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A mud for Grex
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Nov 2 17:32 UTC 1996 |
I have an idea for Grex ...why don't we start a mud for grexers to play while
there on Grex?
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bjorn
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response 1 of 12:
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Nov 3 15:53 UTC 1996 |
Hmm, as long as we kept it system central - it *might* work. Of course, first
we'd have to come up with a system for the mud to be based off of, if
neccessary pay the liscencing fees to use brand/company names, and finally
decide on a language to write it in, not to mention how combat works (do you
know how much health you lose, or do you need to look at the wound(s)?)
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coyote
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response 2 of 12:
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Nov 3 23:09 UTC 1996 |
I really don't think Grex could handle the load -- even if it was just for
Grexers. Think of all that beautiful lag we'd receive...
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bjorn
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response 3 of 12:
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Nov 4 15:58 UTC 1996 |
Bjorn *really* hates lag when MUDing
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coyote
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response 4 of 12:
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Nov 6 02:04 UTC 1996 |
<sigh> Don't we all...
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bjorn
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response 5 of 12:
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Nov 6 17:08 UTC 1996 |
Yeper doodle.
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bjorn
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response 6 of 12:
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Dec 21 23:43 UTC 1996 |
It might be adventageous to link item 28 from COOP to this conference.
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lumen
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response 7 of 12:
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Jul 23 06:37 UTC 1997 |
I forget if M-Net or Grex made the statement, but I think it was here that
adminstration asked that a MUD not be brought here because Grex can't handle
the bandwidth.
Bjorn, most coders don't write MUDs from scratch. They usually go to a source
code like DIKU first, and then make modifications from there. it is possible
to make too many modifications, however, for I was on one MUD that was so
heavily modified that it was mucked up..
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glyciren
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response 8 of 12:
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Apr 24 21:31 UTC 1998 |
Glyciren chants: SMAUG SMAUG SMAUG SMAUG SMAUG
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kuran
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response 9 of 12:
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Jul 13 19:52 UTC 1998 |
This machine definatly couldn't handle what a mud needs.. I wouldn't
worry about bandwidth so much as CPU and memory consumption. Grex is
slow as it is, adding a mud would be disasterous. But the large number
of users could be an advantage too. A 386 could run a mud well as long
as that was all it did and had a good net connection. What about
starting up a donation pool for that?
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shepherd
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response 10 of 12:
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Dec 31 14:38 UTC 1998 |
Our MUD (dreamer.telmaron.com 3333) pulls in a fair number of Grex people.
If enough show up, I can be persuaded to add a bar, lounge, etc. just for
us...
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wyvern
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response 11 of 12:
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Mar 25 22:43 UTC 1999 |
I believe if we had some Multi-user-dungens we could get more members
in. I have be on grex for a few years as different logins. When I am not
mailing or chating I am play nethack. I know many people who in joy
games like nethack yet if we added a MUD game we could probley get more
members and some new donations.
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papa
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response 12 of 12:
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Jan 31 02:17 UTC 2017 |
I used to play on a variety of MUDs, including Diku-type,
MUSH, MOO, etc. It would be fun to start one on Grex if the
CPU and bandwidth limitations mentioned earlier in this thread
are no longer a concern. (It's doubtful such a project would
attract a huge number of users in these latter days.)
A MUSH or MOO might be ideal for promoting a community-wide
creative project.
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