)? In essence, you missed the point of my entire
posting. A careful look at the addresses of this group will reveal no aol
users here (as if that was some kind of insult), and so what if they were?
Do I detect an Internet snob in my uh un/presense?
Cheers...
John Beckmann
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