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Dark Portal is a MUD based on tbaMud 3.55
Much has been added, much has been changed.

At the moment, we are looking for the following:

* Story Editor

I'm looking for someone to help me come up with the theme for this
mud. Though I'm leaning towards fantasy, elements of different genres,
such as Science Fiction, Fantasy, Steampunk, Cyberpunk, etc., may be
worked into the storyline. Candidate must be incredibly creative,
articulate, and have excellent spelling/grammar. Very important--the
story/theme must be unique to this mud and not derived from another
mud/book/short story/or something you wrote in creative writing.

* Head Builder

Candidate will have 2 main duties:
o Work with myself and the story editor to map out the layout of the
world/continents.
o Oversee builders, responsible for helping them work on their zones,
training them, etc.
Must have at least 2+ years experience building, specifically with OLC.

* Builders

Looking for an unknown number of builders to help build zones. Builders
will pitch ideas for zones to myself and the Story Editor or be assigned
a specific zone with a theme. Experience is not necessary, but the
potential candidate must be creative, mature, have superb spelling/grammar.
Preference will be given to those with experience building with OLC.

* Help File Writer

I need one person to be in charge of the help files. Candidate will work
with myself to write help files for new commands I have added, and to come
up with a consistent look/template for each page. Again, you must have
perfect spelling/grammar, and be able to keep a consistent template for
the help files.

To apply, please contact me by:

E-mail: johngorrow@gmail.com

or

Instant message:
AIM genesispariah
Yahoo! lscapegoatl


(Comment added by lscapegoat on Tue Dec 30 1:04:05 2008)

We also need to fill the following post as well:
* Web Site Editor

We need someone to update our PHP-Nuke-powered website. This
includes monitoring our forum and updating the PHP-Nuke modules as
needed. HTML profeciency as well as forum admin experience required,
PHP-Nuke experience preferred.

To apply for this position or any other, please contact me by:

E-mail: johngorrow@gmail.com

or

Instant message:
AIM genesispariah
Yahoo! lscapegoatl

Hand (John)
Dark Portal Admin/Coder Extraordinaire

Update:

You can log in directly to the MUD and apply.

hand.servegame.org port 4000
telnet://hand.servegame.org:4000

There should be someone online to assist you.

We're still looking for a head builder, a help file editor, and many builders. Experience with Circlemud/TbaMUD OLC is a huge plus.

John

(Comment added by lscapegoat on Sun Jul 27 17:58:03 2008)

what codebase are you using, and what specifically have you changed?

Dark Portal is a MUD based on tbaMud 3.55
Much has been added, much has been changed.

Thats the first line of his post.

Well, the codebase is the first line anyway, I suppose wehat specifically has been changed isn't. (tbaMUD is a derivative of CircleMUD if that wasn't apparent which I'm guessing it wasn't as you asked what the codebase was)

The codebase we use, tbamud, is a very polished codebase compared to most others, in my opinion.

As far as changes, we've removed all the stock zones and we're creating a new world with six continents. I have been working with our builders and our story editor to create a unique experience.

Additionally, we have been adding new features every day. We've added:
A map system with custom sector types
A new leveling/guild system
Rare/hidden item spawns for corpses and rooms
Many other changes to enhance gameplay

And much more is planned.

You can stop by and take a look for yourself if you are interested.

Hostname hand.servegame.org
Port 4000

- Hand

What are some plans for your near future? What are you looking for from your builders?

Also, what is your story base? Is this more rp or a stat mud?

Hello, thank you for your interest.

A big project I currently have lined up is to upgrade to tbaMUD 3.57 as soon as it is released, and making sure my code works with the new version. It looks as though there will be many new changes to the codebase, so I will have my work cutout for me. I have a few things planned, but they have to wait until 3.57 is released. As far as the story is concerned, nothing specific has been written yet. We have put a lot of effort into creating a unique world, which I think is coming along very nicely. I think the direction we are going is a balanced PvP/RP mud.

If you have any other questions, please log on to hand.servegame.org port 4000 and ask us.

Hand

We're also working on a website which will be launched in a few days.

I tried to pop in... But, it seemed no one was there. It was about 3am my time though. Are you and the staff generally active?

Thank you for your question.

We try to be active.

I've noticed that there are a lot of people logging on, but no gods are online. I've set up a forum--anyone that would like to apply can also leave contact information and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.

The website is http://hand.servegame.org/~hand/, just create an account and post a message on the forums.

*bump*

New address: forbiddenfire.com port 4000

telnet://forbiddenfire.com:4000

original address still works, for now

We're still looking for a head builder, and builders. Please see first post in thread for more information.

Any builder with any level of building experience will be considered if the writing talent and motivation to learn how to build is there.

The following positions are still open:

Head Builder
Builders (10 positions)
Help File Editor
Admin (2 positions)
Web site administrator
Story Editor

Forbiddenfire.com port 4000

The position of head builder has now been filled. All of the other positions listed above are currently still open.