Multi-user dungeon: Difference between revisions

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*[[Ultima Online]]

The original MUDs drew their inspiration from paper-and-pencil based games such as [[Dungeons and Dragons]] (hence their name), but over time variants have diversified into other models while retaining the textual format. For example, some variants are called [[MUCK|MUCKS]], [[MUSH|MUSHs]], LPMUDs, and [[MOO|MOOs]].

A [[MUSH]] is often said to mean ''mu''lti-player ''s''hared ''h''allucination. MUSHes descend from the program TinyMUD. MUSHes date back to the early [[1990s]]. They are more directly concerned with role-playing than [[MUD|MUDs]], dispensing with the scoring system and most rules.

Other variants emphasize building by providing players with a powerful [[programming language]] (as in [[MOO]]'s) to make their own objects and rooms, or function as elaborate chat systems with no fantasy trappings.

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* [[FurryMUCK]]

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In the game of [[Contract Bridge]] '''MUD''' is a defensive signalling convention that stands for Middle-Up-Down. A defender who plays his cards in this order is better able to communicate to his partner the number of cards he holds in the suit. The partner is thus able in infer the complete distribution of the suit.