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by Raph_Koster 2195 days ago
Our dividing line for massive in 1995 was 250, because most LAN play capped at 64, and MUDs achieved up to around 253 (the number of available file descriptors on a standard Linux kernel at the time).

Meridian 59 launched with 250 player capacity. UO launched with around 2800.