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Grex Internet Item 22: The game server item.
Entered by bartlett on Mon Feb 7 02:25:32 UTC 1994:

I have heard mention of various servers that allow folk to play games across
the internet, chess, Diplomacy, etc.  So let's gather this info here.  If
you know of one of these critters, please tell us where, what, and something
about how good it is if you've used it.

13 responses total.

#1 of 13 by slim on Sat Jul 2 01:17:14 1994:

I haven't heard of those particular games on the internet, but there are such
things as MOOs and MUDs. If you use jughead to search for "LambdaMOO" you can
connect as "guest" and try it out. Since language can only describe by
comparing to something known, I would call MOOs indescribable except for the
fact that you might consider it a game. If you try it, be sure to mlook me up
with "@who slim-2".

#2 of 13 by kentn on Sat Jul 2 02:04:45 1994:

At UM, I've watched several colleagues play "Bolo" (tank battle game)
on Macs over the Internet with people form around the state (and I
presume around the country).  Seems to go at a fair clip, you may
form alliances, build barricades, forts, and roads, etc.  Anyone else
seen this game?

#3 of 13 by srw on Sat Jul 2 02:51:35 1994:

Bolo is an incredibly popular game for networked Macs.

#4 of 13 by curby on Sun Jul 3 03:56:25 1994:

Is BOLO available for DOS machines.  I have seen the game for the MAC's,
but never for DOS.  How about for x clients?

#5 of 13 by srw on Sun Jul 3 16:05:30 1994:

As far as I know it is only available on Macs.

#6 of 13 by wh on Tue Jul 26 02:27:12 1994:

What are MUDs?

#7 of 13 by kentn on Tue Jul 26 03:29:36 1994:

Multi-User Dungeon is one meaning, I believe.

#8 of 13 by curby on Tue Jul 26 04:34:17 1994:

MUDs == addictive as all get out!

#9 of 13 by brenda on Fri Jul 29 04:26:23 1994:

i heard multi-user dimension, which i think is more accurate.  the way 
I describe them to people is that they are like the Zork games, but much
bigger and badder :)

#10 of 13 by nnw on Thu Sep 8 13:20:43 1994:

you can get info about diplomacy by sending the message "help" to 
judge@morrolan.eff.org
no quotes around 'help' and help is the message body, subject doesn't matter

#11 of 13 by bartlett on Fri Dec 16 05:00:19 1994:

Judge@morrolan.eff.org seems to be a dead address.  I sent them a help
query almost a week ago, and no answer has come winging to me.

#12 of 13 by scg on Fri Dec 16 06:16:23 1994:

Login: judge                            Name: Diplomacy Adjudicator
Directory: /users/judge                 Shell: /bin/tcsh
Never logged in.
Forward:
"| /users/judge/dip/rdip -bd /users/judge/dip"
Plan:
Greetings from the Diplomacy* Adjudicator!!

For more information send a mail message to judge@morrolan.eff.org
containing the text:

     get info

Orders (and only orders) should be sent to judge@morrolan.eff.org.
Comments, suggestions and other noncomplaints should be sent to
judge-request@morrolan.eff.org.

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* Diplomacy is a trademark of the Avalon Hill Game Company, Baltimore,
  Maryland, all rights reserved.  Used with permission.

#13 of 13 by peacefrg on Thu Mar 23 18:31:09 1995:

You can play doom2 over the net now too. And chess, and civilization.
Problem is, I can get my connetion to work. I have a chess client
but I cant find an adddress to connect it to. Does anyboyd have any
for this?

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