Anotherneko 505 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Got brought up in a conversation with a friend and now I'm curious. Anybody else another MUD nerd back in the day? Got a favorite MUD game? Favorite memory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldreth 185 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I liked Medievia. Favorite memory is pretty simple: finding a MUD that had a colorized ASCII map that updated as you moved. just an Eldreth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose 642 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I used to play DSL. More than good memories from that game; the guy who introduced it to me is one of my closest friends and I live with him and his wife, who I met on DSL and introduced to him at the annual convention for it. That MUD still has a lasting impact on my life to this day, even though I haven't played it in ages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#Pre-alpha <--this is where we are. If your complaint is that the game don't not works good, come back later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted pearl 74 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Aardwolf was fun, and the only one I ever played, but after venturing into graphics-based games, it's hard to go back to text. I don't know if MUD games really have much of a future beyond the original nostalgic player base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karnos 554 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Arctic MUD wasted away many hours of my life in the past. It was fairly unique among MUDs I could find. PvP allowed, very few safe areas- only a few Inns and specific special areas were safe rooms, full loot drop on death, complex system of balance and sort of a built in rock-paper-scissors strategy between healers, mages, and bashers. It was unique among games I have played to this day in that it had both amazingly challenging PvE zones and bosses while also allowing full on PvP anywhere anytime. Some of the best PvP fights occurred when one clan ambushed another in the middle of a difficult fight. It's still up and running, but a shadow of it's former self- just not the same experience when there are only 10 other players online, down from days of 200+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironpoint 63 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I used to play Eltanin DIKU MUD way back in the...it was a very, very long time ago. My friends and I also played the Epic MUD which was built on DIKU. Wasted many an hour back in college on those two. Steve Hamner Crowfall Radio Spiral Radio101 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmurder 353 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I played Earth 2026 back in 1996. I haven't played any MUD's since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anotherneko 505 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 (edited) Grew up on Battle for the Midnight Moon. 3 factions, 200 players, SO MUCH FUN. It had this unique system where when you logged off your character would do things with out you while you were away based on your faction/race/sub-race/alignment/security standings. The map was fairly small, with the three 'Faction Halls' in a tri-force around them and the 'Wilds' beyond those so you always had just enough run-ins with 'Feral' (logged out) players to keep it interesting as you hunted down your billionth boar so you could finally craft the Pig-Ivory Gorrer. Once or twice while you were logged out your toon would wander into a town and kill everyone or die horribly in the attempt to do so. THAT was always interesting. It also had a 'legacy' system where, at level 500 your character passed away of old age and bequeathed a package with all their belongings to your new level one. Not my favorite feature ever, but some of the eulogies for warriors past would literally make you bawl your eyes out, or laugh your butt off. God I miss the community there... except for you Xadier.... Edited January 13, 2015 by fawne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kheoss 1 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Achaea, and Aetolia from Iron Realms. The pvp in those games were marvelous, still log on every once in a while to see that people do still play till this day! realblankspace 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theiceyone 14 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Yes, MUDder back to the 1990's. A variety of different ones I can't recall, primarily ChaosMUD (as I posted elsewhere) then The Last Aerie (which I helped run). Loved the days of text gaming. =) And a good tintin script. ChaosMUD Icey - Flamey - The Original Falmea W101: A few wizards you don't know digital antagonist since 1981 - @mayaREguru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phylor.the.Jester 1,026 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Played a couple back before SB but I can't even remember the names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evald 57 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Runescape Fello 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeslice 66 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I was playing Gemstone IV until about 2 or 3 years ago. I wish I could get that depth in a visual game. BelegX 1 High Fives and Good Times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhone 338 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I tried to MUD back in the day, tried to help a friend run his MUD in the early 2000s also, I just couldn't get into it. I was really into Red Dragon Inn on AOL though. Which was just basically role playing. Yeah, I'm one of those types. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potatomcwhiskey 1,124 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Go North, You are overcome with nostalgia. Anotherneko and dirtbag 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caledon 182 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Gemstone Dragonrealms Cosrin Of the three, I stuck with Cosrin the longest homeslice and zWarlock 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeslice 66 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Gemstone Dragonrealms Cosrin Of the three, I stuck with Cosrin the longest I never played Cosrin. It wasn't a Simutronics game was it? High Fives and Good Times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daworf 575 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Man, those were the days (I now start to show my age) ... a bunch of us at university used to administer an LPMud that was internal only. I spent a decent amount of time on Darker Realms before stepping away from text based goodness. *Recalls the first time he received his first portable castle from Leo the Archwizard* Anyway, yeah, TMI, back under my rock I go. Anotherneko 1 Bacon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chersk 39 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Toril and a little bit of Duris. Toril is apparently still going http://www.torilmud.com/ Anotherneko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skrofler 38 Share Posted March 4, 2015 http://www.realmsofdespair.com/ is still active. I haven't played for about 12 years though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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