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Once I am done with the project I am currently working on for pay I am going to work a bit on a personal project, writing a small MUD. However I was planning on

Once I am done with the project I am currently working on for pay I am going to work a bit on a personal project, writing a small MUD. However I was planning on writing the client myself to offer, among other things, sound etc. as well as giving me endless future possibilities over having people connect over telnet. However, http://www.middle-earth.us/?page_id=55 http://www.middle-earth.us/?page_id=55 says about that MUD: > Connect to Middle-earth.us: 4500 with your favorite MUD client. And this made me wonder. I thought classic MUDs were played over telnet with a regular telnet client, but apparently not. So, market research time. What sorts of MUD clients are people using?

munk-a 8y ago
Oh-ho-ho... and here you will enter into a holy war on the scale of VI vs. Emacs but with about 1k people in total that care about it. In my time I've used MushClient, SimpleMU and zMUD, all of which I can endorse (but MushClient was probably my favorite). I've also heard people rave about TinTin. Most MUDs (including SoI) do fully support telnet, but get richer if you use a client that allows intelligent logging, macros, multi-channel support and better text highlighting. If you're curious there's a nice wiki page about the different clients available.
- codetrotter 8y ago
  > Oh-ho-ho... and here you will enter into a holy war on the scale of VI vs. Emacs but with about 1k people in total that care about it. Ha ha, I see :) > In my time I've used MushClient, SimpleMU and zMUD, all of which I can endorse (but MushClient was probably my favorite). I've also heard people rave about TinTin. I will look into these ones then. > If you're curious there's a nice wiki page about the different clients available. Is the wiki page you are referring to on Wikipedia or elsewhere? /me googles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD_client https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD_client this one it?
  - munk-a 8y ago
    That is it, yes! FYI the settings differences between these are pretty simple so maybe play with a few (possibly starting with free ones) before settling in.
    - codetrotter 8y ago
      Will do. Thanks.

munk-a 8y ago

Oh-ho-ho... and here you will enter into a holy war on the scale of VI vs. Emacs but with about 1k people in total that care about it. In my time I've used MushClient, SimpleMU and zMUD, all of which I can endorse (but MushClient was probably my favorite). I've also heard people rave about TinTin. Most MUDs (including SoI) do fully support telnet, but get richer if you use a client that allows intelligent logging, macros, multi-channel support and better text highlighting. If you're curious there's a nice wiki page about the different clients available.

codetrotter 8y ago
> Oh-ho-ho... and here you will enter into a holy war on the scale of VI vs. Emacs but with about 1k people in total that care about it. Ha ha, I see :) > In my time I've used MushClient, SimpleMU and zMUD, all of which I can endorse (but MushClient was probably my favorite). I've also heard people rave about TinTin. I will look into these ones then. > If you're curious there's a nice wiki page about the different clients available. Is the wiki page you are referring to on Wikipedia or elsewhere? /me googles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD_client https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD_client this one it?
- munk-a 8y ago
  That is it, yes! FYI the settings differences between these are pretty simple so maybe play with a few (possibly starting with free ones) before settling in.
  - codetrotter 8y ago
    Will do. Thanks.