Editing Player versus player (section)

==History==
''[[Genocide (online game)|Genocide]]'', an [[LPMud]] launched in 1992, was a pioneer in PvP conflict as the first "pure PK" MUD,<ref name="reese1">{{cite web | last = Reese | first = George |url = http://www.rpgmud.com/lpmud_timeline.htm |title = LPMud Timeline | date = 1996-03-11 | access-date = 2010-04-14 |quote = January 1992 ¶ _Genocide_ starts as the first MUD dedicated totally to inter-player conflict, which is a fancy way of saying that its theme is creatively player-killing. |url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120226122409/http://www.rpgmud.com/lpmud_timeline.htm | archive-date = 2012-02-26}}</ref> removing all non-PvP gameplay and discarding the [[Roleplaying game|RPG-style]] character development normally found in [[MUDs]] in favor of placing characters on an even footing, with only player skill providing an advantage.<ref name="ywwr">{{cite book | last1 = Towers | first1 = J. Tarin | last2 = Badertscher | first2 = Ken | last3 = Cunningham | first3 = Wayne | last4 = Buskirk | first4 = Laura | title = Yahoo! Wild Web Rides | publisher = IDG Books Worldwide Inc. | year = 1996 | isbn = 0-7645-7003-X | pages = 149 | quote = ''Genocide'' is a breakneck-paced, brutal MUD that has none of the mobs or quests you might be used to. It's a bloody world of kill-or-be-killed where you battle your fellow players in a savage race to the finish. [...] The only advantage the veterans have is experience and the knowledge of where to find the good stuff fast.}}</ref> Extremely popular, its ideas influenced the MUD world heavily.<ref name="shahromine">{{cite book | last1 = Shah | first1 = Rawn | last2 = Romine | first2 = James | year = 1995 | title = Playing MUDs on the Internet | publisher = John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | isbn = 0-471-11633-5 | pages = 98–99 | quote = Some Muds are completely dependant on player-killing, and have wars that start every half hour or so. These Muds are becoming more common, basing a lot of their ideas on the extremely popular LPmud known as ''Genocide''.}}</ref>