Hello everyone. First I am new to the list and tend to be
long-winded and just reading mostly.
The topic of good muds always interests me.
After years of trying several different muds including alter aeon
I finally settled on one called bat mud.
I didn't pick it for friendly players and I definitely didn't
pick it for hack and slash or even for questing. I picked it
because of its great crafting and herb and merchant system.
At first batmud doesn't seem to be friendly however with a few
setting changes with the set command on the mud itself it can be
very speech friendly. First you want to type set text only to
on. After this you can basically change whatever settings you
like. set show is what you use to see the settings, what they
are currently set at and their numbers. For inmance set 24 on I
think is text only to on.
Really that is the only command you really absolutely need
although others are helpful.
I prefer batmud. However I have played aardwolf, Materia Magica,
Discworld, Medievia, alter aeon, Avatarmud, the Iron Reaealms
muds.
All are good and all are accccessible to the blind. Most have
friendly players.
Really it depends not so much on accessibility as on what your
looking for.
I have tried several muds that say they have a great crafting
system only to find out it was very minimal compared to batmud.
I could go on here why I don't like the other games I mentioned
above but that may make you think they are bad games and that is
simply not true.
Anyway one thing does bother me however. And in no way am I
faulting anyone. But it is this idea that some muds are more
accessible to the blind than others.
This always bothers me. Because every mud I have ever played has
always been fully completely accessible.
Some of them now such as alter aeon, aardwolf, materiamagica and
discworld have settings specifically to help blind people out a
bit. But in most cases those settings are already there
available for your changing as you like. There usually is no
need to change the port you connect too or such like.
I fear that some games have made it in a way to easy for blind
players. Sure it is nice to have everything set up when you
first enter the game but it doesn't teach you how to change
settings and the like.
I always prefer to change my own settings the way I want. Maybe
that is why I never stuck with alter aeon. That and the fact I
just do not like killing things all the time which is also why I
didn't stick with most of the other games above.
All muds are accessible unless they are graphical. you only need
to figure them out.
And no matter what pick a mud to your interests and desires.
Really only topmudsites and mudconnect can help you out there.
Advice from other people helps yes. But ultimately just trying
out different muds that fit your interest can really help you
out.
I probably should not say this. But medievia's author has said
that they will not make medievia accessible to the blind.
First I want to say they don't have too. But I would stay away
from medievia. The author never sticks to their word and all
they want is more players. They claim medievia is the best game
out there and growing but it isn't true. Also people on there
can player kill you for no reason. And a lot of them don't stick
to pk rules that are set up. Medievia is definitely good if you
prefer hack and slash. But given the choice if I were you I
would pick alter aeon over medievia any day.
No offence to the alter aeon programmerofswith but they aren't
the only accessible mud out there. Nor in my opinion are they
the best. But I have different interests that alter aeon
provides.
Pick what you like. Find a mud you like and enjoy. Only then
will you be content with the mud you have picled.
Jessica
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