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MUDs (specifically Achaea) got me from hunt-and-peck to competent typist. Not even Mario Teaches Typing could manage that.
by Imnimo 4y ago
MUDs (specifically Achaea) got me from hunt-and-peck to competent typist. Not even Mario Teaches Typing could manage that.
- libraryatnight 4y agoFor real. I thought I had already become a good typist chatting between commands in Starcraft but MUDs took it to another level.
- orthoxerox 4y agoSame here, but I found Achaea incredibly toxic with its pay-to-win mechanics and hostile playerbase.
- Twisol 4y agoI didn't find the playerbase very hostile at all -- although I wasn't involved in most PVP combat activities, which IIRC is also where most of the "pay to win" is focused. (never did save up enough to buy wings, though)
- jddj 4y agoI had a character that led one of the cities and a couple of different orders for a while there. I would never have the time for it now that I'm a bit older, but I had a great time and probably played for 6 or 7 years in total. It's 100% where I learned to code and to coherently structure ideas and arguments. Quite a lot of PvP, city scale and 1v1. Loved it.
- ryanchants 4y agoIt was a combination of MUDs and IRC that did it for me.