On January 23, 1990, a user named Heresiarch posted “bot-haters unite!” to alt.mud, the OED’s earliest attested use of “bot” in the modern computing sense.
Later that day, Brian S. Kendig replied about the bots on TinyMUD:
“Get rid of Julia.”
Later that day, Brian S. Kendig replied about the bots on TinyMUD:
“Get rid of Julia.”
September 28, 2026 at 5:46 PM
On January 23, 1990, a user named Heresiarch posted “bot-haters unite!” to alt.mud, the OED’s earliest attested use of “bot” in the modern computing sense.
Later that day, Brian S. Kendig replied about the bots on TinyMUD:
“Get rid of Julia.”
Later that day, Brian S. Kendig replied about the bots on TinyMUD:
“Get rid of Julia.”
They say you die two deaths.
The first is when they shut down your TinyMUD server.
The other is when your MUCK no longer gets revived for Brigadoon Day.
The first is when they shut down your TinyMUD server.
The other is when your MUCK no longer gets revived for Brigadoon Day.
September 13, 2026 at 9:28 PM
They say you die two deaths.
The first is when they shut down your TinyMUD server.
The other is when your MUCK no longer gets revived for Brigadoon Day.
The first is when they shut down your TinyMUD server.
The other is when your MUCK no longer gets revived for Brigadoon Day.
3 digit character object on the original TinyMUD in '88. Knew Maverick there, was there when "to mav" became a lexical construct.
One of three IRC Admins for the *entirety of North America*
("What's IRC?" the kid asks. "Know all those text commands on Discord? Yeah, they copied them from IRC.")
One of three IRC Admins for the *entirety of North America*
("What's IRC?" the kid asks. "Know all those text commands on Discord? Yeah, they copied them from IRC.")
March 6, 2026 at 5:05 AM
3 digit character object on the original TinyMUD in '88. Knew Maverick there, was there when "to mav" became a lexical construct.
One of three IRC Admins for the *entirety of North America*
("What's IRC?" the kid asks. "Know all those text commands on Discord? Yeah, they copied them from IRC.")
One of three IRC Admins for the *entirety of North America*
("What's IRC?" the kid asks. "Know all those text commands on Discord? Yeah, they copied them from IRC.")
"I had a 3 digit character object on the original TinyMUD. And we got in by TELNET. On port 31. I knew Maverick, and was there when the verb "to mav" was coined."
(Also true!)
(Also true!)
March 6, 2026 at 5:01 AM
"I had a 3 digit character object on the original TinyMUD. And we got in by TELNET. On port 31. I knew Maverick, and was there when the verb "to mav" was coined."
(Also true!)
(Also true!)
I remember a fantastic party at the O in Pittsburgh where we met a bunch of people we'd been playing TinyMUD with for months.
March 6, 2026 at 4:04 AM
I remember a fantastic party at the O in Pittsburgh where we met a bunch of people we'd been playing TinyMUD with for months.
Remember having a conversation on my honeymoon trip that later turned into being able to page people with actual textual content on TinyMUD? :-)
February 23, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Remember having a conversation on my honeymoon trip that later turned into being able to page people with actual textual content on TinyMUD? :-)
The tinyMUD Islandia
Okay, let's get nostalgic
What was the VERY FIRST online platform that you became addicted to posting on?????
What was the VERY FIRST online platform that you became addicted to posting on?????
January 17, 2026 at 6:44 AM
The tinyMUD Islandia
OK Bluesky, don't die while I'm at work today! If you die I'm never loving again and I'll go spend the rest of my internet existence on a TinyMUD.
May 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
OK Bluesky, don't die while I'm at work today! If you die I'm never loving again and I'll go spend the rest of my internet existence on a TinyMUD.
TinyMUD! Then some place whose name I've forgotten, which was where Lynx first appeared, then Islandia, then FurryMUCK.
May 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
TinyMUD! Then some place whose name I've forgotten, which was where Lynx first appeared, then Islandia, then FurryMUCK.
i was under the impression dikumud/tinymud/muck/moo/etc ended up being used as sorta like genre descriptors at some point, not just about the codebase? mayb im wrong
March 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
i was under the impression dikumud/tinymud/muck/moo/etc ended up being used as sorta like genre descriptors at some point, not just about the codebase? mayb im wrong
My particular joke, in case I'm still not being clear, was to compare my own age to that of the universe, and pick a redshift that's the same fraction of the age of the universe as TinyMUD was a fraction of my own age.
January 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
My particular joke, in case I'm still not being clear, was to compare my own age to that of the universe, and pick a redshift that's the same fraction of the age of the universe as TinyMUD was a fraction of my own age.
Currently looking at my 13-year-old port of #TinyMUD and asking myself:
1️⃣ How did I even do this?
2️⃣ Should I (try to) finish it by updating from v1.14.1 to the Islandia release - and maybe port it to AWS/the cloud?
3️⃣ Would anyone play it?!
github.com/mangled/Mang...
1️⃣ How did I even do this?
2️⃣ Should I (try to) finish it by updating from v1.14.1 to the Islandia release - and maybe port it to AWS/the cloud?
3️⃣ Would anyone play it?!
github.com/mangled/Mang...
GitHub - mangled/MangledMud: A ruby port of TinyMUD
A ruby port of TinyMUD. Contribute to mangled/MangledMud development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
December 16, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Currently looking at my 13-year-old port of #TinyMUD and asking myself:
1️⃣ How did I even do this?
2️⃣ Should I (try to) finish it by updating from v1.14.1 to the Islandia release - and maybe port it to AWS/the cloud?
3️⃣ Would anyone play it?!
github.com/mangled/Mang...
1️⃣ How did I even do this?
2️⃣ Should I (try to) finish it by updating from v1.14.1 to the Islandia release - and maybe port it to AWS/the cloud?
3️⃣ Would anyone play it?!
github.com/mangled/Mang...
no it was tinymud or tinymush, I forget.. I get it mixed up with the one that had all the zelazny amber stuff
December 2, 2024 at 7:16 PM
no it was tinymud or tinymush, I forget.. I get it mixed up with the one that had all the zelazny amber stuff
385. THE COMPLETE INTERNET GAMER
👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/the-com...
#Gaming #MUD #Netrek #Doom #Descent #CommandAndConquer #PCGaming #Booksky #Book #GameHistory #Retro #MUSH #MOO #TinyMUD
👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/the-com...
#Gaming #MUD #Netrek #Doom #Descent #CommandAndConquer #PCGaming #Booksky #Book #GameHistory #Retro #MUSH #MOO #TinyMUD
November 18, 2024 at 7:37 PM
385. THE COMPLETE INTERNET GAMER
👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/the-com...
#Gaming #MUD #Netrek #Doom #Descent #CommandAndConquer #PCGaming #Booksky #Book #GameHistory #Retro #MUSH #MOO #TinyMUD
👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/the-com...
#Gaming #MUD #Netrek #Doom #Descent #CommandAndConquer #PCGaming #Booksky #Book #GameHistory #Retro #MUSH #MOO #TinyMUD
TinyMUD
How old are you in Internet years without telling us your age?
August 9, 2024 at 10:35 PM
TinyMUD
I think Tinymud sounds familiar, but it was not one I know of playing more than once if I did. Never played any nine princes.
Anime Planet was.....every weeby thing you could think of for the late 90s early 00s all bundled up into a heavily modded nerd's power fantasy. 😹
Anime Planet was.....every weeby thing you could think of for the late 90s early 00s all bundled up into a heavily modded nerd's power fantasy. 😹
January 10, 2024 at 5:41 PM
I think Tinymud sounds familiar, but it was not one I know of playing more than once if I did. Never played any nine princes.
Anime Planet was.....every weeby thing you could think of for the late 90s early 00s all bundled up into a heavily modded nerd's power fantasy. 😹
Anime Planet was.....every weeby thing you could think of for the late 90s early 00s all bundled up into a heavily modded nerd's power fantasy. 😹
no I never tried those.. I was on tinymud and a really good one modeled on nine princes in amber, others it gets fuzzy
January 10, 2024 at 5:37 PM
no I never tried those.. I was on tinymud and a really good one modeled on nine princes in amber, others it gets fuzzy
Was on TinyMUD and TinyHELL and Islandia in '89/90/91. And on AmberMUSH.
August 16, 2023 at 9:48 PM
Was on TinyMUD and TinyHELL and Islandia in '89/90/91. And on AmberMUSH.
It really is...
Meanwhile, I see Discord is reimplementing IRC...
I was an IRC admin in '89. I had a 3-digit object number on the first TinyMUD and on TinyHELL, and built large chunks of Islandia while I worked as a USENET admin at Indirect.net.
Then Cantor & Siegel happened.
Meanwhile, I see Discord is reimplementing IRC...
I was an IRC admin in '89. I had a 3-digit object number on the first TinyMUD and on TinyHELL, and built large chunks of Islandia while I worked as a USENET admin at Indirect.net.
Then Cantor & Siegel happened.
July 23, 2023 at 12:07 PM
It really is...
Meanwhile, I see Discord is reimplementing IRC...
I was an IRC admin in '89. I had a 3-digit object number on the first TinyMUD and on TinyHELL, and built large chunks of Islandia while I worked as a USENET admin at Indirect.net.
Then Cantor & Siegel happened.
Meanwhile, I see Discord is reimplementing IRC...
I was an IRC admin in '89. I had a 3-digit object number on the first TinyMUD and on TinyHELL, and built large chunks of Islandia while I worked as a USENET admin at Indirect.net.
Then Cantor & Siegel happened.
TinyMUD and AmberMUSH (finally remembered), also various USENET groups like comp.sys.amiga and 3D stuff, and then got into IRC around 1993
What was the first internet community you were a part of? Like a game, show/movie fandom, forum, etc
July 12, 2023 at 10:10 PM
TinyMUD and AmberMUSH (finally remembered), also various USENET groups like comp.sys.amiga and 3D stuff, and then got into IRC around 1993