TORIL ALERT (Re: Any good "killing time" MUD games left?)

[Naught A. Spuppet]

Are there any good MUDs left where one can just go on for an hour or so
at a time and kill mobz when one is bored?

Toril: torilmud.org:9999

[k***@gmail.com]

Post by Naught A. Spuppet

Are there any good MUDs left where one can just go on for an hour or so
at a time and kill mobz when one is bored?

There are a ton of MUDs still hanging around, but really the best part
of a MUD is the playerbase and there aren't too many with more than a
few players these days, which is too bad.

If you just want a free game to kill time in and aren't specifically
looking for a MUD for nostalgia or whatever, you might want to check
out Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. It was professionally developed as an
expansion pack for Return to Castle Wolfenstein but ended up being
released for free as a stand-alone game. It's a WWII shooter, but
there's experience, skills and rank advancement - and bots on some
servers, which would be sort of the equivalent of mobiles. There are
almost always a lot of players playing at any given time. Maybe it's a
poor recommendation for someone looking for a MUD, but I dunno, for
some reason playing ET reminds me of MUDding. Take or leave it...

Post by Naught A. Spuppet
Toril: torilmud.org:9999

If you want a bastard child of Sojourn... Duris > Toril. It's so much
more fun. Or at least that was the case 5 years ago. Damn, I feel old.
Duris was focused on a racewar PK system. I guess that's nothing novel
now that World of Warcraft etc. have similar systems but in its heyday
it was pretty special.

Looks like it's still around:

http://duris.game-host.org/
(duris.game-host.org 6666)

I just logged on, and there were 36 people on in total, 11 on the good
side. I remember logging on once and there were almost 100 people just
on one side. *weeps*

[George Wu]

Post by k***@gmail.com

Are there any good MUDs left where one can just go on for an hour
or so at a time and kill mobz when one is bored?

There are a ton of MUDs still hanging around, but really the best part
of a MUD is the playerbase and there aren't too many with more than a
few players these days, which is too bad.
If you just want a free game to kill time in and aren't specifically
looking for a MUD for nostalgia or whatever, you might want to check
out Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory.

The best free online game is and always will be Subspace.

[k***@gmail.com]

Post by George Wu

Post by k***@gmail.com

Are there any good MUDs left where one can just go on for an hour
or so at a time and kill mobz when one is bored?

There are a ton of MUDs still hanging around, but really the best part
of a MUD is the playerbase and there aren't too many with more than a
few players these days, which is too bad.
If you just want a free game to kill time in and aren't specifically
looking for a MUD for nostalgia or whatever, you might want to check
out Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory.

The best free online game is and always will be Subspace.

I was a fan of Subspace back in the late 90s... played it all the time,
along with "The Realm" beta. The problem with Continuum or whatever
today is that just not enough people play it, and the ones that do play
are really hardcore. Difficult to have a good casual drop-in game. ET
has thousands of players at any given time, varying skill levels and
it's legit free (Subspace seems to be in a gray area).

[David E. Powell]

Post by k***@gmail.com

Post by Naught A. Spuppet

Are there any good MUDs left where one can just go on for an hour or so
at a time and kill mobz when one is bored?

There are a ton of MUDs still hanging around, but really the best part
of a MUD is the playerbase and there aren't too many with more than a
few players these days, which is too bad.
If you just want a free game to kill time in and aren't specifically
looking for a MUD for nostalgia or whatever, you might want to check
out Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. It was professionally developed as an
expansion pack for Return to Castle Wolfenstein but ended up being
released for free as a stand-alone game. It's a WWII shooter, but
there's experience, skills and rank advancement - and bots on some
servers, which would be sort of the equivalent of mobiles. There are
almost always a lot of players playing at any given time. Maybe it's a
poor recommendation for someone looking for a MUD, but I dunno, for
some reason playing ET reminds me of MUDding. Take or leave it...

Wow... OK.. I'll look out for that.

Post by k***@gmail.com

Post by Naught A. Spuppet
Toril: torilmud.org:9999

OK, there...

Post by k***@gmail.com
If you want a bastard child of Sojourn... Duris > Toril. It's so much
more fun. Or at least that was the case 5 years ago. Damn, I feel old.
Duris was focused on a racewar PK system. I guess that's nothing novel
now that World of Warcraft etc. have similar systems but in its heyday
it was pretty special.

Duris is still around!!!??? SWEET. Fun, fun game. Played an Assassin.
Lots of deadlies, I was always on the good side... Evil side must have
been nuts. Those alien things were nasty... especially at the higher
levels.

Post by k***@gmail.com
http://duris.game-host.org/
(duris.game-host.org 6666)
I just logged on, and there were 36 people on in total, 11 on the good
side. I remember logging on once and there were almost 100 people just
on one side. *weeps*

[k***@gmail.com]

Post by David E. Powell

Post by k***@gmail.com

Are there any good MUDs left where one can just go on for an hour or so
at a time and kill mobz when one is bored?

There are a ton of MUDs still hanging around, but really the best part
of a MUD is the playerbase and there aren't too many with more than a
few players these days, which is too bad.
If you just want a free game to kill time in and aren't specifically
looking for a MUD for nostalgia or whatever, you might want to check
out Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. It was professionally developed as an
expansion pack for Return to Castle Wolfenstein but ended up being
released for free as a stand-alone game. It's a WWII shooter, but
there's experience, skills and rank advancement - and bots on some
servers, which would be sort of the equivalent of mobiles. There are
almost always a lot of players playing at any given time. Maybe it's a
poor recommendation for someone looking for a MUD, but I dunno, for
some reason playing ET reminds me of MUDding. Take or leave it...

Wow... OK.. I'll look out for that.

It's a great game. The missions are crazy. A bunch of people are
usually playing at any given time, too. It usually stays in the top 5
of Gamespy stats.

Post by David E. Powell
Duris is still around!!!??? SWEET. Fun, fun game. Played an Assassin.
Lots of deadlies, I was always on the good side... Evil side must have
been nuts. Those alien things were nasty... especially at the higher
levels.

Seems like they took the Illithids away in this version of Duris. Maybe
it was for the best for game balance (what were you supposed to do
about them?) but on the other hand they did add something to the game.
If everything is perfectly balanced it makes the fights kind of dull.
Even if the Illithids were overpowered, that made them terrifying to
face and also if you managed to beat one it felt like some great
accomplishment.

[David E. Powell]

Post by Naught A. Spuppet

Are there any good MUDs left where one can just go on for an hour or so
at a time and kill mobz when one is bored?

Toril: torilmud.org:9999

Thanks brah.. I'm there, made a guy named Modug. Starting off is always
fun...