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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Intermud Communication...is it worth it? </LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Ling <<A HREF="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 18:47:04 +0100 (BST)</LI>
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On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, T. Alexander Popiel wrote:
> Ben Greear <greear#cyberhighway,net> writes:
> >
> >A fellow was talking with me about coding up an inter-mud
> >tell/gossip/mail type of thing... I know it's been done
> >before, and finally found where (www.imaginary.com).
From personal experience on the LP intermud circuit of the Amylaar variety
(the opposite side of the same coin to the above), I've discovered the
following:
99% of intermud chat is drivel, and that's between members of staff, not
players.
The other 1% is usually something like a test message.
The remote who command is incredibly useful to work out whether any pkers
are on the mud you wanna play. Only applicable if the mud in question
does not have a 'who' at login.
Remote man command is incredibly useful to see what features other muds
support that you can steal.
Admittedly, I have found it handy. Timewarp, for example, allows remote
ftp (via intermud) so you can download Bubb's mailer. Of course, it's
more hassle than just putting your code on an ftp site. Occassionally,
some admin somewhere will resort to intermud for help, either technical or
social (for lack of a better word). I've also been party to very
informative chats with various admins on different muds. Then again, I've
also been insulted from afar via intermud chat. :P
It will depend upon who you connect to. To summarise, in my opinion, the
increased bandwidth (and possibly money for some of you) spent on intermud
simply isn't worth it for the odd pearl of wisdom.
> On the feature as a whole, the idea is cute, but I prefer to just log in
> to multiple MUDs at once.
Agreed. Tho there are times when (for some reason or other), I couldn't
log on to a mud and ended up using intermud to chat.
Whilst we're on the subject of this kinda thing, anyone know of any place
that happens to have text newsfeeds on tap? (they don't have to be live,
in fact, I'd settle for days old.)
| Ling Lo (fish)
_O_O_ Elec Eng Dept, Loughborough University, UK. kllo#iee,org
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00925" HREF="msg00925.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Intermud Communication...is it worth it?</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Thu 03 Sep 1998, 06:19 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00927" HREF="msg00927.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Intermud Communication...is it worth it?</A></strong>,
Holly Sommer <a href="mailto:hsommer#micro,ti.com">hsommer#micro,ti.com</a>, Thu 03 Sep 1998, 13:54 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00934" HREF="msg00934.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Intermud Communication...is it worth it?</A></strong>,
Ross Nicoll <a href="mailto:rnicoll#lostics,demon.co.uk">rnicoll#lostics,demon.co.uk</a>, Thu 03 Sep 1998, 21:23 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00931" HREF="msg00931.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Intermud Communication...is it worth it?</A></strong>,
T. Alexander Popiel <a href="mailto:popiel#snugharbor,com">popiel#snugharbor,com</a>, Thu 03 Sep 1998, 17:12 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00932" HREF="msg00932.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Intermud Communication...is it worth it?</A></strong>,
Ling <a href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk</a>, Thu 03 Sep 1998, 17:47 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00914" HREF="msg00914.html">[MUD-Dev] VT-100 and other terminal data</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Wed 02 Sep 1998, 19:14 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00881" HREF="msg00881.html">[MUD-Dev] Admin: OS wars and avocacy are off-topic</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</a>, Sun 30 Aug 1998, 21:26 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00875" HREF="msg00875.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lockless system - foolproof?</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sun 30 Aug 1998, 16:06 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00877" HREF="msg00877.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lockless system - foolproof?</A></strong>,
James Wilson <a href="mailto:jwilson#rochester,rr.com">jwilson#rochester,rr.com</a>, Sun 30 Aug 1998, 19:44 GMT
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