Anybody on here have an experience with M.U.D's and if so anybody familiar with ultima online?I was thinking of giving it a go!

 

It comes out of the G.R.O.U.N.D.

 

I set myself up for that one!nice one

 

I think if you move this to the muppet show that, whilst you will experience strange muppet comments, you might actually get the answer you were looking for

 

Oops - ignore this

[Edited by drumsterphil - 12/22/2001 4:24:26 PM]

 

I've got all their records

My favourite was "Tiger Feet"

 

nick

i play ultima online....m8 of mine has his own server running 18hrs a day.

icq me on 3147057 or mail me if u want more details.

just reinstalling everything onto my pc as its been upgraded so give me a day to sort out everything....icq etc !

steve
icq 3147057

 

Isn't it a 'Multi User Dungeon' -- originally the name of something that ran on Prestel in the early 1980s?

 

I think that MUD ran on DEC-10's back in the very early 80's - around the same time that Rogue and Hack came out on UNIX.

You are in a maze of twisty passages all alike

mb

 

Boomer has got it..

I was a 'wizard' (game superuser) on the first ever Mud at Essex university.. it only took eight months and about £1600 in phone charges Seriously addictive stuff!. Us 'externals' were seriously jealous of those on campus who had 9600baud terminals, compared to our pathetic 1200/75 modems .

This was in 1981/2ish, and so predates the Internet by at least 10 years.... god, I feel old .

Cheers,

Alex


[Edited by AlexM - 12/22/2001 10:14:37 PM]

 

Oringally posted by AlexM:Err, no. Predates the WWW by about 10 years, yes. The Internet has been around since the 1960s (e.g. Google recently published the Usenet archives from 1980 onwards).

 

Ah, those were the days!

A DEC-10 with 256MW (one Word=36 bits) could quite happily support 50-odd users (or even 50 odd users!).

How many peeps know the true meaning of PLUGH and XYZZY???

mb (at the University of Leeds from 1979 to 1982)

 

I was BORN in 1979

 

carl,

the "Internet" can be said to have started in 1969 as ARPAnet (four nodes WORLDWIDE!) but TCP didn't appear until 1974, and TCP/IP didn't become a standard until 1983!!!

The kids of today just don't believe yah!

mb

 

How much time and money have muds cost to international economy. (For those who haven't figured it out, the where the first on-line games - text based adventures. In the late 80's the moved on to display a picture of the room with the text. If you can imagine playing halflife on line with no graphics - you move around for 4 hours and then a message appears (A woman in blue has killed you) - game over

 

oh how many hours I've spent playing MUD - Razors Edge
In that time it was still on standart modem and the 1st bill came to £600.00, mind you at special rate 2p/min.

great great fun !!!

 

oh here is kinda the answer:
A MUD (Multiple User Dimension, Multiple User Dungeon, or Multiple User Dialogue) is a computer program which users can log into and explore. Each user takes control of a computerized persona/avatar/incarnation/character. You can walk around, chat with other characters, explore dangerous monster-infested areas, solve puzzles, and even create your very own rooms, descriptions and items.

have a look here:
www.mudconnect.com

you should find all the answers there and more

[Edited by velryba - 12/23/2001 3:36:33 AM]

 

Ta guys,
You have supplied more than enough info for me!

Cheers

Nick Y

 

Check out Everquest - http://www.everquest.com

It's a MUD with first person perspective graphics, and probably the best one currently available.

Regards,

Gary.

 

or Legend of Mir (huge) with coverage on Game Network TV.
www.legendofmir.com (or .net)

 

nick

probs with my pc / icq

re icq me m8.

steve
3147057

 

sneaked the corner 2

 

I always thought it was Multi User Domain.. Ah! Whatever. Used to be a great way of looking busy and honing the typing skills.