For my presentation on Friday I tried out a couple of MUDs – and oh dear, is that not for me!

Equally stressful experience as chat, with white on black text tiring my eyes as I strained to keep up with the multitudes of expressions I know nothing about. I mean, in that one MUD, Aardwolf, they had a real introduction for newbies – but still I felt completely lost, doing what they told me to but never really getting anywhere, struggling to keep up with the text on the screen, sometimes related to me, sometimes not. Maybe a graphic-based game like EverQuest would be easier to get into, but that’s only for Windows, so I couldn’t try it.

Although the thought of playing in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld is tempting, I can live out my imagination in writing fanfiction. I guess I’ll stick to my familiar and comfortable online interactions via email and comments…