MUDs won’t look the same in 10 years time, if they exist at all.
Predictor: Bartle, Richard
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 interview, two reporters ask Richard Bartle if MUDs will still be in existence in 10 years and what they will look like. He answers:”MUDs won’t look the same in 10 years time, if they exist at all. However as a caveat, if you’d asked me that 10 years ago I’d have said the same thing – and been wrong!”
Biography:Richard Bartle of the University of Essex developed the first MUD, known as MUD1, with Roy Trubshaw in 1979. MUDs and MOOs grew in popularity and had participants from around the world. (Research Scientist/Illuminator.)
Date of prediction: April 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Community/Culture
Subtopic: MOOs/MUDs/B-Boards/Newsgroups
Name of publication: Dragon Times
Title, headline, chapter name: Interview with Richard Bartle
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www/iol.ie/~ecarroll/mud/interview.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Bizzell, Natalie