Yet Another MOO, and Even Better!

Recently, I dove into yet another MUD world; Discworld! In my opinion, this is the best world that I've discovered so far, at least through the server, Savitar. Once again, it appeared to me medievally set with quests, swords, villages, torches, and so on.

One useful tool that I found in this MUD, as opposed to the other ones that I have tested, is that it has a MAP to use. Now, the other worlds may have one that is acquirable later in the game by purchase, but I think that the use of a map early on is CRUCIAL to the understanding and enjoyment of the world. The map looks like this:

The "@" symbol represents where you currently are. The | and / signs show bridges between different screens. Each letter represents a different house, store, or place that you can be in. The town that you start in is called Pumpkin town, so this would be a map of that area. If I wanted to travel over to "D" which is the town square & player information, I would simply type "west". If I wanted to travel down to "G", which is the guilds grove, I would type "south east", or "se" for short. Not having a map makes navigating much more difficult. One must memorize or keep track on paper which directions they have been, and which way they are going. I strongly recommend this MUD be used first for a beginner.

Pumpkin town is only for "newbies" starting out the game. Once you leave, you can never come back. And while you're in the town, each screen teaches you something different about gameplay; fighting, navigating, communicating, etc. The people that I did successfully communicate with in Pumpkin town did not have much to say or did not want to talk to me. The few conversations that I did pull out of people involved "Why are you here?", "Are you new to discworld?", and "Can you help me with ___?". I did not get any exciting responses worth mentioning. Hopefully when I'm out of the "newbie" town, I'll get a chance to talk with more experienced players.

The last exciting part about discworld, is how you can use emotions and actions on other players. The following is a list of several possible verbs, from a list of 630:

I can type something like: Frown at Johnny (who I was having a conversation with at the time), and what appears is: