Happy 10th Anniversary SlothMUD III!
Fifteen-years ago, SlothMUD booted up for the first time. Quickly the little mud, operated by a handful of college students gained recognition across the world – from the United States to Russia to Australia and points in between and beyond. The goal in the beginning was to give people a friendly atmosphere in which to play, and a means with which to interact with friends across the globe.
Five years later, SlothMUDIII was born from the ashes with a new owner, and fresh ideas, and a new direction for the MUD. Since August 13, 1997, this direction has been to make SlothMUDIII one of the best MUDs on the internet. With hundreds of players worldwide, a friendly and robust atmosphere, and hours of enjoyment for everyone, SlothMUDIII has risen to the challenge of maintaining a free-to-play system with no donation system for elite equipment and an open-to-all mentality, all while improving game play by leaps and bounds through the years.
With an administration of helpful, diligent, and intelligent coders, SlothMUDIII now boasts eight regular classes plus an elite Avatar class to choose from in a four class system with hundreds of skills and spells to choose from along with thousands of unique items and equipment to make each character special to its owner. In the past ten-years SlothMUDIII has raised the bar for free-to-play MUDs everywhere by adding:
# 100% Original world
* Over 23,500 unique richly described rooms
* Over 8,400 unique mobs
* Over 7,200 unique objects
Completely free to play#
Fast character creation - No approval necessary#
A single player base since 1997 with an average of 40+ online encompassing the world#
* US, Russia, Malaysia, Ukraine, Latvia, Singapore, UK, South Korea, Netherlands, Sweden, Canada, Lithuania, Italy, Germany, Australia, France, Israel, Estonia, Finland, Spain, Belgium, Mexico, Taiwan, and Brazil.
MCCP support (Mud Client Compression Protocol#
MXP support (Mud Extension Protocol)#
MSP support (Mud Sound Protocol)#
Astrological event system(complete solar system simulator with 4 other planets)#
Unique and well thought out magic system (Seven layers of Strata- Channeling, Shaping, Summoning, Healing, Enhancement, Necromancy)#
Innovative experience system(exp can be gained in a variety of ways-#
leading, tanking, grouping, blasting, exploring, healing, questing, etc)
Dedicated Immortal Staff#
Continuous Regeneration System#
Customizable prompts-over 25,000 possible prompts to choose from#
Time spawned mobs creating dynamic world resets#
Dynamic World Map-showing real time movement of our players#
Mob lairs and caches(creatures hide and protect their treasures)#
Full ANSI colour support#
Ingame Aliases#
Ingame Auto Quests#
Immortal Run Quests#
Unique Quest Points & Shops#
Full clan support(clan channels, boards, etc)#
Global boards and player mail( ship items to fellow players, write letters,#
post news stories for everyone to see, etc)
Player files and eq saved continuously#
Dynamic map of Newbatia and Newbie school (watch yourself move around town,#
or help yourself find your guilds)
Multi-Classing from 9 diverse classes including a unique and highly coveted Avatar class#
Five Continents & Three Islands#
* Newbie only Continent
* High level only Continent
Over 400 skills and spells#
Unique vault system#
Dynamic Channels#
* Newbie Channel
* Auction Channel
* Gossip Channel
* Player created channels
Extended Socials and Commands list#
Newbie School and Newbie Helpers (called Isatars)#
Combat Arenas for those who enjoy Player vs Player#
Avatar Meta Shop#
Forging, Enchanting, brewing, trading#
Weekly top 20 lists posted on web site including total exp, deaths, and gold#
Live continent boards listing the top 25 most deadly creatures of that continent#
MUDL - A one of a kind internal programming language that allows Immortals to continually create a dynamic and challenging experience.#
Along with the ingame features of SlothMUDIII, the online recourses of the player maintained website (www.slothmud.org) provides all players with access to a database of items, equipment, autoquests, area maps, and an open forum to communicate to other players anytime, 24/7. The website is dynamic, with live up-to-the-minute lists showing whose online and whose grouping, along with a
dynamic world map to show where players are at any given moment. Finally, using RSS feeds, SlothMUDIII’s enhanced website offers a self-updating live blog of major events taking place in the game world whenever it happens.
SlothMUDIII continues to enjoy its reign as the premier free-to-play MUD as we celebrate ten (10) years of success in the upcoming week. Please, feel free to come join our family of players, and enjoy our rich, robust atmosphere and environment. We welcome you anytime. Visit our website to connect, or log in using your favorite MUD client at slothmud.org port 6101 or at IP Address 209.139.208.64 port 6101.
We look forward to seeing you.
The Administration of SlothMUDIII
**Posted at 3:00 am on August 14th of 1997 on rec.games.mud.diku
Hello everyone,
After months of work, the new version of SlothMUD [Version III] Has
finally been released.
This game introduces many great new concepts to the game, while
retaining the excellent base it was built upon.
Lots of new concepts have been added…
New spells,
Multiple towns and continents
Spellbooks!
Auctioneers will auction items randomly!
Automated arena
…and much more!
We have many great new features coming soon as well…
Best of all, it’s new!
Join up with lots of players who are just starting out as well.
At the time of writing this post, there are over 60 players currently
on the game! All under level 9!
Hurry though, if you wait too long everyone will be much higher level
than you. Join in now, when the game is most exciting!
Also see the web page at www.slothmud.org, though it is a bit out of
date due to the new changes made to the game, it has some great info
about the mud!
seeya on sloth!
Jake
**Posted at 3:00 am on August 14th of 1997 on rec.games.mud.diku
How can you miss this much fun????
Wizards of SlothMUD III
[ Creator ] Jake bugs: mail hayw...@slothmud.org –AFK
[The Goddess] Nia Hmmmm…
[ Demi-god] Ming .
[ma cl th wa] Players
[ 0 1 0 9] Enigma the Untitled
[ 0 0 1 7] Defect will soon be at the top
[ 0 1 0 6] Melkor the IV
[ 0 0 0 6] Blastard <Kaos Warrior>
[ 0 0 0 6] Corum Jhaelen Irsei
[ 0 5 1 0] Mirayah silly warriors… kicks are for trids
[ 0 0 1 5] Cthulhu
[ 0 0 0 5] Desade MULTI me to stats giggle :)
[ 0 1 0 4] Darkeagle leaves for a bit and look what happens!
[ 0 0 1 4] Anger the Untitled
[ 1 4 0 0] Ebony the Untitled
[ 0 1 0 4] Wolverine :P {Sea Monster}
[ 0 4 0 1] Kontroar the Untitled
[ 0 1 3 0] Julk I HATE LAG
[ 0 3 1 0] Pez the Untitled
[ 0 3 0 1] God
[ 0 3 0 1] Trian …
[ 0 0 0 3] Fmh the Untitled
[ 0 3 0 0] Nic will cure and protect you
[ 0 3 0 0] Testament sleep dep ….. brain blubber
[ 0 0 3 0] Gatto …
[ 0 0 0 3] Fin a lowly wa/th
[ 3 0 0 0] Poohz the Untitled
[ 0 3 0 0] Jesus => The Future’s So Bright! <=
[ 0 3 0 0] Ferrus Ferrite
[ 0 0 0 3] Sirrico CHAOS RANGER
[ 0 0 3 0] Zinger the Untitled
[ 0 0 0 3] Hokus pokus
[ 0 3 0 0] Dovi The bear
[ 2 0 0 0] Eos the Untitled
[ 0 2 0 0] Elvin the Friendly Healer.
[ 2 0 0 0] Vorlox the Untitled
[ 0 0 2 0] Nick must be this tall – to attack the city
[ 0 0 2 0] South the beekeeper
[ 2 0 0 0] Jafar remembers you and ATTACKS!!!!
[ 0 0 0 2] Fiction the Untitled
[ 0 2 0 0] James the Untitled
[ 0 2 0 0] Odo the Untitled
[ 0 2 0 0] Tesa the Untitled
[ 0 2 0 0] Speed has lost his eq
[ 0 2 0 0] Jiriki ponders his existance…
[ 0 0 2 0] Lace the Untitled
[ 0 2 0 0] Bael the Untitled
[ 0 0 2 0] Ripple the Untitled
[ 0 1 0 0] Dutchess the Untitled
[ 1 0 0 0] August the Untitled
[ 1 0 0 0] Gluk the Untitled
[ 0 1 0 0] Kamui the Untitled
[ 0 0 0 1] Sarge the Untitled
[ 0 0 0 1] Jethro the Untitled
[ 1 0 0 0] Doctor the Untitled
[ 0 0 0 1] Murk the Untitled
[ 0 1 0 0] Mute the Untitled
[ 1 0 0 0] Gaffney the Untitled
[ 1 0 0 0] Asgulf the Untitled
[ 0 0 0 1] Cow the Untitled
[ 0 0 0 1] Kirt the Untitled
[ 0 1 0 0] Slip the Untitled
There are 61 visible players.
Largely thanks to you Splork! Thanks for being such a great admin.
Thanks Akasha and Krom and everyone else who makes our alternate reality such a fabulous place to live.
congratz! long live slothmud!
:)
and Kj, however misguided he may be :lol:
Congrats Slothmud: Imms and Admins and Players alike. This really is an excellent place to be.
It’s amazing to think of all the changes that have been discussed, argued, and implemented over the years. Sloth III was a very different game than Sloth II, but it’s also become a very different game now than it was in 1997. Congratulations again, these 10 years have been a wonderful accomplishment.
Allow me to thank all of you who continue to play in our lil corner of alternate-reality.
We (the current and previous crew of immortals) might make the game world an interesting and creative place to spend your time, but without you the players, all our efforts would be for naught.
So my personal thanks to the players for continuing to give us a reason to make new stuff for you to do, and to all the creators (past and present) who continue to make sure Sloth is alive.
Akasha
I’m ready for sloth IV, can we do that now ? Player wipe, eq restricts fixed, pk continent. Yes yes, please.
Congrats Slothmud: Imms and Admins and Players alike. This really is an excellent place to be..[/quote:jmlb8nry]
Now is when I remind everyone that Charles is the one who showed me Sloth those 10yrs ago.. So … remember that next time you see him.. and thank him accordingly :twisted:
Muahahahahaha
13 writes:
[quote:t3tshpwv] pk continent. Yes yes, please.
[/quote:t3tshpwv]
August 14, 2007 -I’m actually with you on this one.
:twisted:
Autolycos admitted:
[quote:2frrlgni]Now is when I remind everyone that Charles is the one who showed me Sloth those 10yrs ago.. So … remember that next time you see him.. and thank him accordingly[/quote:2frrlgni]
Post his email.. I wanna spam him with midget porn
[quote:2frrlgni]SlothMud III … the ultimate in DIKUMUD! The most active, intricate, exciting MUD of its kind. This multiplayer text-based online fantasy game is enjoyed continuously by players worldwide. With over 23,500 uniquely described rooms, 8,300 distinct creatures, 12,200 characters,[/quote:2frrlgni]
Well actually, 45 characters and Brad :twisted:
Damn, I was really trying to write a good post. I edited it like 10 times, but it always turned out to be a little too emotional. Well, still… I’m glad I met you all, guys.
So, I’d like to congratulate everyone and thank the imms for all the job they’ve done. I enjoyed playing this game.
Damn, I was really trying to write a good post. I edited it like 10 times, but it always turned out to be a little too emotional. [/quote:2gshppf7]
Poor widow…feeling guilty about skinning your pet bear to make a new hat? Sloth isn’t the same without your caustic rants…visit!
And I also would like to thank all the imms and creative players that have made it way to easy to watch days fly by! You continually amaze.
You know how I know you’re gay ?
You know because it takes one to know one?
laugh :twisted:
enlighten me, hillbilly bob.
because there ain’t no girls on a pirate ship
Two words:
Monkeys
and
Parrots
Two words:
Monkeys
and
Parrots[/quote:38s35dc4]
Wooden legs and hooks?
it happens from time to time.
I guess I need to find a scanner and scan all the pix from the last DoW meeting in rl. Was fun.
Here you go buddy!!!!
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Tap wears diapers?!!?
<Chaos>
“Birth was the death of him” –Samuel Beckett
That wasn’t beef stew you ate last night.Only thing that bothers me is that I don’t remember eating any corn.
Anywho…
:roll:
Tap wears diapers?!!?
Nah that wasnt Tap, that pic looked too manly to be him.
If there was ever a thread that didn’t need our endless spam, this is it. Could these posts be moved to somewhere more appropriate?
they wont ban tap because they’re pussies
that’s a huge difference between sloth2 and sloth3
the admin pretty much let us police ourselves now until
someone tells Clink on me
Besides being sort of annyonying what is it that makes Tap a problem?
Personally i find him more entertaining than some other blowhard posters on the crier.
There are several of you that if I had the chance id love to make you shut up and go away, but then that doesnt make any sense either.
Your also free to speak as you wish, just as Tap is.
No one is tying anyone to a chair and forcing you to read Taps comments.
Actually I respect Tap for keeping equally verbal blowhard or 2 in check from running their own mouths too much.
Broc
[quote:3e32w84u]13
PostPosted: Aug 18, 2007 - 05:50 AM Post subject: RE: Happy 10th Anniversary SlothMUD III!
they wont ban tap because they’re pussies
that’s a huge difference between sloth2 and sloth3
the admin pretty much let us police ourselves now until
someone tells Clink on me[/quote:3e32w84u]
That’s definitely the wrong attitude to have. It’s shame that some here take me so seriously when I myself don’t take myself serious at all. Well except for last night, when I took myself serious-like but this is a pg-13 thread.
Oh, my point, granted I myself may get out of line from time to time, some of you bunghole’s (mainly people named after numbers) really get bent out of shape over nothing. The thing that adds to the atmosphere is the ‘poking and prodding’ of your fellow PC { that means player character for you numbered people}. I’m no saint by any means but I have not went out my way to ruin anyone’s gameplay here and even when Hades wasn’t pstealing, cause he wasn’t a pthief, the fact that some people would rent or go sit at the inn in fact, gave me choice to overlook those
people and/or rent and log a different char. Hell, most of you ingame group with me { or rather I group with you :twisted: } without any conflict whatsoever. So in the immortal words of Rodney Dangerfield," can’t we all just get along?"
they wont ban tap because they’re pussies
that’s a huge difference between sloth2 and sloth3
the admin pretty much let us police ourselves now until
someone tells Clink on me[/quote:33j0e4z2]
Hmm, I just composed a nice lengthy reply to this, but decided better of it. If you would like me to start policing and censoring and punishing, I can. I can be Nia’s evil twin. It might actually help me relieve some frustations in my RL by taking it out on the mud.
But I won’t do that.
Guess I’m a pussy then aren’t I……………..
Aka
So in the immortal words of Rodney Dangerfield," can’t we all just get along?"[/quote:2f2vib4v]
Check your quotes bub, that was Rodney King, during the LA Riots in 1992.
Dangerfields catchphrase is kinda appropriate for you though “I don’t get no respect” :twisted:
Tap isn’t posting random irrelevant cr@p all over the place as he was in [one of] his other persona Hades, and that is a welcome relief. Of course Tap still gets a lot of cr@p because of what he did as Hades.. in time that may fade. umm.. I was going to make a point but I forget what it was now..
ok bye.
hah
[quote:3jospql4]13
PostPosted: Aug 18, 2007 - 10:39 PM Post subject: RE: Happy 10th Anniversary SlothMUD III!
hah[/quote:3jospql4]
[img:3jospql4]http://www.evilmilk.com/pictures/Whore-mouth.jpg[/img:3jospql4]
how to win friends and influence people. :shock:
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Disregard Prev post..again :oops:
I didn’t mean to say anything specific about Tap. I just think that this thread deserved some respect. I couldn’t care less about Tap, other than to say we already have threads for the content he posts.
Thanks immorts both past and present for all your efforts, and for putting up with the abuse that is sometimes thrown at you. Also thanks to Jake whom I believe is still supporting the hosting of SlothMud.
And here’s to the next 10 years. Cheers.
Adjutor (mike) from maryland got me started and addicted the fall of 1994
and I have been enjoying the game ever since.
Thanks very much for it all.
Broc/Mosaix/Endor/Osaka
[quote:3l36yd64]Avatar
PostPosted: Aug 19, 2007 - 06:03 PM Post subject: Threads
I didn’t mean to say anything specific about Tap. I just think he deserved some respect. He’s pretty cool and takes alot of heat for nothing.I am glad we have threads for the content he posts.[/quote:3l36yd64]
Thanks dude, that really means alot :P
Thanks to all the admin for tirelessly working to run and improve Sloth, even when changes aren’t well received. And thanks to all the players that continue to keep this mud a great place to be.
In 98 I was introduced to Slothmud by my friend Rick(splork) I was instantaineously hooked. I’ve enjoyed slothmudIII over the years as a place to go to get away from reality for awhile.
Currently, I have alot of stuff going on in RL, which makes no time for sloth. From working full time, to running a business on the side, and enjoying my time with my wife. I’ve enjoyed playing with all of you, but there comes a time when one must say goodbye to sloth, and I think that time has come for me. I know I’ve said it in the past, and i’ll never really leave. As for gameplay however I’m done. I’ll pop on from time to time to say hi ,etc.
Regards,
Steve (Popa)
I cracked my seal on Sloth II played for a while, quit came back and played Sloth III quit for a while, came back again…….etc…..When ive got nothing better to do its good to come back and say hi to some old friends. smoke
i guess i started playing in ‘94 because my buddy from high school, diazz,
introduced me to the CS lab and all the sloth bums contained therein. i have
taken a couple years off in the middle i guess, but it’s like Heck says.
[/addicted]