Darker Realms opened in 1990 and is quite possibly the
oldest still-running LP style mud in the USA.  DR was the
first mud to offer quest-based advancement, and still
maintains a large number of challenging and interesting
quests.  Although a number of guilds have cropped up, DR
is still based on the traditional LP mudlib. Ergo, it lends
a classic feel to what we believe is a classic game. There
are about 600 active players, but rarely more than 25 or so
on at a time.  DR has almost never been down for more than
a weekend, and recently moved to a much faster machine, so
it probably *isn't* the slowest LP in existance anymore :)