IfMUD
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The ifMUD is a perl based mud where many regular and longtime IF community members chat. Although the ifMUD allows for regular mud features, it is mostly used as a chat server. You can sign up for an account at http://ifmud.port4000.com.
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Notable Locations on the ifMUD
- Adventurer's Lounge. This is where everyone comes to chat, 99.9% of the time. To get here, just type in a "lounge" command. The lounge's name and description changes on an irregular basis, but it's still the Lounge. Also notable for Alex, a useful parrot "bot" that can answer questions like "who is inky?" and "what is a corknut?"
- Dorm A. The default home for new player characters.
- Massive Auditorium. This is mostly used for the XYZZY Awards ceremonies, but it's also been used for announcing the IntroComp and Erins winners.
- Toyshop and Floyditorium. There's several toys and gizmos here, but the main attraction is Floyd, a bot that lets people play an IF game together, and offers some non-IF games like Werewolf as well. See also: ClubFloyd.
- Edifice Towers. A large eleven story apartment complex, where players can create their own apartments, if they wish.
- The 'Carousel Room' Bar & Grill. The Bar has sometimes been used as an interview site. In recent years, it's used as an extra place to chat after an XYZZY Awards ceremony.
- Spoiler Room. A room in which people can discuss games without risk of spoiling them for others. Mostly used during the IF Comp to abide by the judging rules.
Emergency Backup Mud 2
If ifMud is down for whatever reason, people may log onto ebMUD2, the Emergency Backup Mud 2, at schep.homelinux.net port 4000. Thanks, schep!
ebMUD2 is a completely separate mud with its own playerset and a different geography, though, so users must sign up all over again or use a guest account to use it. The command "connect guest guest" is how to casually log on there.
Previous backup muds
In past years, there were other backup muds: Fink-Nottle's newtMud, David Cornelson's daveMud, testMud, and Allen's ebMUD.
ebMUD, the Emergency Backup Mud, used to be at ebmud.nitfol.com, port 4000. It was a completely separate mud with its own playerset and a different geography, though, so users had to sign up all over again or use a guest account to use it. The "lounge" command took players to the firepit there. On March 6th, 2008, nitfol.com shut down permanently. Allen, nitfol.com's maintainer said, "Due to misuse by a coworker, I have to disallow access to nitfol to anyone outside the company."
Game Appearances
ifMUD settings or characters have appeared in:
- Pass the Banana (Admiral Jota; 1999; Z-code)
- Are You A Chef? (Adam Biltcliffe; 2001; Z-code)
- The April Fools Day game that accompanied Guncho's announcement ("Stan Juprak"; 2008; Z-code)
Links
- IF and a MUD - a gentle introduction to the ifMUD by Stephen Granade.
- The ifMUD FAQ and ifMUD Charter are must reads for 'newbies'.
- ifMUD For Beginners - an FAQ for the non-technically-inclined.
- ifMUD Maps: Overview - by David Welbourn.
