Review Submitted By: Elorien/Elora2404
Author Status: Player
Started on The Builder Academy: Some weeks ago
Submission Date: Feb 15, 2004
TMC Listing: The Builder Academy
The following review is the opinion of the review's author [Elorien/Elora2404]
and in no way represents the opinions of this website or its staff.
There are a few places out there that are first and foremost
dedicated to helping out the MUD community. This is one of the
finest examples of such a place.
When I first entered the TBA, I was greeted by enthusiastic players
and staff members, who took the time to help me get started, and
showed me all the patience in the world while I finished the
application process.
The standard on TBA is generally very high, and it keeps getting
higher. There is a common consensus among both players and staff
that everyone, including those most experienced and/or most
talented, has something to learn. Advice and honest opinions are
given when requested, but at the same time every builder has the
freedom to both experiment with unconventional building techniques,
as well as a chance to learn or get better with traditional
CircleMUD tools.
This is a place for builders who love to build, and the building
happens in the friendliest atmosphere you could possibly imagine. I
have yet to meet any single person who wasn't open, kind and ready
to help with whatever you might need. And these people really know
what they're doing.
Before I started at TBA, I was completely drained of creative energy.
After a longer, rather trying Imm-ship, I felt unappreciated,
unmotivated and with the exception of a little private doodling in
Word, I had stopped building altogether. It took no more than a few
days on TBA to make my mind start dreaming up new plots and
schemes, planning a huge library meant to be a place that can help
roleplayers evolve their clerics and mages at a scholarly level. I'm
thoroughly enjoying every moment in there because, more than
anything else, TBA remembers that building (and mudding in general)
before anything else, is supposed to be fun.
