Maybe it's no the best option in the world, but would anyone else like to see a MUSH/MOO version of Lusternia?
Just the world, the characters and RP. People posing fights/wars instead of smashing macros.
People actually taking advantage of the Elven/Merian racism in Mag. People could build their own houses, expand cities/communes, actually live in a Village.
I saw in the other forum, Guido mentioned going back to MUSHes, so I wondered if anyone might want to try make a Lusternian one.

Also, was wondering if I could get a comment from a God/ess about the legality of an idea like this. If someone tried it, would it be illegal and would IRE try put a stop to it? Considering it wouldn't be used to make money or anything like that.

I like Lusternia's skill system and the way they have done things in general, the story is just flavour, and the fact that its extensive is impressive. But I don't think there is anything about the Lusternian story that would make it better as a MUSH then say, Tolkein's world, or the world of The Wheel of Time.

I wouldn't mind it much at all, but there's conversion issues and the sheer amount of work involved in remaking Lusternia.

Not remaking.. copying.. kinda
Get TinyMUSH, or something (I wonder if Rapture could be used for MUSHes. It's a system to make the code go faster, right?) and copy some rooms. Wouldn't want to use ALL of them, since there are so many.
Also, I never would have suggested the actual Lusternia team would do this. It would be more of a Fan effort

one word : LAWSUIT

copyright infringement jumps to mind instantly. The Mush would steal playerbase and reduce the amount of credit buyers.

I really don't think it would Steal playerbase, it would just give people something alse to do when Lusternia is all quiet, but I can understand the case, I think it would be fun, I love doing the whole building my own house thing.

Maybe it'd help if I knew what a MUSH was. Am I to assume it's just like a MUD, but with no systematic combat, or what?

Take the concept of a table top game, remove the DM and put it on the internet... thats a MUSH.

Ever played an RPG on IRC? It's kinda like that without the /me, and with rooms/player descriptions.
And to the Lawsuit comment.. That's why I asked a God if it would be legal.
I don't mean to be harsh towards IRE, but I think they should give a pure/enforced RP environment a try. It wouldn't bring as much money in, but I'm sure with a dedicated player base and donations, it could cover the hosting costs.

It'd almost certainly be illegal, though very amusing.

It would indeed be illegal under copyright laws as per Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution if someone did that outside of IRE. Though many of us techies hate copyrights and patents (and indeed I find many stuff like Amazon's 1-click alleged "technology" to be utterly inane and unworthy of legal protection), the intrinsic value in something truly creative like this is not so much in the actual lines of code but rather in the creative myths and stories that make the world fascinating and the invented mechanics that make the game enjoyable. Since property is generally considered the products of one's labour, those things are legally treated as property since they are products of labour containing value just like a crop one labours to create on a farm.

MUSH just isn't the same. MUSH limits the posibilities greatly. IRE is an imagination-nation.

Oh yes, the patent Amazon.com received on their concept of one-click ordering. Amazingly stupid, I'm surprised no one has cited prior art and had the patent overturned. I suppose it just wouldn't be worth it to fight it.