Review Submitted By: Nedylene
Author Status: Player
Started on Forgotten Kingdoms: 2000/2001
Submission Date: Nov 5, 2007
TMC Listing: Forgotten Kingdoms
The following review is the opinion of the review's author [Nedylene]
and in no way represents the opinions of this website or its staff.
I started playing this mud while in college and found it on my own
through my endless searches to find a mud that felt like 'home'.
Much like many of the other reviewers here I had a rough start and had
some flops in my initial RP with my first ever character (Ezrai if
ANYONE remembers her). Through time and a TON of patience from the
other players everyone I met helped me learn how to play the mud,
helped finetune my rp, helped me understand the concept of 'getting
into your character' and above all, gave me a kinship which I have
been unable to find in any other mud.
Through the last seven years I have come and gone from this mud due
to IRL issues and each time I return I feel welcomed as if I am coming
home. I am utterly ADDICTED to this mud... Much more than is really
humanly healthy. What continues to draw me back is the RP. This mud
defines the meaning of 'roleplayed enforced'. The staff will come
down and interact with your character, not even as immortals, but they
will bring to life the NPCs around you. A guard will suddenly start
talking and comment on the going arounds. It makes you acutely aware
of everyone and everything around you and really makes the world three
dimensional. They have an incredible staff that helps players run
their own events from religious gatherings, special quests and even
masquerade balls. They are friendly, helpful and are always aware of
the wants and needs of their players. It makes the time spent on the
mud feel thoroughly enriching. As a player you are not a rating to
them, but an actual voice.
One of the biggest advantages of this mud is that the mud itself is
not solely built by the staff. There are numerous average players who
join in on building areas, checking for bugs, testing code, bringing
in new quests and even bringing in their ideas to be implimented on
the mud. For those of you that have been 'around the block' with
many muds you must be aware how rare this is.
Lastly I must give a big kudos to the playerbase on a whole. Everyone
there is helpful, friendly and willing to spend time with each other.
Everyone jumps at the chance to go somewhere as a group and they
thoroughly enjoy every minute of it. They laugh with each other, grow
with each other and really become friends. I have earned some lifelong
IRL friends through this game which to me, is a huge testament to the
quality of the playerbase. We are just waiting for more people to
meet!
