@Reason said:
The core hang-up I've had about it is that there are so many, shall we say, "quality of life" components of a MU* that I've come to expect over the years that someone would need to go and explicitly extend into Evennia.
I love the term "quality of life" to explain this. Thank you for explaining it that way.
I mean, doesn't it feel a bit archaic to actually download and use a mush client?
In the same way that it feels archaic to download an MMO client. So not at all. What I think we miss in the Mu* world is what you do after you download the client. It certainly is yet another step to even see if you want to get involved in something.
I think among the largest barriers Evennia has is player adoption.
I promised @Chime that if she wanted to make a MUSHlike replacement, I would code for it. I'm stuck at the moment, because as of right now I have Volund being excited and exciting about Evennia, and on the other I have the Optional Realities community reps largely being snots hereabouts (my opinionated opinion only). We need more of the former, and less of the latter to get player interest.
I am clearly not a community cheerleader, but I try to make up by creating activity by being active.
I imagine that some straight forward extensions couldn't recreate elements of a BLDR experience similar to the existing experience.
This is, I think, the power of something like Evennia. @Chime mentioned very much the same thing about her imagined MUSHlike, and does if you go back and read everything she's ever said about MOO.
This discussion has digressed a bit. Go Shadowrun, I think!