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      Redbird last edited by

      After finding out an old friend had passed away without my knowing, I've felt nostalgic about the old days. So I've gathered up as many old MU* character names as I could remember / find to post here, in case anyone wants to reconnect. Or talk about what a terrible person I am, whatever. πŸ˜‰ I know there were a lot more MUSHes and characters than this, but those memories have been lost to time.

      Current Characters:
      Richard, Lance, and Doyle - String Theory

      Past Characters:
      Crucible City: Moebius, the Junkyard Dragon, Chicago, the Ultimate
      Crucible Element: Thermite, others
      The Reach: Barnabas, Douglas, others
      Tenebrae: Forcas, Toulouse, Volcano (as staff), others
      Winter's Edge: Meallan
      Sin City: Anthony
      Windy City: St. John
      Chatham: Ashton
      Darkwater: Lucas
      Gloom: Tucker
      Haunted Memories: Ludolf, Edward
      Hollow: Wolfgang
      PernMUSH: K'nan
      TexMUX: Thomas
      GarouMUSH: Quentin
      Steel Angel: Quentin
      Children of the Moon: Bastian (Sebastian)

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        Sunny @Redbird last edited by

        @redbird

        I am really glad you're still kicking around.

        -Lili@TR

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yUYvyAY954

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          jibberthehut @Redbird last edited by

          @redbird :fist bumps: Good to see you!

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            reimesu Admin @Redbird last edited by

            @redbird DUDE! Good to see you! (Former Prudence and Jo @ The Reach, among other places.

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              Redbird last edited by

              @Sunny @reimesu

              Good to see you both! Not playing on any public games these days because honestly I haven't found any where any RP is actually happening... seems like everyone is going to that Ares website thing for RP these days and I can't get into it.

              Hope you're both well!

              @jibberthehut WE'RE STILL IN CONTACT U DORK πŸ˜‰

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                Ninjakitten @Redbird last edited by

                @redbird It's 100% possible to play an Ares game in a client like any other MU* without ever touching the web portal! At least, I can't currently think of anything you can only do on the web, just a few things you can still only do in the client.

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                  L. B. Heuschkel @Ninjakitten last edited by

                  @ninjakitten Pretty sure there aren't any things you can only do on the web portal. There are things you can only do from a traditional client.

                  http://keys.aresmush.com -- Come to Chincoteague, we have ponies.

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                    Sunny @Redbird last edited by

                    @redbird

                    Yeah, I can’t get into Ares games either, alas. Not everything is using that platform currently, but a lot of games sure are. I am also not presently playing, but I do have a PC on hiatus on Arx. The pandemic has not been kind , but I’m still kicking.

                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yUYvyAY954

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                      Redbird @Sunny last edited by

                      @sunny I tried out Arx... was not a game for me.

                      The pandemic hasn't been kind to anyone except billionaires, alas. Glad to see people are still surviving!

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                        Redbird @Ninjakitten last edited by

                        @ninjakitten Oh, I know, but every Ares game I've been on...

                        There was zero activity on the actual MUSH. I couldn't find anyone to interact with or set up RP with at all, because they just used the website apparently? I don't know how people even got into a scene.

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                          faraday @L. B. Heuschkel last edited by faraday

                          @l-b-heuschkel said in Redbird's Playlist:

                          Pretty sure there aren't any things you can only do on the web portal. There are things you can only do from a traditional client.

                          It's not a technical limitation, it's a cultural one. You can play synchronously in a grid-based scene from the web portal and asynchronously in a temproom scene from the MU client. What matters most is the culture of what the majority of players on that particular game prefer. I've been on plenty of dead pennmush games, but nobody's like: "Wow, nobody's doing anything. PennMUSH really sucks."

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                            Cobalt Tutorialist @Redbird last edited by

                            @redbird said in Redbird's Playlist:

                            @ninjakitten Oh, I know, but every Ares game I've been on...

                            There was zero activity on the actual MUSH. I couldn't find anyone to interact with or set up RP with at all, because they just used the website apparently? I don't know how people even got into a scene.

                            When I was running a game typically, I would be on a client to chat in channels and do any building that needed done, and to run events. But all RP and jobs and the like would be done in the web. I typically found RP by asking on channel or paging people directly.

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                              Ninjakitten @Redbird last edited by

                              @redbird I don't want to end up taking over your playlist with this! But I also don't want you to miss out on games you might actually really like simply because of their codebase. If there's activity on the web-side, it's also on the client-side. It's literally the same place -- it's like looking into the same living room from two different windows. The best ways to find RP really are the same as on a Tiny or Penn game: page people, ask on channels, or check (+)where to see if things are going on that you could drop in to. If there's an open scene already you can use scene/join <number> to jump into it like you might 'jump <place>' to a hangout on a Tiny game. If it was opened in a grid room you can even still just wander the grid into it, but scene/join will work for scenes that are in temproom versions as well. If no one talked on channels or ever did open scenes on the game you tried, that does really suck, but it's not an Ares or 'having a web portal' thing. It's the same as no one talking on a Tiny/Penn game's channels and only doing scenes in private with their friends, and we've all been complaining about that for decades!

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                                L. B. Heuschkel @faraday last edited by

                                @faraday said in Redbird's Playlist:

                                It's not a technical limitation, it's a cultural one. You can play synchronously in a grid-based scene from the web portal and asynchronously in a temproom scene from the MU client. What matters most is the culture of what the majority of players on that particular game prefer. I've been on plenty of dead pennmush games, but nobody's like: "Wow, nobody's doing anything. PennMUSH really sucks."

                                Nah, there are a few things that are easier to do from a client, such as some of the combat commands -- and of course some of Gray Harbor's custom code that hasn't been been ported to the portal (which is obviously not the portal's fault). Myself, I run both -- a client for channel communication and handling combat, writing poses from the web portal where editing is a hella lot easier. πŸ™‚

                                http://keys.aresmush.com -- Come to Chincoteague, we have ponies.

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                                  Cupcake @L. B. Heuschkel last edited by

                                  Olivia from Darkwater here. Good to see you, man.

                                  "If you stand for nothing Burr, what will you fall for?"
                                  -- Hamilton: An American Musical

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                                    Kay @Redbird last edited by

                                    @redbird It is good to see you are still around. <- Kay / Shulkie from Crucible etc etc. Is String Theory good? I haven't MU*d in forever but the urge to RP is starting to hit again.

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                                      Vixanic @Kay last edited by

                                      How did I not know you played Lucas@DW?

                                      As well as all the Groomush stuff (Snaik!), I also played Jade, the Mother of Hounds that Lucas had Issues(tm) with. πŸ˜„

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                                        golgoth @Redbird last edited by

                                        @redbird hey, I played with Barnabas!

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                                          Redbird @golgoth last edited by

                                          @golgoth Who were you!

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                                            Redbird @Vixanic last edited by

                                            @vixanic Lucas was not fond of the Hounds, no. πŸ˜‰

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