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[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

We need to get MUDs more popular again. But that would require getting Telnet popular again.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

But why? You don't need telnet to transfer text.

Because a MUD that isn't part of a BBS feels wrong to me.

[–] fubbernuckin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Can you fill me in on what that means? Searching for mud doesn't give me useful results.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

People were playing text-based multiplayer, effectively mmos with PvP well before Tim-Berners Lee invented the Web Browser.

http://mud.arctic.org/ this one is still around.

It means Multi User Dungeon. It's a networked multiplayer game, usually focused on dungeon-crawling as the name suggests. Early ones were based heavily on BD&D and AD&D, but others got more creative.