Chiropteran

Diamond Member
Nov 14, 2003
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Have you ever played, or do you still play, a text based MUD?

I'm not making this a poll because polls are useless.
 
Jan 18, 2001
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Legends


I think I still have an active character.


confirmed! heh maybe I should go see whats changed.

mud.legendmud.org
 
Jan 18, 2001
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I met a guy in RL that used to play the same MUD as me. We couldn't quite figure out if we were online concurrently, but we knew other characters.

FYI, I don't know the exact relationship, but at least part of LegendsMUD was developed by Raph Koster, who was lead designer for UO and Star Wars Galaxies
 

techfuzz

Diamond Member
Feb 11, 2001
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Oh, the days of MUDs... I remember going from playing LoRD almost every day to playing MUDs almost immediately after I got online with Netcom way back many eons ago...

Damn, now you just made me feel real old! Screw all of you, I'm going home!

techfuzz
 

Jeraden

Platinum Member
Oct 9, 1999
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I was a certified Mud Addict back in college and shortly after. Then they all started dying and they weren't as much fun when very few people ever played. Here's the ones I played the most. There were others but I forget their names. Most were LPMuds

Lost Wishes
Gateway
3 Kingdoms
Muddog
LustyMud
Genocide
End of the Line
 

Tiqua

Member
Mar 4, 2004
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Used to play a few MUDs a while back. Island, Turf, Castle Perilous, Bluemage and Farside were the "main" ones. I dabbled in a few others.
 

Savarak

Platinum Member
Oct 27, 2001
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Originally posted by: skace
Realms of Despair
www.game.org (I think)

I'm using it to mess with perl scripting in zmud.

wow I used to play RoD often! around '97-98 or so... Same name too...

Got a nice pair of Goroggles still if my chars haven't autodeleted hehe
 

yllus

Elite Member & Lifer
Aug 20, 2000
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Starting around 1995 I played at AustinMUD, Dark Castle and most recently Myrradel. Good times but IMO their run is over.
 

dxkj

Lifer
Feb 17, 2001
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wisney.kicks-ass.org
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Played there on and off for 7 years. Recently a friend of mine that I have never met, but knew for those 7 years on there, and talked to often died :(
 
Jan 18, 2001
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Originally posted by: yllus
Starting around 1995 I played at AustinMUD, Dark Castle and most recently Myrradel. Good times but IMO their run is over.

not really if you consider modern MMORGs an extension of the MUD. Graphics, more programming, and more servers, BUT essentially the same thing.
 

Emrys

Golden Member
Jul 5, 2002
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Played on Dead of Night for quite a while, though I only stop in to say hi every now and then at this point.
 

Nitemare

Lifer
Feb 8, 2001
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Been playing Afterhours Mud off and on since 1992
afterhoursmud.com 2000

Used to take 30 minutes or more to get on when I started because you had to wait until somebody quit.
 

Nohr

Diamond Member
Jan 6, 2001
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www.flickr.com
I used to play MUDs pretty often with my wife, starting around 5 years ago. I'd tend to play one for a few weeks and then get bored and stop playing altogether for a few months. Then she'd pique my interest again in a new MUD and I'd play again for a few weeks til I got bored with it again. Went through that several times, haven't played since maybe late fall last year or so. She's still going strong, playing daily.

Most recent one we've played together was .Dimension, a D2 type MUD which was pretty fun. However it's been down for at least a couple months now.
 

Pepsei

Lifer
Dec 14, 2001
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I played Abermud, Diku and LPmud. Sometimes when I play a female character, losers would try to pick me up.
 

rh71

No Lifer
Aug 28, 2001
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I played Onyx III (Nightmare) MUD from 1995-2000... accumulated almost 2 months of actual playing time according to the stats kept. It died one day and I was at a loss for a LONG time.

I guess ATOT is my newfound daily addiction.