For those of you who have played MUDs, what is your favorite? I snuck a few clips of HellMOO in here because it will forever live on in my heart. Also, if you ever see this Matt Mihaly, sorry I'm probably butchering the pronunciation of your last name.
IRE doesn't get nearly enough credit as the origin of this absolute garbage. They also don't get enough credit for pioneering the art of coercing their own players to be unpaid employees, ironically even requiring p2w achievements to qualify to work for them for free. Going beyond the P2W nightmare Achaea also invented the idea of having players be the main devs and content creators without pay, and ironically requiring P2W achievement to even qualify to work for them for free. Truly worthy of a detailed case study on human manipulation. I remember paying $700 of my McDonald's paychecks as a 16yo for a single (text) item that didn't even do anything but was literally just a paywall to be able to PVP. (Achaea OGs will immediately recognize the veil of the sphinx). Hehe I also know exactly who "S" is but only because of the S, as there are many people who match that description. It wasn't just combat either. It also used p2w for roleplay, politics, popularity, etc. You can pay $600 today to be able to emote an extra line of text, and do so in colour!
Criminally underrated and underviewed. Just came from the cyberpunk video and of cpirse dropped a lile and sub. Keep it up 👍 On the topic of the pinned comment, I have never played a MUD but have been interested for years
For those of you who have played MUDs, what is your favorite? I snuck a few clips of HellMOO in here because it will forever live on in my heart. Also, if you ever see this Matt Mihaly, sorry I'm probably butchering the pronunciation of your last name.
Fantastic video and thank you for making this. So many blame Todd without understanding how the "problem" arose in the first place.
IRE doesn't get nearly enough credit as the origin of this absolute garbage. They also don't get enough credit for pioneering the art of coercing their own players to be unpaid employees, ironically even requiring p2w achievements to qualify to work for them for free.
Going beyond the P2W nightmare Achaea also invented the idea of having players be the main devs and content creators without pay, and ironically requiring P2W achievement to even qualify to work for them for free. Truly worthy of a detailed case study on human manipulation.
I remember paying $700 of my McDonald's paychecks as a 16yo for a single (text) item that didn't even do anything but was literally just a paywall to be able to PVP. (Achaea OGs will immediately recognize the veil of the sphinx). Hehe I also know exactly who "S" is but only because of the S, as there are many people who match that description.
It wasn't just combat either. It also used p2w for roleplay, politics, popularity, etc. You can pay $600 today to be able to emote an extra line of text, and do so in colour!
It sounds like a truly wild time. I played later MUDs like HellMoo and never got sucked into paying thankfully.
Criminally underrated and underviewed. Just came from the cyberpunk video and of cpirse dropped a lile and sub. Keep it up 👍
On the topic of the pinned comment, I have never played a MUD but have been interested for years
Achaea is still around and a lot more user friendly. If you want something a bit edgier look for hellmoo offshoots or infernomoo
@@lavalamp505 thanks for the recs, I always heard batmud was the one to check out I'll have to keep these in mind as well
Floaters rise up
The admins of this game made me quit this game for good.
I’ve heard bad things. Its been a looooong time since I really dove into muds
The current admin are the most cancerous people I've ever interacted with in my life
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A real one for that