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michael
on from the back-in-my-day-we-used-telnet-and-we-liked-it dept.
br00tus writes "With the advent of MMORPG's like EverQuest, old-fashioned text-based, free MUD's may seem kind of antiquated. Nevertheless, I've been looking around for a good, free (e.g. not ZMud etc.) MUD client that I can use on Windows and/or UNIX. Any ideas?" Uh, TinyFugue?
Do you really want geeks showing up on your doorstep in full chainmail, a sword, and the amulet of Yendor? I think you should very much encourage them to keep their fantasies stored as harmless electronic and magnetic charges far, far away from this "Real Life". I mean, have you ever actually been to a LARP (Live-Action Role Playing)? It's definately not pretty. I know a guy who ended up getting stitches in a hospital. I guess he thought he had more hit points than he actually did. That's ok, he eventually did end up back at town center, and all his digits were intact and functional after seeing the healer. I think he gave up adventuring though, and he now works answering other adventurers' questions about these magical devices that help in the creation of scrolls at Lexmark.
Now, do you really want us role playing geeks to invade real life? You know these people that role play are usually the ones that right your software. Next time you check your X11 log for the last error to see if it's complaining about the mouse or display modes and all you see is runes, you'll learn to appreciate the fact there is a time and place for these fantasies. I personally don't want to have to describe my problem on the mailing lists using Quenya.
-- Karma Clown
Re:Try Real Life.
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Anonymous Coward
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I like Real Life, but some script kiddie named "Neo" keeps fucking with the server.
And the last LAN party I went to, half the systems were infected with Agent Smith virus.
Real Life 1.0 was actually pretty good, but some of the noobs couldn't handle it, so the Architect nerfed it.
I'm not giving up, though. I heard that the server is going to get upgraded any day now with bitching new features, maybe even tonight or tomorrow!
Re:Pay for zMUD
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Plus, Zugg, the developer is a great and deserves the money.
No developer "deserves" money, remember? He should release it as open source and charge for support services like everyone else is supposed to. Damn hypocrits. If this "Zugg" person can charge money for it, why does everyone give other businesses such a headache about it?
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Back in my day we used telnet on 1200 baud modems, and we liked it.
The real point of Ask Slashdot is making fun of the questioner anyway. This just gets that process farther along.
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Went from 300 to 1200, I remember it like it was yesterday:
Look at this new 1200 baud modem we got.
Cool.
~hooks it up~
Wow its fast
yep
~1 minute later~
I can't wait for one that goes faster.
Me too.
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You insensitive clod!
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Emacs !!
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No developer "deserves" money, remember? He should release it as open source and charge for support services like everyone else is supposed to. Damn hypocrits. If this "Zugg" person can charge money for it, why does everyone give other businesses such a headache about it?