2021-07-16 - MUDs
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Recently I've started playing multi-user dungeon games at occasion 
And i'm currently quite enamored with the whole concept. I know 
these MUD's have been around since the late 70's, but somehow i 
never played one until this year... Talking about missing the 
boat...

However, even though the glory days of MUD's are probably over, 
i've found that there's still quite an active group of cool people 
hanging out over there. (Just like gopher i suppose)

Although everything felt strange and confusing at first when i was 
trying out my first MUD, i'm now very slowly getting the hang of it 
and starting to like it a lot. 

I play simply over telnet without any fancy tools, and i really 
love how the mind starts to imagine how the world looks like based 
on the lovely text descriptions of all the in-game areas.

I'm surprised to find that my imaginations of the worlds are 
turning out to be just as vivid as when playing a full-fledged 
graphical 3d game. I really didn't expect that. However, i must say 
the people who make MUDs seem to really have a knack for 
storytelling, shaping the worlds and making them feel alive as 
well. 

[A brown squirrel has arrived from the west]


As i'm connecting via Telnet, i've been using a (grid) notebook to 
keep a map of the world to prevent myself getting lost all the time 
in the beginning. However, as i play more, i seem to be memorizing 
more of the layouts of the world.

Somehow, i really feel like drawing more detailed maps based on my 
interpretation of the world. Seems like a fun thing to do. As i 
wrote, i just started out. And currently i'm mostly trying out 
various games and try to to figure out how to do things. But i like 
it a lot.

When i was young, games with fancy 2d and later 3d graphics were 
all the rage. And it's a bit sad to realize i've completely missed 
out on so much of these wonderful games.  But hey, just as with 
gopher, it's never too late to start! :)


[The brown squirrel has left to the east]