Review Submitted By: Joseph Thomas
Author Status: Player
Started on Abandoned Realms: 07/18/03
Submission Date: Jul 17, 2003
TMC Listing: Abandoned Realms
The following review is the opinion of the review's author [Joseph Thomas]
and in no way represents the opinions of this website or its staff.
Well, as the power was down on the Mud I normally play, I went to
check out one that had been recommended by a player of mine. I am
an Imm on one and will be an Owner of another one coming out shortly.
However, after adjusting to the new mud and getting a set of eq for
my Invoker, I was taken away from my group and transported to a room
with no exits where I was demanded to change my name by one of the
immortals there. It was not profane or anything, as I was not there
to cause problems, merely to have fun. So I am stuck in that room,
with the Renaming Bouncer, with no avenue of escape until they
approve of my new name.
My name was Christophe, as I have used on countless other Muds.
Nothing dramatic, as it is based on historical, 13th century
Spainish spellings, meaning Christ-bringer. However the staff,
after dismissing my explaination, could only say, 'It is obviously
cutting it too close to Christopher.' No comment on my explanation,
or reasoning for the decree. This is something I do not tolerate
on my Mud, and will not choose to play in myself.
So much for bringing a sense of the past, in a game BASED in the
past! Imagine that. Maybe that's just my history degree talking
though. Anyway, I would have to not recommend this Mud to potential
players. It was terribly difficult to get around in, unless you
know people to level you going in, and many of the features that I
am accustomed to, such as color, maps on the screen, character
customization and even basic command structures are lacking.
I would give it a reluctant half-star on a five star scale.
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Comment Submitted By: Eldorian
Author Status: Staff member
Started on Abandoned Realms: November 1997
Submission Date: Sep 14, 2003
(The following review comment is the opinion of the comment's author
[Eldorian] and in no way represents the opinions of this website
or its staff).
Every mud has their own system of what's acceptable name-wise
and what's not. Most muds for example would not allow the
name 'Thismudsucks'. In our case, we do not allow names that
are too similar to a real name -- the point is to create your
own name without the baggage of prev2ious associations and
preconceptions. 'Too similar' is defined for us as only one
or two letters off from a real name. For example, 'Saphire'
would not be allowed, but we would allow something like
'Sapphaira'. 'Christophe', of course, is only one letter off
from the common name 'Christopher', hence it is not allowed.
This is stated clearly under 'help name', which the Immortal
may or may not have referred you to.
Abandoned Realms uses minimal color; rather than having a
'rainbow mud', we prefer for each player to set their own
favorite color setup using their mud client.
For getting around, in most places in our world, you can
simply type 'map' and it will show you a map of where you are
as well as the areas around you. Also, you start out with
maps of the world as well as the main town, Seringale, in
your inventory. Our Tower of Knowledge, the equivalent of the
newbie school, teaches you most of the basic commands you
need to know.
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