Talk:MUME

The only source not mentioned at the AFD seems to be Net Games. Google books doesn't provide a preview; how much coverage is there? —Korath (Talk) 19:15, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

I'd call it a short review, most of a page if I recall correctly. I have the treeware at home and will check on it. I don't believe it could justifiably be called trivial coverage; it's certainly not just something like (for example) MUME's mudlist entry in the back of Playing MUDs on the Internet that I didn't bother adding. —chaos5023 (talk) 23:23, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Also note that the AfD mentions, and dismisses, a review at TMC (appropriately, IMO). The TMC reference currently present is an award page, which is editorially produced, and reliable where a user-generated review is not. —chaos5023 (talk) 23:30, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Here's the full text:

MUME IV Multi-Users in Middle Earth, or MUME, simulates Tolkien's world of Middle Earth. Sauron's a mobile. The orcs and trolls support each other, and the "whities"—elves, dwarves, humans, and hobbits—are forced to defend their town from daily orc attacks, commonly referred to as "orc and whitie wars."

Role-playing is encouraged, but this is primarily an adventure and combat MUD. You need to acquire a set amount of travel points (leave the town and explore other areas) and experience points (kill mobiles or players) to advance, and that's exactly what most players are intensely focused on.

There are more than 25 levels in the game. Advice: If you're new to the MUD, don't play an orc. Most orcs are experienced players, and since orcs and trolls are on a different chat channel from the other players, you'll be cut off from communication with other newbies. ✓INTERNET→telnet 128.178.77.5 4242→ <your character's name>→<y or n>→<your password>→<your password>→<f or m>→<your race>→<your class>→<your alignment>

Stats

• Difficulty: complex
• Competition: live
• Number of players: 1+
• Interface: ASCII
• Server: DIKU
• Platforms: all

Commands

• To get information, type: help
• To send a public query, type: narrate <your question>
• To get a list of gods online, type: who ainur
• To get a list of the points required for each level, type: level

Not a hideously deep treatment or anything, but meaningful, I think. It's a good bit more than the book gives a number of nearby topics. —chaos5023 (talk) 01:22, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Possible Sources

I'm just listing possible sources. I'm not sure which ones are appropriate. Kallimina (talk) 15:49, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

http://www.lordotrings.com/artmedia/mume.asp - This is a LoTR fan site that lists it. Can we use fan sites for Notability? Kallimina (talk) 15:49, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

http://www.lysator.liu.se/tolkien-games/entry/mume.html - Verification for when it opened? This seems to be an independent source.