The best game I've ever played is Aardwolf Mud. (208.43.193.234:4010) I left a game in which I had 2 heroes and a GM in order to become a simple player on Aard. I've been there for the last 12 years, and the place only gets better. It's the most *complete* online game I've ever seen, and the work continues to this day. They actually have an "ideas board" that they really read, and often code in the ideas that are found there.
I tried MMORPGs, but there's no room for imagination in those, and so many of the graphics are either same-old same-old all the time, and it takes FOREVER to do anything or go anyplace, and there aren't even decent channels, or quests, or ... well, what have you.
Anyway, text games aren't dead! We have anywhere from about 300 to over 450 online at any given time, and those are single characters. I don't think I could name everything Aard has, but I'm spoiled for all time where online games are concerned!

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