The dead_souls intermud channel There is an internet communication protocol that allows muds to send and receive information from each other. This is called the Intermud network, of which there are several versions and subnets. By default, your mud is connected to the Intermud3 network, or I3 (see intermud.org for specs). On this network there are numerous channels available: some are friendly, some are hostile, some are invitation-only, and some are open to all. Unless your admins have disabled intermud, or you are tightly firewalled, or channels have been restricted, you probably are listening to a channel called "dead_souls". This channel exists to allow creators on Dead Souls muds on the internet to talk, ask questions, share ideas, etc. Random chat is not exactly discouraged, but code questions and discussions always have priority on this channel. It can be used socially, but its primary purpose is as a support system for the Dead Souls community. Accordingly, muds that spam the channel, or subject it to malicious data or metadata, are likely to be permanently banned from it, regardless of whether it was the fault of just one jerk. Messages of an offensive nature also qualify as bannable material, and this is at the discretion of the owner of the channel, which is the Dead Souls mud. If you need to perform channel testing, please avoid using the dead_souls channel ( also known as <ds> ) for this. A special testing channel has been set up for that purpose. It is called ds_test, and you can add it to yourself by typing: %^GREEN%^call me->AddChannel("ds_test")%^RESET%^