I know Alter Aeon allows you to make multiple characters, you can only USE one at a time. So you can't have your mage and your warior active at once. On Jan 23, 2023 9:02 PM, Travis Siegel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just a word of warning. Be aware of the mud's multi character policy. > Some muds don't allow multiple characters, and if you're caught with > more than one, all of them will be deleted. > > Some muds will let you have a limited number, some don't care, and let > you have as many as you want, it varies greatly, just be aware of the > rules before creating more than one character. > > > On 1/23/2023 7:56 PM, Heather Seaman wrote: > > The term "mud" stands for multi-user dungeon (or multi-user domain) and > > they were the predicessors of today's Mmo's like World Of Warcraft. They're > > text-based although most do have some maps and-or artwork for those with > > vision. And like others have said, you log onto a mud by typing its web > > address and a bunch of numbers, called a port, into their respective fields > > of your client. Then, you either create a character by choosing a name, > > password, and class (warior, mage etc.), or type the name and password for > > any character you've already created on that mud. Once z've logged in, you > > read descriptions of the various rooms, objects, monsters, that you > > encounter and type text to interact with them. I've only watched not played > > so that's as far as I can safely go. But each mud will have its own twist > > on that basic formula. One thing to note, though, is that each character > > will probably have its own password; so if you create multiple characters > > you'll need some way to remember or keep track of their credentials, even > > if your client does remember everything for you, it's still a good backup > > strategy. On Jan 23, 2023 11:32 AM, Day Garwood <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I've seen a lot of messages here about muds. I'm getting the impression > >> that, given that not many audiogames are made any more, seems like muds > >> are the way forward if I want to try anything new. > >> > >> I don't know a lot about them, in fact I thought "mud" was a game, but > >> based on messages that I'm seeing I'm getting the impression they're > >> merely a type of game. > >> > >> The only think I really know is that you need a "mud client", suggesting > >> that they're online based. That makes me think of things like QuentinC > >> and RS, but even that doesn't quite sound right somehow. > >> > >> Years ago, I tried to use VIPMud but got nowhere, then was told that it > >> wasn't supported so I should go use this other thing (which was > >> apparently better anyway). My teacher then Enthusiastically got me to > >> press loads of buttons, only to discover that I got a whole screenload > >> of errors, and then they didn't know what to do with themselves and > >> clicked off. So bang went that idea. > >> > >> That was the last I heard about muds for a while, up to now. > >> > >> So I'd be interested to know how they work, how I might go about trying > >> one without embarrassing myself, which client I should try, which game I > >> should try, etc etc. > >> > >> Even better, if someone has any free time and would be willing to > >> actually sit and go through it with me step by step privately on a call > >> or something, that would be amazing. Especially since the one lesson I > >> learned from my disaster of a session is that it's not a case of > >> download, launch, play, like most audiogames are. > >> > >> It'll probably turn out to be one of those things that sounds overly > >> complicated now, but in a year I'll be a whiz at it. Hopefully. > >> > >> Cheers. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >
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