<s>
GodWars	O
is	O
a	O
family	O
of	O
MUD	B-Application
engines	O
derived	O
from	O
Merc	B-Application
,	O
created	O
in	O
1995	O
by	O
Richard	O
Woolcock	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
KaVir	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2000	O
,	O
between	O
28	O
and	O
84	O
derivatives	O
of	O
the	O
God	O
Wars	O
code	O
have	O
been	O
active	O
,	O
including	O
Vampire	O
Wars	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
White	O
Wolf	O
's	O
Vampire	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Masquerade	I-Application
and	O
won	O
the	O
October	O
1998	O
Mud	B-Application
of	O
the	O
Month	O
award	O
at	O
The	O
Mud	B-Application
Connector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
Woolcock	O
wrote	O
a	O
new	O
MUD	B-Application
named	O
God	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
II	I-Protocol
,	O
a	O
conceptual	O
sequel	O
to	O
GodWars	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
more	O
personal	O
dark	O
fantasy	O
universe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
relies	O
heavily	O
on	O
player	O
versus	O
player	O
combat	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
original	O
GodWars	O
,	O
and	O
features	O
a	O
deep	O
and	O
complex	O
combat	O
system	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
to	O
manipulate	O
the	O
limbs	O
associated	O
with	O
the	O
attacks	O
,	O
creating	O
combos	O
when	O
the	O
commands	B-Application
are	O
stringed	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
combo	O
system	O
is	O
inspired	O
from	O
the	O
tabletop	O
game	O
Spellbinder	B-Language
,	O
of	O
which	O
the	O
complexity	O
is	O
comparable	O
to	O
chess	B-Application
and	O
go	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
combat	O
system	O
was	O
prototyped	O
in	O
his	O
earlier	O
Gladiator	O
Pits	O
MUD	B-Application
,	O
which	O
won	O
the	O
maintainability	O
award	O
in	O
a	O
public	O
coding	O
competition	O
,	O
the	O
16K	O
MUD	B-Application
competition	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
called	O
"	O
stunning	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
God	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
II	I-Protocol
is	O
also	O
noted	O
for	O
its	O
war	O
mini-game	O
(	O
a	O
strategic	O
poker	O
variant	O
)	O
and	O
its	O
helpful	O
graphical	O
MUSHclient	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
a	O
large	O
world	O
,	O
without	O
rooms	O
typical	O
of	O
MUDs	B-Application
but	O
using	O
coordinates	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
process	O
for	O
advanced	O
character	O
customization	O
.	O
</s>
