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 ==What are MUDs?==
-A MUD(or MUCK, MUSH, MUG, MOO, MMOG, et cetera) is most-commonly referred to in the verbose as a Multi-User Dungeon. In a MUD, you can find interaction with many other players in addition to computer-controlled personas, or denizens, as we like to call them.
+A MUD (or MUCK, MUSH, MUG, MOO, MMOG, et cetera) is most-commonly referred to in the verbose as a Multi-User Dungeon. In a MUD, you can find interaction with many other players in addition to computer-controlled personas, or denizens, as we like to call them - all in text.
-A MUD has rooms, or locations. If, at any time, you are logged on, you are standing in a room. Many of the specifics of this MUD will be delved into enough for you to learn, so we won't go into too many details here.
+But how can you play a computer game without graphics? One oft-used metaphor compares the experience of a text-based MUD versus a graphical game to that of reading a book versus watching a movie. Sure, there are no pretty pictures, but
+you'll find that the world we weave with words can be more vivid, more complex, more interactive and immersive, and more compelling than any fancy CGI.
+Many of the specifics of this MUD will be delved into enough for you to learn, so we won't go into too many details here.
 ==The Achaea Concept==