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Re: The Two Towers MUD

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Post by safety1st » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 5:21 AM UTC

xahrepap wrote: post #10

Oh wow! Didn’t expect to see this piece of my childhood on the front page! I used to spend hours on telnet playing this game with my friend. What a fun blast to the past!

Pretty amazing that this is still around. I used to be active on Elendor MUSH, but as far as I know it's been dead for years - I poke my head in once every year or two and there are always 0 players online.

Re: The Two Towers MUD

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Post by tcn33 » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 5:25 AM UTC

So many hours of my life spent mudding - especially on Worlds of Carnage.

Re: The Two Towers MUD

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Post by cmcconomy » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 5:26 AM UTC

astronads wrote: post #2

Anyone out there still playing MUDs? Any good ones to recommend?

https://www.bat.org

Re: The Two Towers MUD

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Post by qmr » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 5:28 AM UTC

Wasted so many of my tween, teen, and 20s years here. ... And a bit of my 30s.

Still play now and then. Got a friend into it too.

Great way to game in a terminal window at work.

Check out KBtin MUD client!

Re: The Two Towers MUD

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Post by qmr » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 5:30 AM UTC

xedrac wrote: post #5

I haven't played a MUD in the last 25 years, but I think I would enjoy playing this one if I had time. In some ways MUDs were much more fun than modern games. I wonder what codebase it derives from.

LPMUD / TMI-2 mudlib.

Heavily modified. Language is C like.

Source code has been leaked in the past.

Re: The Two Towers MUD

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Post by qmr » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 5:31 AM UTC

astronads wrote: post #2

Anyone out there still playing MUDs? Any good ones to recommend?

t2t is fun. I never managed to really get into any others.

Re: The Two Towers MUD

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Post by hboon » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 5:33 AM UTC

astronads wrote: post #2

Anyone out there still playing MUDs? Any good ones to recommend?

I played for 1000+ hours on https://www.aardwolf.com more than 20 years ago. Looks right it's still being updated.

Re: The Two Towers MUD

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Post by bokchoi » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 5:37 AM UTC

I spent many hours hogging the phone line to play btech 3056 back in high school. It was so cool talking to people all over the world. I wasn't very good at the actual game, however. I do remember encountering a bug where I was placed on a level-4 high building and I couldn't get off of it because my mech wouldn't let me intentionally fall.

Re: The Two Towers MUD

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Post by ralfd » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 5:38 AM UTC

What is a mud and can the game be won or is it endless?

Re: The Two Towers MUD

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Post by vingilote_t2t » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 5:39 AM UTC

SeanAnderson wrote: post #8

Wow! The front page shows a list of updates being made to the game. Lots of recent changes. Then I clicked into the MUD, just to have a look, and the intro page said "celebrating 31 years online!" It's cool to come across software that's both historical and current!

t2tmud admin here - We have an active development team and recently released a new huge quest area expansion in Moria.

If you're interested and want to get game updates, or just to share LotR related memes, we have a Discord, Facebook group, and newsletter that goes out at least once a year.

Newsletter signup is on the website. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/t2tmud The link to the Discord can be found in the game by typing "help social media", after you complete the tutorial of course!