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Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :

Anyone else here MUD? Just wondering.

Posted by waltdisneysfrozenhead (Member # 2717) on :

I used to play arctic and sojourn a lot, but with the advent of mmorpgs, I kind of stopped playing them. Which one are you on?

[ August 07, 2003, 05:33 PM: Message edited by: waltdisneysfrozenhead ]

Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :

Well, I primarily play on a relatively small mud called "Age of Legacy." Address if anyone wants it is kyndig.com port 3000.

Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :

Oh and by the way my user name is Mithrank if anyone wants to know.

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

Yeah, I've been mudding since I was about five years old, but my father owned the construction company, and I frequently went with him to the job sites.

The trick to mudding well is to make sure ya got lots of mud, plaster it over the seams and nails real good, thick coat, and scrape off the excess in one smooth stroke. It's real easy once you get into the rhythm of it.

Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :

Er - not that type of mudding [Razz]

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

Oh - really? See, you didn't specify, and I didn't know, so I thought maybe you were talking about home improvements. Huh. Okay.

Still, the comments I made are accurate, so if anyone out there is looking at mudding, that's what ya do.

Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :

I didn't know people still MUDded. I thought they all MOOed. I've never done either. Should I?

Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :

Sure! (See my shameless self promotion of where I mud a few posts up.)

Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :

I mud...or I used to. I don't have much time to do so anymore, but I was on Aardwolf. That's actually how I met my husband. [Smile]

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

I'm more a MUSH and MUX man, myself -- although the Discworld MUD is still the best MU* in the known world, hands down.

Posted by Fahim (Member # 5482) on :

There's a Discworld MUD? Oh darn!! I wish I had the time to play ... [Frown]

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

Okay, so for those of us who OBVIOUSLY don't have a clue, why don't the lot of you enlighten us and tell us what this mudding thing is, if it doesn't involve gypsum board, eh?

Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :

MUDs are basically text-based online RPGs. You type in commands like "look" or "kill x" where x is the thing you want to kill. That sort of thing. There are some MUDs that you have to pay for, though the one I play on is free. So, basically, you can run around and gain levels and spells and skills, or go on quests, that sort of thing. Kinda fun.

Posted by Polemarch (Member # 3293) on :

Though you still haven't told us what the acronym MUD stands for.

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

no, and you added another one - rpg or something. grrrrrr

Posted by Fahim (Member # 5482) on :

And the short version is: MUD = Multi User Dungeon [Razz]

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

but that still doesn't really explain anything, now, does it? [Wall Bash]

Posted by Fahim (Member # 5482) on :

OK, a few more terms before the long winded (actually the extremely brief because I'm otherwise occupied and can't be bothered to go into details [Razz]

) explanation ...
RPG = Role Playing Game
MOO = MUD Object Oriented

Then you also have MMORPG which is Massively Multiplayer Online RPG .. but let's not go there - though I think I just did [Razz]

A MUD is basically an online game where multiple players play together. The setting or the environment for the game is defined beforehand and the players have to role play within that environment .. or something along those lines? Clear as MUD? [Razz]

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

gee, fahim, what could you possibly be otherwise occupied with?

Posted by Fahim (Member # 5482) on :

Well, there is somebody who keeps my mind occupied every waking moment - and even manages to get into my dereams somehow [Razz]

So hard to think coherent thoughts at times [Big Grin]

[ August 08, 2003, 05:35 AM: Message edited by: Fahim ]

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

Cheese whiz, Fahim, what, are you trying to derail every single thread I post on? Sheesh.

Posted by Fahim (Member # 5482) on :

Well not *every* thread .. there were some old ones that I didn't want to revive .. plus that one about driving in snow where I didn't even comment .. so truthfully not all [Razz]

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

[Wall Bash]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever. [Kiss]

Posted by Fahim (Member # 5482) on :

Now, now .. that's not a nice way to go about a reasoned argument [Razz]

Plus, banging heads on walls leads to concussion - or so the surgeon general says on every wall .. in real small print [Razz]

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

Huh. I guess I'll have to start reading the fine print. Check it for grammatical correctness and spelling errors. [Wave]

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

Would you two just get a room. Seeesh. [No No]

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

Yeah, yeah. Just give us, um, until, um, let me see, Thursday night next week midnight his time zone. Yeah, that's it. So that would be um, 11am Thursday next week pacific time. Yeah.

Posted by Chaeron (Member # 744) on :

One of my closest friends spends an obscene amount of time mudding. He plays a NY based one called Avatar almost exclusively. I think it's a monstrous waste of time, personally.

In case anyone is interested, avatar.outland.org:3000 and may God have mercy on your soul.