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by dvwallin 1928 days ago
After 20 years I still play on Discworld MUD on a regular basis. I find there being a strong community - if a bit smaller than it used to be. The one thing I enjoy most with playing on the MUD (apart from the people) are the fact that I feel less limited in the game play compared to most graphical games.
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Diederich 1928 days ago
Have you looked at https://mume.org/ ? I've been playing that one off and on since the early 1990s. It's a pretty amazing experience.

EDIT: Just logged in again, and saw this message from a couple of months ago:

The Third Age of the Sun is over: the War of the Ring was fought; the One Ring was been destroyed; the Ring-Bearers and the last of the Noldor have departed from Middle-earth. For the eleventh time in the history of MUME, the clock starts over.

Again, it is the year 2850 of the Third Age. Gandalf has just obtained the key of Erebor from Thrain in the dungeons of Dol Guldur. The events told in "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" are ready to happen.

- Dáin

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ycombinete 1928 days ago
I’m just starting out in Discworld, and I have trouble interacting with the NPCs. For instance I’ve just signed on as a thief, but when I go to the guild building to train, I cant get OST the initial interaction with them.

I’ve also been blown away by how friendly everyone I’ve encountered has been. It seems like a great community

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dvwallin 1928 days ago
In almost any room containing a named NPC you can simply type "say help" and they'll give you hints on how to continue.

And yes, most people on Discworld are really friendly and helpful.

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ycombinete 1928 days ago
Thank you. I’m going to hop on now and try this out.

edit: I tried "say help" but that didn't do anything. "help here" got me the help that I needed

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drummojg 1928 days ago
I was very sad my character got scrubbed for not logging on enough. Alas and alack, another relic of life passes because of old age and inattention. The last time I'd logged on was the night PTerry died, and that was a fine capstone for a long career as a Feef on the Disc.
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AaronM 1928 days ago
Was really bummed when my character got wiped there.
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