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A screenshot from Genocide showing the War Complex.. Genocide's gameplay is based around "wars", sessions of PvP conflict, that restart at frequent intervals. [2] Character development as it is normally known on MUDs is completely absent, with the only advantages that experienced players have consisting of knowledge of the game structure. [2]
Genocide, an LPMud launched in 1992, was a pioneer in PvP conflict as the first "pure PK" MUD, [4] removing all non-PvP gameplay and discarding the RPG-style character development normally found in MUDs in favor of placing characters on an even footing, with only player skill providing an advantage. [5]
The MUD's title; if it has had more than one title, the most recent title. Disambiguation is included only when MUDs in this list have the same title. Founded The date the MUD was founded or first made publicly accessible. Closed The date the MUD ceased to be publicly accessible. A blank entry indicates the MUD continues to operate. Business model
Other differences compared to traditional MMORPGs include strictly PvP-only areas, a relatively short playtime requirement to access end-game content, instant world travel, and strategic PvP. The game is designed around the max level cap of level 20, so players will not run into the level-spreading problem when grouping.
It is also used as a verb, with to mud meaning to play or interact with a MUD and mudding referring to the act of doing so. [92] A mudder is, naturally, one who MUDs. [ 93 ] Compound words and portmanteaux such as mudlist , mudsex , and mudflation [ 94 ] are also regularly coined.
LPMud, abbreviated LP, is a family of multi-user dungeon (MUD) server software. Its first instance, the original LPMud game driver, was developed in 1989 by Lars Pensjö (the LP in LPMud). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] LPMud was innovative in its separation of the MUD infrastructure into a virtual machine (termed the driver ) and a development framework ...
MUD2 is the successor of MUD1, Richard Bartle's pioneering Multi-User Dungeon. MUD2 is not a sequel to MUD1, instead being a heavily updated version of MUD1 (MUD1 is officially version 3 of the codebase, MUD2 is version 4) - with the engine being implemented in C, featuring significantly more content than MUD1, and uses a flexible object-oriented scripting language (MUDDLE) to define content ...
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