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Re: Thanks for Trumpet Winsock

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Post by gww »

ryan-allen wrote: post #15
gww wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow, MUDs I have not thought about the one I spent my teenage years playing until you mentioned them. I just checked and to my surprise it is still online. Too bad it looks like no one plays anymore.

MUDs are still a thing! There are heaps of little bespoke ones here and there, and lots of resources on Reddit [0]. I played one called Major Mud back in the day. When World of Warcraft came out, I thought, it's about time! [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/MUD/ EDIT: Check out this MUD, which won MUD of the Month on the subreddit above: http://www.luminarimud.com/FMud/FMud.html

I will certainly have to check that subreddit out. I really miss playing them they were something really special. I learned to program because I wanted to build areas and monsters on the MUD I played.

Re: Thanks for Trumpet Winsock

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Post by oinksoft »

peckrob wrote: post #3

Oh man, the memories. For people who have grown up in a hyper-connected always-online world, it's hard to explain the pure joy of hearing the sound of your computer picking up the phone and sending those tones [0]. Because it meant going from isolated, disconnected and unitary to being part of a wider world. Suddenly, everything was at your fingertips and it was intoxicating to me as a teenager. Fire up Trumpet Winso…

It surprises me how clearly I remember the first time I used the internet in 1995 (I was barely 7). My father worked on a predecessor to modern email in the 80s and by then was no longer programming, working in telecom instead. He had a keen interest in the internet, but it was a long time relatively speaking before we could justify the expense of a computer, modem, and home connection (service provided by Erols).

He loaded up AltaVista and explained what a search engine was, in terms that I could understand, by relating it to a library catalog. I'd only used those DOS catalogs to that point, and they were picky. I carefully typed on the Power Mac's keyboard, "Davis, Jim".

As the results crawled down the screen, I knew immediately that this was a world apart from reading old Garfield books at the library, that it was something totally new (and daunting). I really didn't know what to make of it.

A few days later I snuck into the office and printed out the career statistics of "Moon, Warren".

Re: Thanks for Trumpet Winsock

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Post by adamkittelson »

ryan-allen wrote: post #15
gww wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow, MUDs I have not thought about the one I spent my teenage years playing until you mentioned them. I just checked and to my surprise it is still online. Too bad it looks like no one plays anymore.

MUDs are still a thing! There are heaps of little bespoke ones here and there, and lots of resources on Reddit [0]. I played one called Major Mud back in the day. When World of Warcraft came out, I thought, it's about time! [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/MUD/ EDIT: Check out this MUD, which won MUD of the Month on the subreddit above: http://www.luminarimud.com/FMud/FMud.html

I've actually been working off and on on a MUD using Major Mud's dataset in Elixir for the last two years.

Re: Thanks for Trumpet Winsock

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Post by ryan-allen »

adamkittelson wrote: post #33
ryan-allen wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

MUDs are still a thing! There are heaps of little bespoke ones here and there, and lots of resources on Reddit [0]. I played one called Major Mud back in the day. When World of Warcraft came out, I thought, it's about time! [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/MUD/ EDIT: Check out this MUD, which won MUD of the Month on the subreddit above: http://www.luminarimud.com/FMud/FMud.html

I've actually been working off and on on a MUD using Major Mud's dataset in Elixir for the last two years.

Really??!! That would be so good. It was such a vast game and I don't know where you can really play it anymore.

The only bad thing about it was how you had to let your character grind away for days and days on end. Most people would only come back to check on their grinds for an hour then let the script go back to its work.

Re: Thanks for Trumpet Winsock

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Post by matthucke »

In 1995 I was an expert in setting up Trumpet Winsock, paid to consult on its installation and configuration - even though I had never once installed it myself.

That is to say, I was a tech support lackey, answering the phones and talking to dozens of dialup ISP users daily.

It was a small company, and of the three techs there, none of us were Windows users - two Linux, one Mac. Someone had helpfully printed screenshots of Winsock's various dialog boxes and taped them up around our cubicle. It was enough.

Re: Thanks for Trumpet Winsock

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Post by adamkittelson »

ryan-allen wrote: post #36
adamkittelson wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've actually been working off and on on a MUD using Major Mud's dataset in Elixir for the last two years.

Really??!! That would be so good. It was such a vast game and I don't know where you can really play it anymore. The only bad thing about it was how you had to let your character grind away for days and days on end. Most people would only come back to check on their grinds for an hour then let the script go back to its work.

I've tweaked my implementation some to make it more conducive to non-automated play. The experience needed to level is significantly lower after level 10 or so than in the original.

Also in my implementation rather than play as the original races / classes you play as Angels or Demons which can possess and play as monsters/npcs to experience different play styles without having to create new characters.

The Angel class is the default for new players and has a mechanism by which experience points are redistributed periodically from players with more to players with less which helps newer / less active players catch up / stay relevant. Veteran / active players who get tired of carrying the team can go dark side and become demons.

Re: Thanks for Trumpet Winsock

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Post by lotharbot »

caf wrote: post #35
cyanbane wrote: post #14

Color boxes, Phreaking, ASCII art groups, zips broken up at 1.44m, LOTD and other door games. That was my youth. Donation sent.

Wasn't it "LORD" (Legend Of the Red Dragon)?

He might also be thinking of a variation of "Land of Devastation" (http://www.smbaker.com/games/land-of-devastation-classic )

Re: Thanks for Trumpet Winsock

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Post by zwetan »

caf wrote: post #35
cyanbane wrote: post #14

Color boxes, Phreaking, ASCII art groups, zips broken up at 1.44m, LOTD and other door games. That was my youth. Donation sent.

Wasn't it "LORD" (Legend Of the Red Dragon)?

more like LOD for Legion of Doom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_of_Doom_(hacking)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sundevil

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