How to Navigate a MUD

These steps will help you in your quest through an interative MUD - Multi User Dungeon.

Difficulty Level: medium      Time Required: 30 minutes

Here's How:
  1. Select the MUD you plan to explore.
  2. Connect to the MUD of your choice using either Telnet or a web interface, if available.
  3. If necessary, download and install a client program.
  4. Either create a new character online, or e-mail the webmaster requesting character-creation details.
  5. Choose a password for your MUD character.
  6. When you first log in, head for home base to read updates and check announcements.
  7. Familiarize yourself with your particular MUDs commands.
  8. If you have questions which are not answered by the help file, check out the MUDs Usenet group.
  9. Make sure you can distinguish between dinos, cyborgs and furries.
  10. Remember to respect the OOC/IC guidelines (out-of-character versus in-character).
Tips:
  1. Be polite to veteran MUDers, or you may find yourself dead before you get to start playing.
  2. Remember that commands preceded by an "@" usually allow you to change the database.
  3. Avoid flame wars, as they may target you for the remainder of your play time.

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