jarandhel

A few years back, my favorite Mud split in two, both claiming to be the original. I didn't know about it at the time, I wasn't playing. When I finally did go back to it, I chose a side in the split, following my favorite immortal. Then another hiatus. Now, I've tried going back... the split with my favorite immortal no longer exists. It's been defunct for a while now, apparently. The "original" mud still does, though much of it has changed and IMO not for the better. I could keep playing on it, but honestly the spark that was once there is gone. The few minor technical improvements are greatly outweighed by some rather idiotic changes (newbie equipment, for example, has become so good that it's almost impossible to find better equipment before you reach clan levels at the very earliest. And a great many high-level weapons and armor are available in various shops in the main city to simply be bought now. And whole areas that I loved are simply gone.)

This is a Mud that I was addicted to for a long time. A Mud that I managed to play at times in school in non-computer-oriented classes, I was so obsessed with it. It being gone.... kinda hurts. I know that's silly, but it does.

Guess I'm in the market for a new Mud... perhaps I'll try the discworld mud again, though not having read the books does make things a bit harder for me to follow...

Then again, there's always DominiaMud... though I still haven't figured out major parts of that Mud, and I've been playing it longer than Ansalon.

Or perhaps it's time to try something entirely new... decisions, decisions...