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po0k · 28-01-2003 3:57pm #1

Can anyone reccomend a good sci-fi/contempory/fantasy MUD what uses a console/web-based interface?

Mountjoy Mugger · 28-01-2003 4:09pm

I used play at http://www.mud2.com I'm not sure if you'd be happy with it though. They charge a few bob after so many hours free. They've got a console mode.

Dustaz · 28-01-2003 4:10pm

Dunno if its what your looking for but the Valhalla Mud Engine (vme) is probably the best engine around. Its DikuII (diku is pretty much the original mud and most other muds are derived from it).

Dev version is free, but you gotta pay for a bigger version.

edit: Doh, sorry, i thought you were just looking for engines. Cant help you there cos the only muds i ever liked were VME's and they are all medieval

Mountjoy Mugger · 28-01-2003 4:16pm

Originally posted by Dustaz
(diku is pretty much the original mud and most other muds are derived from it).

I'm in nit picking form today..

Actually, the first Mud was British Legends (Mud1), written by Richard Bartle and Simon Dally in Colchester. Mud2, as mentioned above is a derivative of that. Muddle was the language used. I suppose most Muds now use Diku, but it wasn't the original. Just thought that needed clarificaion

Dustaz · 28-01-2003 4:18pm

Hence the use of the phrase "pretty much"

I know MUD was the first one, but lets face it, DIKU is the one that set the standard and also the one that shaped MMORPGS.

Also, MUD1 was crap and diku wasnt

Mountjoy Mugger · 28-01-2003 4:22pm

Yup - Mud1 was pretty crappy alright. That said, it took me 4 years to make Wizard on Mud2. A helluva game. It's a shame that not as many are playing it now.

Btw, there is also a UK server (.com is based in Canada) www.mudii.co.uk will get you started if you're looking for faster ping times and a few more players.

EDIT: Btw, Dr. Richard Bartle himself is often on, playing incognito. Nice chap - met him a few times at Mud Meets.

po0k · 02-02-2003 6:00pm

Originally posted by Mountjoy Mugger
I'm in nit picking form today..

Actually, the first Mud was British Legends (Mud1), written by Richard Bartle and Simon Dally in Colchester. Mud2, as mentioned above is a derivative of that. Muddle was the language used. I suppose most Muds now use Diku, but it wasn't the original. Just thought that needed clarificaion

aside-/ MUD1 was built on the origional mud work done by Roy Trubshaw on a PDP-10 in Essex univertsity in 1979 /-aside

What I'm looking for is a mud to run on our college server, doesn't need to support any more then say 100-200 users.
I've damn all experience with them from an administration/running point of view.

CodeMonkey · 02-02-2003 10:29pm

Originally posted by Mountjoy Mugger
Yup - Mud1 was pretty crappy alright. That said, it took me 4 years to make Wizard on Mud2. A helluva game. It's a shame that not as many are playing it now.

Btw, there is also a UK server (.com is based in Canada) www.mudii.co.uk will get you started if you're looking for faster ping times and a few more players.

EDIT: Btw, Dr. Richard Bartle himself is often on, playing incognito. Nice chap - met him a few times at Mud Meets.

Thought I know all the mud2 players in Ireland, who did you play as on mud2.com? And MUD2 is a better "game" than any of that diku or merc or whatever else is out there muds.

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