Players Who Suit MUDs

After reading this article, the main points I extracted from the article were the classification of the character  traits of people that play MUD's, I would agree with the types that Bartle defines which are: Explorers, Socialisers, Killers, Achievers. All of these categories have very obvious meanings behind them:

Explorers - Like to explore the world and interact
Socialisers - Like to talk and interact with other players in the game world
Killers - Like to other players, and talk very little
Achievers - Like to play to achieve in the game

As discussed in class, some people may differ slightly but they can still fit in or between one of these base categories. For myself, I have never played a MUD or a similar; MMORPG, but I think these categories can expand into some other games, especially those that use a sandbox technique for the game, when defining myself I find it quite difficult as I feel my playing style varies depending on my mood, but as a general default I would say the explorer category suits me best.

Richard A. Bartle Players Who Suit MUDs http://www.mud.co.uk/richard/hcds.htm