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Even as a Discworld fan, with a good working knowledge of the Disc, AND as a MUD player, I still found the Discworld MUD impenetrable. Also, and I know I'm bei

Even as a Discworld fan, with a good working knowledge of the Disc, AND as a MUD player, I still found the Discworld MUD impenetrable. Also, and I know I'm being pedantic but I can't help it; the cardinal directions are wrong. On the Disc, the Ankh runs Hub to Rim and the approved map projection[1] of the Disc position Ankh-Morpork in what we would call the 'South', and on the approved map of just Ankh-Morpork[2], it shows the Ankh running 'North-South', but in the game the Ankh incorrectly runs 'east to west'[3]. --- [1] https://i.imgur.com/OKHwm.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/OKHwm.jpeg [2] https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1e/73/35/1e733507191968e58398a2a015f32f39.png https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1e/73/35/1e733507191968e58398... [3] https://dwwiki.mooo.com/w/images/9/9c/Am.png https://dwwiki.mooo.com/w/images/9/9c/Am.png

ycombinete 4y ago
I never played any MUDs, having started on computer in the Commander Keen era. I recently tried to get into them through Discworld, but couldn't even get basic stuff like opening cupboards going. As an experienced MUD user, is there a more beginner friendly MUD you could suggest that I try out?
- gustavorg 4y ago
  Batmud (bat.org), Aardwolf (aardmud.org) or Carrion Fields (carrionfields.net). Run away from sindome.org, immortals specialize in torturing players in unimaginable ways.
  - ycombinete 4y ago
    batmud looks great! and they have their own client on Steam which just saves me a lot of startup friction
kibwen 4y ago
> and on the approved map To be fair, this game came out in 1992, decades before Pratchett could be coerced into the idea of providing a canonical map of the disc. :P "You can't map a sense of humor. Anyway, what is a fantasy map but a space beyond which There Be Dragons? On the Discworld we know that There Be Dragons Everywhere. They might not all have scales and forked tongues, but they Be Here all right, grinning and jostling and trying to sell you souvenirs."

ycombinete 4y ago

I never played any MUDs, having started on computer in the Commander Keen era. I recently tried to get into them through Discworld, but couldn't even get basic stuff like opening cupboards going. As an experienced MUD user, is there a more beginner friendly MUD you could suggest that I try out?

gustavorg 4y ago
Batmud (bat.org), Aardwolf (aardmud.org) or Carrion Fields (carrionfields.net). Run away from sindome.org, immortals specialize in torturing players in unimaginable ways.
- ycombinete 4y ago
  batmud looks great! and they have their own client on Steam which just saves me a lot of startup friction

kibwen 4y ago

> and on the approved map To be fair, this game came out in 1992, decades before Pratchett could be coerced into the idea of providing a canonical map of the disc. :P "You can't map a sense of humor. Anyway, what is a fantasy map but a space beyond which There Be Dragons? On the Discworld we know that There Be Dragons Everywhere. They might not all have scales and forked tongues, but they Be Here all right, grinning and jostling and trying to sell you souvenirs."