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rjsw on May 5, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, Spades: Players Who Suit ...

Bartle's paper matches up with my memory of playing the original MUD, though it was rather a long time ago.

saraid216 on May 6, 2013 [–]

Bartle explicitly states that the types are derived from the observation of MUD forum participants, rather than being a larger survey: even Yee's surveys have a better sampling since the data comes from a website catering to multiple games.

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