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iamwil on March 3, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: What the smartest people do on the weekend, everyo...

sometimes, ideas might need a little tweaking. Perhaps MUDs inspired MMORPGs? It seems likely.

I'm not sure what the equivalent for ham radio would be, if at all.

mijustin on March 3, 2013 | [–]

The hard part is attribution. Hobbies are just one of the seeds that germinate into fully adopted technologies.

MUDs were definitely part of the inspiration for MMORPGs, but the success behind MMORPGs has a lot to do with commercial internet, the development of GUIs, etc...

maxerickson on March 3, 2013 | [–]

The cell phone?

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