|
HOME
~ Play for FREE!
~ Newsletter
~ FREE MajorMUD E-mail
~ War Against Piracy
~ License Transfers
MAJORMUD INFO
~What is MajorMUD?
~Module 9
~Module 8
~Module 7
~Module 6
~Module 5
~Module 4
~Module 3
~Module 2
~Module 1
PLAYERS
~How to Play
~Help
~Which MUD is for you?
~Play Now
SYSOPS
~FAQ
~Purchase
~MM Baselines
~MM Modules
~WG Baselines
~WG Modules
~Common Problems
~Future Releases
CONTACT US
|
-= MajorMUD NEWS =-
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Moderated by: Published by:
Shannon Stewart & Jeff Hinds METROPOLIS Inc.
mailto:[email protected] www.majormud.com
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
May 4, 2001 Issue # III
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Recommend a friend & be entered to WIN $10,000 and a Sony DVD Player!
http://www.recommend-it.com/l.z.e?s=855441
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= C O N T E N T S =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
-=The Real Realm
-=Newsletter Contributions
-=Newsletter Schedule
-=WorldGroup Auction
-=BBS For Sale
-=Latest Version Updates
-=Mod9 Developer Interview
-=Mod9 Teaser
-=Fun Stuff!
-=Seattle MUD Party
-=Addicted to MUD
-=WorldGroup News Update
-------------------------- SPONSOR MESSAGE ---------------------------
Music Fans Clubs Organization
Over 50 Fan Sites!
Many fun games, prizes,
and discounts on music!
http://www.musicfanclubs.org
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Newsletter Contributions =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
I know Mud players are very passionate about the game. If you're
interested in writing a MajorMUD related article or if you have a
news story that's worthy of reporting please send a news release
to [email protected]
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Newsletter Schedule =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Our newsletter will be published every three weeks instead of
every two. This will help us provide you with high quality
MajorMUD news content. I've found that some weeks the news is
plentiful where others could be used reporting on the definition
of "Free".
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WorldGroup Auction =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
EBay Auction
World Group
Just wanted to point out to all of you that are aspiring to be BBS
owners and want WorldGroup, Bill Posner from NetVillage is auctioning
off some old copies of WG 1.0 and WG 2.0 on ebay. Looks like they are
8 user counts and he's starting bidding on the 1.0 systems at $25 and
on the 2.0 systems at $45. Might be a good deal if you're just looking
for a basic system with a small user count.
http://www.ebay.com
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BBS For Sale =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Cybercity 4 Sale
Final farewell. Cybercity is being disconnected and Steve Peterson is
selling the system, everything but the domain. He can be reached at
[email protected] if anyone is interested. I believe he is willing
to sell the game data to our Mud game, so if anyone wants to continue
one of the oldest major mud games ever, please notify Janice, co-sysop
Cybercity.com a.k.a. Merry Songster, level 65 dark-elf bard
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Latest Version Updates =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
-=Mod9 Developer Interview
It's 1994 and a new explorer has begun her journey in Newhaven. Rhune,
tried a few combinations before settling on a half orc warrior and hand
playing it to level 30.
Rhune built her real life character Shannon Stewart, into sysop and lead
developer role with Metropolis in February of 1997. "I became a developer
after Metropolis purchased MajorMUD from WCC (West Coast Creations);"
Stewart continues, "I have been involved with MUD for years and like most
players would, jumped at the opportunity to become a designer. It was just
a right place, right time kinda circumstance."
Stewart, maiden name Blake, met her husband Isaac on Masterpiece playing
Mud in September of 1997. After the birth of their now two year old son,
Shannon began working from home continuing her customer service, sysop
and game developer roles. Stewart admits, "I went part time so I could
stay home and raise my son myself. I work off and on throughout the
day and night typically, instead of one long block of time at the computer."
"It takes a good imagination to become a game developer"; Stewart
continues, "Some knowledge of coding, patience, strong wrists (for all
the typing you are going to be doing...lots and lots and lots....)."
We asked Shannon what kind of improvements would be in Mod 9? "I think
primarily the big improvements will come in the form of more levels for
players to gain beyond 55, new challenging areas for higher level players
and more fixes for some of the existing problems with things like the
ganghouses, she replied."
Stewart expresses she can't tell us much about what's in Mod9, "because
it would ruin the surprise. :)" "I won't give an exact date" for the
release of Mod9, "I learned my lesson there, ;) but we expect to begin
the next stage of testing (which is the final stage of testing) very
soon. There's several reasons it's taking so long, including the change
over of coders and the complexity of some of the problems we've been
trying to resolve with this release, code wise.
"Mod9 is a continuation of the Module 7 Story line, so I personally would
liken it to Mod 7, except that it's not quite so linear." Stewart continues,
"there's a new alignment quest for each alignment, and there are several
other side quests and bosses to mess with as well."
Stewart mentioned the developers get ideas for developing Modules "from
a variety of sources - my own imagination the design team bouncing ideas
off each other, from player suggestions, beta tester feedback, and
inspiration from books I have read and movies I have seen..."
On the future of MajorMUD Stewart says, "we have mods sketched out for
up to module 12 right now I believe. Module 9 is the 2nd part of a 3-part
storyline involving the dark mage that was introduced back in Module 7,
so you know at least one of those is the 3rd part. We have plans to do
a tournament pack as well, for sysops/mudops to interact with the players
and hold contests."
"A stand alone game is in the works, but it will be awhile yet before
we are ready to test that with a live audience."
Stewart's character name, Rhune comes from a character in a book she
was reading. Stewart says she started out playing MajorMUD when a
friend playing on Planet X BBS in Spokane, Washington kept paging
her with "MUD! MUD! MUD!" until she agreed to play.
Born in Longview, Washington, Stewart grew up in Seattle through age 10,
and moved to Clarkston, Washington through high school. Stewart studied
Theatre Arts at St. Edward's University in Austin, TX.
While currently her favorite film is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon;
Stewart grumbles, "don't get me started on Gladiator winning the best
film award".
Stewart's interests and hobbies include movies, books, traveling and
enjoy spending time with her son. Stewart continues "I enjoy a lot
of different computer games, the latest one I am trying is called
Black and White. My favorite food is probably Italian, and my favorite
music is early to mid 80's pop, although I listen to a lot of modern
stuff as well."
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TTTEEEEeeeaaasssseeerrr =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
-=Mod9 Teaser
Dirt Path
You notice 9 silver nobles here.
Obvious exits: north, southeast
The room is dimly lit
[HP=579]:i
You are carrying 1 Runic Coins, 41 platinum pieces, 41 gold crowns,
mithril ring (Finger), mithril helm (Head), mithril earrings (Ears),
cat's-eye pendant (Neck), stormmetal scalemail (Torso), aegis shield
(Off-Hand), heavy black boots (Feet), red dragon hide leggings
(Legs), gauntlets of power (Hands), lionskin belt (Waist),
emerald-studded bracelet (Wrist), red rose (Worn), ruby-eyed skull
ring (Finger), hero's tabard (Back), jewel-encrusted warhammer
(Weapon Hand)
You have no keys.
Wealth: 1414100 copper farthings
Encumberance: 3221/5520 - Medium
[HP=579]:st
Name: Warrior MustEnterLastName Lives/CP: 9/2
Race: Nekojin Exp: 2002931024 Perception: 84
Class: Warrior Level: 54 Stealth: 120
Hits: 579/579 Armour Class: 65/5 Thievery: 0
Traps: 0
Picklocks: 0
Strength: 100 Agility: 130 Tracking: 218
Intellect: 93 Health: 80 Martial Arts: 56
Willpower: 90 Charm: 110 MagicRes: 90
[HP=579]:n
Dirt Path
You are traveling down a wide dirt path. You can tell it has been
traveled by wagons and other pack animals. The ground is cold and hard,
and has probably only been absent of snow a couple of days. The openness
of the path allows the chilling wind to come gusting through. The path
takes a jog here, around a large clump of brush.
Also here: rabid dire wolf, small rabid dire wolf.
Obvious exits: south, northeast
The room is dimly lit
[HP=579]:a rabid dire wolf
The rabid dire wolf lunges at you!
The rabid dire wolf rips you savagely for 12 damage!
The small rabid dire wolf lunges at you, but you dodge out of the way!
The small rabid dire wolf lunges at you!
*Combat Engaged*
Dirt Path
Also here: rabid dire wolf, small rabid dire wolf.
Obvious exits: south, northeast
The room is dimly lit
The rabid dire wolf lunges at you!
The rabid dire wolf lunges at you, but you dodge out of the way!
The rabid dire wolf lunges at you!
The small rabid dire wolf lunges at you, but you dodge out of the way!
The small rabid dire wolf lunges at you!
The small rabid dire wolf lunges at you!
You slam rabid dire wolf for 30 damage!
Ice freezes rabid dire wolf for 3 damage!
You smash rabid dire wolf for 9 damage!
You swing at rabid dire wolf!
You clobber rabid dire wolf for 25 damage!
Lightning strikes rabid dire wolf for 10 damage!
You smash rabid dire wolf for 9 damage!
Fire burns rabid dire wolf for 1 damage!
You smash rabid dire wolf for 9 damage!
Ice freezes rabid dire wolf for 9 damage!
You smash rabid dire wolf for 9 damage!
Lightning strikes rabid dire wolf for 3 damage!
You slam rabid dire wolf for 9 damage!
Fire burns rabid dire wolf for 1 damage!
You slam rabid dire wolf for 9 damage!
You critically clobber rabid dire wolf for 80 damage!
Lightning strikes rabid dire wolf for 3 damage!
The rabid dire wolf lunges at you, but you dodge out of the way!
The rabid dire wolf lunges at you, but you dodge out of the way!
The small rabid dire wolf lunges at you!
The small rabid dire wolf lunges at you!
Dirt Path
Also here: rabid dire wolf, small rabid dire wolf.
Obvious exits: south, northeast
The room is dimly lit
You clobber rabid dire wolf for 9 damage!
Ice freezes rabid dire wolf for 10 damage!
You critically slam rabid dire wolf for 136 damage!
The dire wolf utters a low growl, and dies.
You gain 3600 experience.
*Combat Off*
The small rabid dire wolf lunges at you!
The small rabid dire wolf rips you savagely for 11 damage!
The small rabid dire wolf lunges at you, but you dodge out of the way!
[HP=565]:a small rabid dire wolf
*Combat Engaged*
You slam small rabid dire wolf for 30 damage!
Fire burns small rabid dire wolf for 8 damage!
You critically clobber small rabid dire wolf for 126 damage!
You smash small rabid dire wolf for 9 damage!
Lightning strikes small rabid dire wolf for 9 damage!
You slam small rabid dire wolf for 14 damage!
You critically smash small rabid dire wolf for 91 damage!
The small rabid dire wolf rips you savagely for 23 damage!
You feel weak and powerless!
[HP=542]:st
Name: Warrior MustEnterLastName Lives/CP: 9/2
Race: Nekojin Exp: 2002934624 Perception: 84
Class: Warrior Level: 54 Stealth: 120
Hits: 542/579 Armour Class: 55/5 Thievery: 0
Traps: 0
Picklocks: 0
Strength: 100 Agility: 130 Tracking: 218
Intellect: 93 Health: 80 Martial Arts: 41
Willpower: 90 Charm: 110 MagicRes: 90
You feel weak and powerless!
You slam small rabid dire wolf for 14 damage!
The dire wolf utters a low growl, and dies.
You gain 3600 experience.
*Combat Off*
[HP=542]:i
You are carrying 1 Runic Coins, 41 platinum pieces, 41 gold crowns,
mithril ring (Finger), mithril helm (Head), mithril earrings (Ears),
cat's-eye pendant (Neck), stormmetal scalemail (Torso), aegis shield
(Off-Hand), heavy black boots (Feet), red dragon hide leggings
(Legs), gauntlets of power (Hands), lionskin belt (Waist),
emerald-studded bracelet (Wrist), red rose (Worn), ruby-eyed skull
ring (Finger), hero's tabard (Back), jewel-encrusted warhammer
(Weapon Hand)
You have no keys.
Wealth: 1414100 copper farthings
Encumberance: 3221/3120 - Heavy
[HP=542]:Rest
You are now resting.
Two longswords, twin in every fashion, meant only for use in
combination with the other. Ivory hilts embossed with gold
meet glowing white blades made of almost pure and holy
might. Sacred symbols are written like flowing grace and
beauty. On one blade it is written "Holy Wrath" and on the
twin it is written "Righteous Fury".
The Mayor bows to you, trying to keep some nobility about him.
"Greetings good adventurer, I have not seen your face, which
I know is never good." His eyes suddenly get very wild and he
almost cringes from you. "That is I mean to say I welcome you
heartily to our fair town and I wish you the most hospitable
stay we can provide." Then he hastily bows, gazing at the
top of your head and mumbling "Massive spiders, why don't
they see it."
The spirit nods his head and says with a spectral voice,
"I show you the biggest mountain, the deepest sea, the farthest
desert, the tallest tree, the darkest cavern can be found but
only when you are with me.
Come and see, there is anything you can be, but you must take
the first step, or parted our ways must be."
The spirit then bows with a grin and says,
"Merely say the answer, and the passage will you see."
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FUN STUFF =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Sleepless in Seattle Mud Party
On April 8th, 2001, we all gathered in the dark little spot of Seattle
called, the Hurricane Cafe. The service, and scenery kicks, but the cook
that night, while having an interesting haircut, wasn't the best in the
world. Not the best night I've been there, for sure. In defence of my
favorite place in Seattle, this is the very first time that I'd gotten,
just plain BAD food. ;)
The evening started around 6:45 pm when Bearfather and I pulled up
slamming Tupac and another Misc. Rap cd that we had hanging around.
Robin commented that he certainly heard us before he saw us. ;)
Anyhow, there were around 15 people there. Including some of the more
prominent posters, such as Sam The Bannana, Darkstar, Paladine and Robin.
Also in attendence was Yarrow, Butterfly, Bearfather, Lurch, and Myself,
representing for Entconn.com. Robin and Zakstu representing for TSCNet.
Crimson and a couple others from Mudlive.
We sat around the 2 tables that we had gotten, right next to each other,
and chatted about everything from Mud to drinking to movies.
A little bit into the meet, BlueSky and Greenthumb showed up from Metro.
Of course, he came bearing gifts for all. Even shirts large enough for me. ;)
So, after dishing out shirts to all, we talked about our characters and
who was the highest and who was the best. Paladine standing tall to the
call of "I have the character with the most limited items on!".
The festivities ended around 10:30 or so, after everyone except the Entconn
crew and Paladine had left. Having a 2-3 hour drive back, we decided it was
time, much to Paladine's dismay.
All in all it was a fun evening. Pvp was discussed, Aim and ICQ numbers
were exchanged. Hell, we even heard a couple of REAL names! ;) It was fun
and I look forward to the next time that we can all get together and
chill again. ;)
One last note.
The last time Bearfather and I had gotten together with Sam and Darkstar,
they were over an hour late. To their credit this time, they were only
about 30 minutes late. ;) Way to go Sam! ;) Nothing but love brotha.
Melnor DaMysticWhore
AIM: Melnor DaMystic
ICQ: Druid 25151071
E-mail: [email protected]
-------------------------- SPONSOR MESSAGE ---------------------------
SHOP & SAVE on the Hottest Console Games!
http://www.gameport.com/consolegames/
-Nintendo
-Game Boy
-PlayStation
-Sega Dreamcast
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MUD ADDICTS ANONYMOUS =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
-=Addicted To MUD
You know you're an addict when...
Posted By Titania Hrothgar On Friday, April 27th At 7:37 AM
Okay, it's been quite a while, and I love this thing.. So here we go
again. ;) Mind you, this has gotten quite long over time...
You know your an addict when...
1) You turn down a beer run for a Sand Dragon run.
2) You download megamud in your english class to check your script.
[i've done it, so have you]
3) Your 'g' 'o' 's' keys are the most worn on your Keyboard.
4) You type 'gos' 'br' or 'bg' while chatting in icq, aim, or e-mail.
5) If someone names a monster, u can name the module - without thinking.
But if someone names a state capital - your stumped.
6) You signed up for a credit card - for the sole reason that sending
a check just takes to long.
7) You have a [or multiple] folders designated to MUD in your C:\ drive
8) You try to tell your family/friends about what happened in the snake
pit last night, depsite there lack of interest in anything involved
with "mud"
9) You buy a pack of cigarettes on the way home - for the sole purpose
of a phoenix run that night.
10) You thought that 'chimera' is a monster that drops a kickass mystic
weapon NOT a disease in MI:2
11) Titania and Oberon Are SHAKESPEARE characters?
Just trying to get a laugh - you know you've all done some of these
- i have :) Feel free to elaborate on the topic.
Jinx
[email protected]
****************
You know your an addict when...
12) You become a forum op.
Lute
****************
You know your an addict when...
13) you delay your cousins wedding by 40 minutes becuz your busy
dieing on the phoenix run.
14) you sleep at the keyboard all nite, and have dreams that your
dieing..and when u wake up your not sure whats real and whats imagined.
15) you get off the chair (or bed) to remove all the rubbish once a
week.. since there is no more room for drinks.
16) school is like a hobbby compared to ur mud hours.
17) when you go outside, sunlight is so bright you cant open ur eyes
without ur hands shading ur face.
18) you use the mad wizard to test new spells/weapons on.
lil mage
****************
You know your an addict when...
19) When typing on a keyboard on something totally unrelated to mud,
you loose your train of thought, and try typing 'stat' or 'exp' to try
and figure what you were waiting for.
20) When your girlfriend comes up behind you and asks 'what are you
doing up so early'...and you actually haven't gone to sleep yet.
21) When the amount of paper that you have used for maps and notes about
mud far exceeds the amount you used to take notes in school.
22) When your reading major mud forums at 12:30am on a work night and
have to get up in less the 6 hours...g'night all :)
-SkyRider
****************
You know your an addict when...
23) You have dreams about mud.
24) While chatting/im-ing you type 'sta' or 'exp' or 'scan' everyonce
and a while out of reflex.
25) You spend thousands on a upgrading/new comp and all you do is play
a text game.
26) Your expensizes for your charaters is greater then your income.
27) You have spent/bet real money for something game related.
(besides access)
28) You have bought an another phone line/cable line with the sole
purpose of playing mud 24/7.
29) You have tried to quit at least twice, but failed.
30) You can tell appoxamtly hp/exp/ave dam/spells cast of 50%+ of the
monsters in the game.
31) You can acctually sit and stare at your sciprt run for long periods
of time, and be entertained.
32) You think about your charaters while sitting at work, or during class
or even when with your significant other.
(****stands up**** I have done all these... I am addicted to mud.
["Hi Pax"])
....Paxtez....
****************
You know your an addict when...
Okay, there is an old txt file on something like this.. I'll try to
remember as many as I can...
33) Yer takin a dump in the bathroom.. All is quiet.. You think you hear
movement to the southwest.
34) You're walkin down a street and see some old dude and think "Man, that
guys got 13 HP left"
35) When no ones lookin, you try to make an arcane gesture.
36) You jump out of a tree and try to cast major healing.
37) Instead of opening the door and walking in to work, you try to picklock
the door and sneak in.
Thats all I can remember for now.. I know I have that damned text file on a
floppy disk somewhere...
Delete\LuCiFeR
****************
You know your an addict when...
38) Someone makes a comment or asks a question and you say "nod" or
"grin" or "laugh"!
Yes, i do this alot!
Boy do i get some strange looks!
Sentinal
****************
You know your an addict when...
39) I can add one: having multiple chars on different boards and switching
to a screen and wondering why that char is where it is only to remember
you're on the wrong screen. Ok, maybe it's my old age memory.:)
Lady Arbatru
****************
You know you are a mud addict
40) When you start dreaming in text.
I have.
Got Prozac!
****************
You know your an addict when...
41) You can type out the directions to markus without looking at maps
42) Anytime your parents ask you a question, you say you're busy even
if you're staring at your script
43) You goto the bathroom with the door open, JUST incase someone
attacks your script
44) You wakeup at 4:31 am ON THE DOT to relog your dialup script
45) You get caught reading the forums by your boss and then have to
explain what "mud" is.
46) You are constantly talking about "the old days"
47) You blame the people around you in real life because nothing good
has come out of a chest
48) You know the "Titles" to each of the mods without looking them up
49) You know all the formulas ( HARKLE ) for damage and AC
50) On your AIM or ICQ you have a 50+ list of people from mmud
51) www.mudforum.com is your startup page
52) You are late 20 minutes for any date or work because you HAD to get
to your scripting spot
53) You dont understand why people laugh at a text based game
54) While sitting at work, you say to yourself "Hmm, i wonder if i can
script yet" and then download megamud
55) And the number 1 reason you're a mmud addict: You find yourself
picturing Meia naked in the shower!
Galen Tarot
****************
56) ok you know you are a mud addict when your g/f,b/f is jealous of your
character
57) you sit at work tryin to explain how you beat the crap out of some
boss last night
58) cigarettes are secondary to getting your next lvl
59) you dont answer your door for fear of being pulled away from keys
60) you have friends irl that play and you refer to them by their mmud
names
61) you actually consider that new girl that entered the realm to be hot
and finally the worst i can think of....
62) you actually get turned on by seein someone naked in mmud
tsedow
****************
You know your an addict when...
63) The word "MajorMUD" appears in your divorce papers...
I literally know 3 couples that do...heh
Shannon
****************
You know your an addict when...
64) You have friends in MUD that are real life friends too... and you
keep referring to them by their MUD handles IRL.
Been there, done that, lots.
Deefa
****************
You know your an addict when...
65) you can't wait until the next mod is installed on your bbs.
66) you get excited over the newest version of megamud.
67) your up at 1:30am posting a you know your addited to mud when.....
in forums
good work Jinx keep 'em comming.
just me
****************
You know your an addict when...
68) A MUD friend dies and you comb all of the antique stores in town
looking for a large, old, heavy key.
Maybe no one else at the services knows why you left it in the casket,
but YOU know that, somewhere, your buddy just might need that
Rusty Iron Key.
Alrighty Then!
****************
You know your an addict when...
69) You say Nod to your Mom when she asks you if you heard her.
LOL (done it)
Joker
****************
70) I once told my boss I was "afk a sec"
heh :)
Alrighty Then!
****************
71) when you run outta weed in real life, so you buy some Kher
grass and pretend to be high!
Black Rob
****************
72) When no matter how hard you try to explain scripting, your
friends still cant understand why you areinterested in a game
you have your computer play for you.
Djinn
****************
73) When playing basketball with mud friends.. YOU get the ball
first because if not you will kill them in mud.
Illuvatar
****************
74) When people are talking about the newest games(diablo 2..)
you constantly bring up stories from Mud
Edgecrusher
****************
75) You stand at yer desk cause yer ass hurts to bad to keep sitting
76) you miss out on sex because you had to get yer death pile and
your wife/girlfriend/husband/boyfriend is to tired
77) you have 2 glasses of something to drink so you dont have to get up.
78) you keep checking the forums to see if someone posted a reply to
the you might be a mud addict if posts.
Kite
****************
79) You Buy a cable or DSL modem just so you can run 2 character's at
once.
80) When you have more then one character.
81) You have multiple character's on multiple boards.
82) You Have a small corner refridge and microwave in the corner of
your room so you don't have to leave room.
Rogue
****************
83) You know your addicted when MUD is better than sex.
84) When on vacation you take your laptop to remote check your
characters to make sure they are ok.
oritey
****************
85) When you run 12 Megamuds at one time, 8 of those being on your
own bbs.
86) When you wake up in the middle of the night while sick and
instead of going back to sleep you watch your script.
87) When you get MUD withdrawl.
88) When you make up nicknames for bosses and all your friends
know what you're talking about.
89) When you go out to dinner with your friends and you talk about
new race/class combinations you'd like to try out.
(happened to me last weekend :)
90) When you wake up, you immediately go to your computer to check
your script.
91) When you admit that you play too much MUD.
92) When you ignore your significant other on the phone because
you're trying to manual to where your gear is because you know
mega will f****ck it up again somehow.
93) When you keep all your wrist/pocket items in/on your computer desk.
94) When you know to look for your shoes by the computer.
95) When you keep the last 2 zips of megamud on your desktop.
96) When you have MegaMUD in your startup folder.
97) When you have MegaMUD on the quick launch bar.
98) When you have MegaMUD on the quick launch bar AND in your
startup folder.
99) When you miss meals just so you can watch your script.
100) When you'd rather watch your script than go to class.
101) When you KNOW you can Alt+Tab the fastest in your computer
class to hide Mud.
102) When you start bitching to your friends irl about how boring
your script place is.
103) When you get mad when you have to reboot your computer just
because you know you'll lose that much scripting time because of it.
104) When your children irl have mud-related names.
105) When you know by heart all the #'s for the races and classes
when you first create your character and use those in DnD
106) When you can think of 20+ things to add to this list.
Kigalas Ionesco
****************
107) You are threatened with being kicked out of your parents house
if you dont stop playing mud
108) Your computer desk looks like a party gone bad 24/7
109) You have a refrigerator installed in your room.
110) Someone stops you on the city street and asks how to get to
city hall or something. You reply with from
here, just go w w s s e e n n e e s e e ne e
111) Your G/F stops having sex with you.
112) You plan your week around mud. Hey, wanna go out and do something
tomorrow at 8? OK no wait Ill be getting to level 40 about then, maybe
some other time
113) Mud life is more important than real life.
114) You install a telnet client (not necessarily mega) at work or
school to check your script.
115) Your character dies (rolled). You are upset, and figure its a
good time to actually quit. 2 days later, you are back at it.
116) The sun hurts your eyes.
117) You can see the entire realm in your head in a form close to
text maps.
118) If there wasnt a move delay (old memories of TA come to mind)
you could run to anywhere in the realm in 30 seconds or less.
Der
****************
119) You reply to normal conversation with "shrug" "nod" and "shake"
Armand
****************
120) You know your an adict when you skip your lunch hour at work
so that you can leave an hour early to see if you lvled
Azrue
****************
121) you walk along.. see a penny on the ground... woo.. get copper!!"
122) your bedroom floor reminds you of a deathpile
Stormblade
****************
123) When you got to school and some other kids name is Josef Vorpal
124) When you wake up in the middle of the night to goto the bathroom
you really stop and watch your scripts then forget what you got up
to do in the first place.
125) when you can't concentrate in school because you're afraid
your character has died.
126) When you get extremely angry because your sialup failed while
you were at work and you didn't script.
127) When your in onther country on vacation and you have to call
your brother to ask if the scripts are okay.
128) When your computer locks up daily because of so many copies
of megamud open.
129) When you have a stack of soda cans at your computer that reach
the ceiling.
130) When you dont goto bed at night because you are afraid someone
might 'gossip' something.
131) When you stare at the computer screen and someone asks you a
question 3-4 times before you actually hear them.
Cyptus
****************
132) When you quit playing mud and you can't think of anything to
do on your computer except read the mudforums.
133) When you fail college classes probably because you were playing mud.
134) When you go to best buy and look for cd's that sound like
they'd be good for accompanying playing mud.
135) When you play mud too much.
hehe
Meat Puppet
Fortunately I dont play mud anymore.
****************
136) When you must reply to this message.
137) When you took a hit of acid, walked down the street and
realisticly fought orc rogues.
LoveDrugs
****************
138) When you email this list and the follow-ups to your g/f
hoping she will understand a little better about the game and
the addiction!! I actually thought about doing this..
But I caught myself
Nealius
****************
139) When you save this list, and even keep the names of the
posters who contributed. ;)
Titania
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Re: You know you're an addict when...
Posted By Blind Assassin On Friday, April 27th At 1:25 PM
>Titania
140) When you collect TXT files of "You know you are a MUD
addict when..."
I have about 40 more in a text file at home, ill post then
in a few hours.
BA
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Re: You know you're an addict when...
Posted By Azrue On Friday, April 27th At 4:17 PM
You know you are an addict when...
You get a cell phone and have call forwarding put on your
home phone, just so you can script 24/7
Azrue
lvl 49 delf warlock
-=-=-=-=-
Posted By Elric On Friday, April 27th At 4:44 PM
>>Titania
>140) When you collect TXT files of "You know you are a MUD addict when..."
>
>I have about 40 more in a text file at home, ill post then in a few hours.
>
>BA
141)All your pets have mud related names, either after players, or npc's.
Elric Stormbringer
-------------------------- SPONSOR MESSAGE ---------------------------
Get your Favorite CD's at MacroMusic.com
We've made music shopping easy!
ROCK/POP SOUL/R&B DANCE COUNTRY
http://www.macromusic.com
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WORLDGROUP NEWS =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
The News from Worldgroupware
www.worldgroupware.com
WORLDLINK.
Hub.wl.org is working again, so it is no longer necessary to connect to
the IP address (64.36.117.171) manually to connect to Worldlink. We're
installing a news feed to the Worldlink server, so the server may be
taken down for short periods in the afternoon all next week as we tweak
the configuration files and test the news feed. A few Sysops are
reporting difficulty connecting to the Worldlink hub, which we believe
is related to the use of dynamic DNS services. If you use a dynamic DNS
service, and get an error message regarding "duplicate server" or
otherwise have trouble connecting, try setting your Worldlink ID Type
(DOMTYP in General Setup) to "Virtual".
LINE COUNT SPECIAL CONTINUED.
The line count special we announced in the last edition of the MajorMUD
newsletter will be continued through mid-May. 6-packs are $150 ($50 off),
8-packs are $175 ($75 off), and 10-packs are $200 ($100 off) through
May 15th.
Happy MUDing!
Don Barr
[email protected]
Worldgroupware
P.O. Box 1241
Laurel, MD 20725-1241
(410) 850-9019 Voice
(410) 850-0486 Fax
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Stay tuned for the next issue...
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
TO SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE:
http://www.majormud.com/cgi-bin/mailer/subscribe.cgi
MajorMUD News is published twice a month by Metropolis Systems
Interested in Advertising e-mail us at: [email protected]
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Copyright 1996-2001 All Right Reserved. [email protected]
Metropolis Inc. 8650 College Blvd. Overland Park, KS 66210
|