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+ | ;January 11, 2009 - Creation of MUD Wiki |
− | :Following extensive conflict on Wikipedia regarding articles concerning MUDs, MUD Wiki was created on Wikia |
+ | :Following extensive conflict on Wikipedia regarding articles concerning MUDs, MUD Wiki was created on Wikia. |
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+ | ;January 11, 2009 - Invitations |
:The process of importing threatened Wikipedia articles began; coupled with creation of stubs for existing MUDs and invitations to edit. |
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+ | '''[[AVATAR MUD|A.V.A.T.A.R. MUD]]''' is a free, online, massively multiplayer, [[Wikipedia:fantasy world|fantasy]], [[text-based]] [[role-playing game]] (or [[MUD]]), set in a real time virtual environment. It combines elements of role-playing games, [[hack and slash]] style computer games, adventure games and social gaming. |
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− | '''[[MUD1]]''' (referred to as ''MUD1'', to distinguish from its successor, ''[[MUD2]]'') is the oldest [[virtual world]] in existence. It was created in 1978 by [[Roy Trubshaw]] at Essex University on a DEC PDP-10 in the UK, using the MACRO-10 assembly language. He named the game ''Multi-User Dungeon'', in tribute to the ''Dungeon'' variant of ''Zork'', which Trubshaw had greatly enjoyed playing.<ref name="wired-article">{{cite journal |
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− | |quote=<small>In 1980, Roy Trubshaw, a British fan of the fantasy role-playing board game Dungeons and Dragons, wrote an electronic version of that game during his final undergraduate year at Essex College. The following year, his classmate Richard Bartle took over the game, expanding the number of potential players and their options for action. He called the game MUD (for Multi-User Dungeons), and put it onto the Internet.</small> |
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− | |quote=<small>The "D" in MUD stands for "Dungeon" [...] because the version of ZORK Roy played was a Fortran port called DUNGEN.</small> |
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− | }}</ref>''Zork'' in turn was inspired by an older [[Interactive fiction|text-adventure]] game known as ''[[Colossal Cave Adventure]]'' or ''ADVENT''.<ref>{{cite web |
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− | |quote=<small>Zork was too much of a nonsense word, not descriptive of the game, etc., etc., etc. Silly as it sounds, we eventually started calling it Dungeon. (Dave admits to suggesting the new name, but that's only a minor sin.) When Bob the lunatic released his FORTRAN version to the DEC users' group, that was the name he used.</small> |
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+ | It began as an [[LPMUD]] called ''[[AVATAR MUD#Change of Name|Farside MUD]]'' at Newcastle University, in the summer of 1991, before ultimately relocating to the United States of America. It suffered catastrophic loss of data in August, 1994, which led to a switch to the [[Merc (MUD)|Merc]] [[codebase]]. On the 8th of August, 1995, it changed its name to A.V.A.T.A.R. MUD. |
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+ | Over two decades the game's environment has grown into a fictional world spanning 327 [http://avatar.melanarchy.info/index.php/Category:Areas areas] across 20 [http://avatar.melanarchy.info/index.php/Category:Lord_Planes planes], comprising 20,000 unique rooms with gameplay and features that significantly deviate from the original Merc code base. |
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+ | ''{Excerpt from the article [[AVATAR MUD|AVATAR MUD on MUD.WIKIA.COM]]}'' |
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MUD Wiki History
- January 11, 2009 - Creation of MUD Wiki
- Following extensive conflict on Wikipedia regarding articles concerning MUDs, MUD Wiki was created on Wikia.
- January 11, 2009 - Invitations
- The process of importing threatened Wikipedia articles began; coupled with creation of stubs for existing MUDs and invitations to edit.
- Read more about MUD Wiki's mission here.
Helping out
To write a new article, just enter the article title in the box below.
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Featured article
A.V.A.T.A.R. MUD is a free, online, massively multiplayer, fantasy, text-based role-playing game (or MUD), set in a real time virtual environment. It combines elements of role-playing games, hack and slash style computer games, adventure games and social gaming.
It began as an LPMUD called Farside MUD at Newcastle University, in the summer of 1991, before ultimately relocating to the United States of America. It suffered catastrophic loss of data in August, 1994, which led to a switch to the Merc codebase. On the 8th of August, 1995, it changed its name to A.V.A.T.A.R. MUD.
Over two decades the game's environment has grown into a fictional world spanning 327 areas across 20 planes, comprising 20,000 unique rooms with gameplay and features that significantly deviate from the original Merc code base. {Excerpt from the article AVATAR MUD on MUD.WIKIA.COM}