To be honest with you, I have no idea. It looks like the .com instance (the Canadian one) went free in 2006, but I have no idea when the .co.uk instance went free. And honestly I have no idea how long it takes Foddy (the guy who runs the .co.uk instance) to respond to emails, so your best bet might be to ask one of the Wizzes for a hand with that.
I'll be sure to do that sometime cuz now I'm very curious. I wonder if the rise in activity in 2012 was due to that...
clarified some of the instructions for how to start playing MUD2 (but, again, still planning on completely overhauling this page to make it look Elizabethan Tearoom-esque)
how does a complete newbie to MUDs get started in 2024? asking for myself of course
Well, if you want to hop in and check out MUD2, there's the aforementioned in-browser client (to actually play MUD2 for realsies, and not as a guest, you'll need to go to http://www.mudii.co.uk (http, not https) to make an account (again, completely free)). For further instructions, see https://friday-girl.neocities.org/mud2/
Multi-User Dungeon (or MUD1) was pretty much the OG MMO (MUD2 is a _slightly_ updated version of MUD1). It's entirely text-based, permadeath, no microtransactions/DLCs, and is completely free to play nowadays, with instances at http://mudii.co.uk (hosted in the UK) and https://mud2.com (hosted in Canada) - I play on the mudii.co.uk instance myself.
If you want to hop in and try it, the simplest method is via https://mudii.glitch.me (an in-browser client for the mudii.co.uk instance), you can just hop in as a guest or go to http://mudii.co.uk to actually make an account (so you can actually do the MUDding). Granted, I'd suggest actually installing a MUD client (such as Clio or using Mudlet with the MUDKIP_Mud2 package) to get a much more user-friendly experience
Participated in a bash, got my ass kicked by an evil clown doll, scimitared a fox, smashed a butterfly got ambushed by an angry ape and sent to Jesus. Great game, recommend to everyone reading it
(make sure u ctrl shift r)
pretty cool ngl
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