so far, i've tried four muds:

- #t2t: interesting, but… somehow bland'ish, shows age;
- #mume: very interesting, but very difficult to play without a mapping client, and those ruin atmosphere;
- procedural realms: best interface, but pointless, fun for teens maybe;
- #aardwolf: unnesessarily complicated interface, and lacks atmosphere (or rather the on it has is not my style at all).

i still have hopes of finding something…

suggest me smth?

9/∞

…one exception: descriptions of the lands around the old white tower (in a 3-5 «cell» radius) mention the tower visible at some distance, closer or further off, to this or that direction! i could navigate the lands around with some effort and attention to details, and it was by far the best experience i had with #mume apart from the intro scenes with #gandalf! loved it.

but i can see how most people spoil their mud experience by opening those mapping clients and skipping descriptions :-(

7/∞

…you have killed mudding :-(

up to this point i really loved #mume, it's one of the best i've seen! the intro with #gandalf — it is terrific! interactive, atmospheric, well-written, loved it!

but! one just can't play effectively with static location descriptions that only show very scarce information and give practically no hints for long-distance navigation. there was one notable exception during my yesterday session: …

6/∞

other thing: playing #mume today using the suggested web client or #mmapper is NOT at all like playing muds in the olden days. trust me, i've played like ~ 20 years ago. today it seems like cheating — hell, it is cheating! you get a map (!) that's open from step 1, contains lots of hints and outright spoilers and kills the atmosphere :-(

here's an examle:

3/∞

ok, i could not actually give up without at least understanding the basics. so i spent the whole day learing the ropes while playing #mume:

https://mume.org

mapping with tintin++ is… mostly manual. it can be scripted for a given #mud, but _that_ does require a degree in programming and a lot of time and patience.

2/∞