Richard A. Bartle: Players Who Suit MUDsHEARTS, CLUBS, DIAMONDS, SPADES: PLAYERS WHO SUIT MUDS ABSTRACT Four approaches to playing MUDs are identified and described. These approaches may arise from the inter-relationship of two dimensions of playing style: action versus interaction, and world-oriented versus player-oriented. An account of the dynamics of player populations is given in terms of these dimensions, with particular attention
