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rascul 77 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The case for MUDs in modern times (2018)

MUDs are text based. Some of the clients can have graphical features but the basic way to interface with the MUD itself is with text.

beardedwizard 76 days ago | [–]

HTTP is a text based protocol, nobody is arguing websites are muds.

Let's skip the strange purity tests and engage in good faith discussion.

jghn 77 days ago | [–]

Tho it wasn't unheard of for some MU* games to have ascii graphics in the telnet stream

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