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Playing MultiMUD
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What is a MUD?
As the name implies, MultiMud is a MUD, an acronym generally defined as Multi User Domain/Dungeon (depending on who you ask.) Although some MUDs are now graphical (generally termed gMUDs), the vast majority of MUDs, including MultiMud, are text based. This means that everything in the world is displayed as text: characters are represented by their names/titles, rooms are given written descriptions, etc. Sometimes ASCII art may be used, but the vast majority of mudding is reading text.
How do I start?
To play MultiMud, you must connect to the mud server via telnet. Most people dislike using direct telnet to connect to a mud, and will thus use a client, a program that uses telnet but has many more features specific for mudding, such as creating aliases (keywords for complex actions), ANSI Color (which allows text to be colored, providing more information), and the like. There are free mud clients available, links to which can be found in the links section. As a new player, it is advisable to read the Newbie Guide.
For those of you already familiar with muds, MultiMud is highly modified CircleMUD 3.0pbl8, with new features constantly in the works. We currently support over 10k rooms in 130 unique and varied zones, inhabited by 3300 different mobs, carrying over 5500 unique items. Players can choose from 30 races, in 7 hometowns, with 16 remort classes. We have a flexible entity system supporting both clans and deity followers, dynamic zone entrances, and both scripted and immortal-run quests. We run a 60 level system, with the option to remort/reclass at level 60, and missions every 10 levels for new characters. Want to find out more? Then go Play Multimud.
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