<s>
LegendMUD	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
text-only	O
MUD	B-Application
game	O
founded	O
by	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
friends	O
including	O
virtual	O
world	O
designer	O
Raph	B-Application
Koster	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
thematic	O
structure	O
of	O
LegendMUD	B-Protocol
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
literal	O
interpretation	O
of	O
historical	O
legend	O
,	O
with	O
content	O
based	O
on	O
real	O
locales	O
at	O
various	O
points	O
in	O
history	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
mythological	O
elements	O
included	O
as	O
concrete	O
reality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LegendMUD	B-Protocol
was	O
derived	O
from	O
DikuMUD	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
LegendMUD	B-Protocol
features	O
several	O
innovations	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
which	O
was	O
that	O
players	O
were	O
not	O
required	O
to	O
select	O
a	O
character	O
class	O
such	O
as	O
mage	O
or	O
warrior	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
1995	O
,	O
LegendMUD	B-Protocol
was	O
selected	O
as	O
The	O
Mud	B-Application
Connector	O
's	O
Mud	B-Application
of	O
the	O
Month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Koster	O
wrote	O
""	O
,	O
a	O
short	O
essay	O
and	O
epitaph	O
about	O
the	O
death	O
of	O
a	O
LegendMUD	B-Protocol
player	O
named	O
Karyn	O
.	O
</s>
