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  1. Aardwolf! by Lookin4Trouble · · Score: 5, Funny · on MUDs Turn 30 Years Old

    Aardwolf - where the men are MEN, and most of the women are too... http://www.aardmud.org/

  2. Re:I've been there by nairobiny · · Score: 1 · on Help for an MMORPG Addict?

    in college I watched computer science students blow away their academic careers on IRC and MUD, and learned to steer clear of both.

    Well, an IRC addiction in my mid 20s resulted in me meeting my wife. Ten years and two kids later, I find it difficult to think of IRC with anything other than fondness.

    I'm now playing a lot of Aardwolf. But I'm not overly concerned - I'm at a stage in life where it doesn't do too much damage and is infinitely preferable to the other things I could be into - drinking, for example. I'd much rather spend time with the kids than play on the computer. I will always make time for my family at the expense of the game, rather than vice-versa. Sometimes this is bad for my clan - when we're being raided, for instance. But that's just too bad. Several others in the clan have spouses/kids, and they accept that RL families are much more important than this game we share.

  3. Re:Give her my number, I'll fix things just fine by nairobiny · · Score: 1 · on Getting Off NetHack?

    Get her into MUDs

    Well I've never played Nethack but I'm some sixteen months into an Aardwolf addiction (damn you, Arkanes). This is as someone already married and with two children [1]. I don't see how a MUD addiction will be much of an improvement for our OP.

    [1] She just about tolerates it... she'd rather I was doing this than many of the other, worse things I could be up to.

  4. Re:Did anyone try to write a Zork like game way ba by PhoenixFlare · · Score: 1 · on BASIC Computer Language Turns 40

    Sorta.

    I had way too much free time one summer a few years ago, and started to write a dungeon-crawler game similar to the style of the MUD I frequent.

    I forget why I finally gave up, but got pretty far along...Had a combat system that did dice rolls for weapon damage, random monsters, and a menu system for buying equipment, etc. Amazing what you can do if you're really determined and bored :)

  5. Re:Aardwolf, by arkanes · · Score: 1 · on What MUDs Do You Play?
    I've been playing Aardwolf pretty much constantly since it's creation. It's a great community that has managed to avoid most/all of the traps that every other MUD I ever got into fell into, like the coding staff just leaving, or the imm staff nuking everyone, or losing hosting because nobody cared anymore.

    Theres a total of 12,663 possible levels - and there are (2 so far) people who actually meet that goal. Even after almost 7 years it's still being developed and expanded and worked on.

    I'll add some clickable links since nobody else has so far ;)
    aardmud.org

  6. Re:Aardwolf, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on What MUDs Do You Play?

    That's a guild, clan, website. The main website is at Aardmud
    Best mud out there imo. Been back and forth around for a whole bunch of years on that place.

  7. What I play. by SilverSnake · · Score: 1 · on What MUDs Do You Play?

    I'm still sticking to aardwolf which is a nice balanced MUD that got a lot of nice stuff. Usually about 200-300 people online at all times. *shrug* Been playing it for years, haven't really tried anything else... heh. They got a sweet new website online now! ;)