Games - WoTMUD

	Games - WoTMUD

WoTMUD is a MUD or Multi-User Dungeon based on The Wheel of Time fantasy fiction books by Robert Jordan.

The Wheel of Time MUD, or wotmud, is an online role playing game based on Robert Jordan's series where players can hone their skills to be a heroic warrior, wield angreal as an Aes Sedai with the One Power, sharpen their knife as a Trolloc or serve the Seanchan Empress, awaiting the Corenne. The Wheel of Time MUD was created in 1993 by "Flash", and has since been maintained and updated by a large list of contributors. Its high point was in the fall of 2003, when 230 players connected simultaneously, making it one of the most popular MUDs of that year. The Wheel of Time MUD has personal permission from Robert Jordan to use the "Wheel of Time" theme, and has been featured on a range of websites throughout the net.

One feature that distinguishes the Wheel of Time MUD from others, aside from its theme, is the unrestricted player-killing, also known as "pk" or "pvp" (player vs. player). Beginners are not given any special protection, nor is player-killing restricted to certain areas or level ranges. The Wheel of Time MUD argues that this feature moves the game beyond a pure roleplay game (where you can pretend to be dangerous) to a more realistic form of roleplay (where in order to pretend to be dangerous, you actually have to be competent).

A brief History of WoTMUD

WoTMUD, based on Robert Jordan’s still-unfinished “Wheel of Time” series, was started in 1993 by owner Flash and several others. It has come an incredibly long way from it’s fairly humble beginnings and now operates under its own unique code base. Starting with essentially one playerlist which encompassed both available races (Human and Trolloc), it eventually grew to the point where the races were officially separated, gaining their own separate “who” lists, separate global channels and languages, which helped greatly in adding to the overall experience of fighting for either “Good” or “Evil” by better segregating the players. In late 2001 plans were well underway for the addition of a new race to the mix known as the Seanchan. Characters were selected from the then Light Side (LS) population based on applications made by them to become the first official members of the Seanchan race, whose main job would be that of both testing and easing the new side into the working atmosphere of the MUD. A little less than a year later the Seanchan side (SS) was opened up as an available race for selection during character creation, and the gradual implementation of three clans helped to integrate this new race into both the roleplay and playerkill sections of the MUD. The playerbase size peaked at around this time (early 2003) with as many as 230 players logging on at any one time

What WoTMUD is about

WoTMUD is an unrestricted player-killing (PK) MUD (Definition of a MUD: a Multi-user dungeon/domain/dimension is an online, text-based gaming environment with all aspects of gameplay including player interactions taking place via text and textual commands). While it has a reputation as a “non-handholding” MUD, a great deal is done to cater for newer players to help immerse them into the game environment as smoothly and effectively as possible. Despite being tailored for player-killing, roleplay (RP) is also highly encouraged, with several clans on offer that are almost exclusively dedicated to roleplay and its many facets. Recent additions to the Light Side include side trades such as mining, winemaking and pelt making, and a new guild system that allows characters to become an apprentice weaponsmith or crafter by journeying to one of the guild grand masters dotted about the MUD. With time and effort skilled weaponsmiths have the ability to develop mid-grade weapons of their chosen specialisation, which they can either sell or use themselves.

The player-killing itself is diverse and can come from a multitude of sources. It goes without saying that the three Sides are at continual war with each other, the Light Side fighting a war on two fronts: in the west against the invading Seanchan and the north against the marauding Trolloc Horde. The Light Side also suffers from continual inter-clan wars started for a variety of reasons, not to mention there is the presence of murderers, bandits and darkfriends.

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