After playing wow I noticed that wow is just 3d version of muds. Wow has many same features, but it lacks many. Wow is easier and “modern”.

Here is simple list features where wow is better than muds.

• Easier
• Modern “3d” graphs
• Huge amount of players

And where muds are better than wow…

• Choice (there is many muds to choose)
• Challenging (Much much more challenging quests.)
• Triggers, clients, scripts… (If you like programming, you love to write various scripts/triggers to your mud client)
• Multi platform (Works on every platform and almost on every computer)
• Open source (Want to make your own mud?
• Great ideas (Interesting world, nice quests (not just “go kill that and come back”-like quests. You need your brains…)
• Dynamic world. (Players can build their own castles and cities.)
• Much more content. (More spells, More mobs, More eq, More everything)
• Free

So, if you want something more challenging than wow, try muds. They are very fun when you learn them and it can take years to learn everything.

Only thing that I see why peoples play wow, is the graphics.

I recommend to try Batmud. It is very popular and great mud. It also has nice client that makes playing it easier.

Good luck…