Date: Sat, 5 Apr 1997 21:37:21 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199704060237.VAA26969@mail2.access.digex.net> Reply-To: Edward Cherlin Sender: Lojban list From: Edward Cherlin Subject: Re: MUD/MUSH/MOO? X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Logical Language Group X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 1830 X-From-Space-Date: Sat Apr 5 21:37:22 1997 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU Nick Summers wrote: >Mark E. Shoulson wrote: > >> I would prefer a MUD... > >> There used to be a Lojban room on MediaMOO.. > >> ...Lojban environment, but a MUSH... > >I'm sorry, forgive my ignorance. What the hell are we talking about >here? MUD? MOO? MUSH? MUD Multi-User Dimension MOO MUD Object-Oriented MUSH Multi-User Shared Hallucination The names don't tell you much, do they? Shall we try to Lojbanize them? All three of these varieties started out as servers which accept multiple simultaneous telnet logins for players of cooperative and competitive role-playing adventure games. Many use the Dungeons & Dragons model, while others have different settings and purposes. M*s are also used as chat centers and in educational simulations. I'm working with Zugg (Mike Potter), author of the highly regarded zMUD client, on a project, and I have been following the development of the MUD++ server. We could probably talk to Mike about a Lojban translation of zMUD, and we could certainly set up a MUD which allowed the user to see either Lojban or English descriptions and help files, and used both Lojban and English commands. The Internet Go Server, which is not a MUD, provides English, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese user interfaces. -- Edward Cherlin cherlin@newbie.net Everything should be made Vice President Ask. Someone knows. as simple as possible, NewbieNet, Inc. __but no simpler__. http://www.newbie.net/ Attributed to Albert Einstein -- Edward Cherlin cherlin@newbie.net Everything should be made Vice President Ask. Someone knows. as simple as possible, NewbieNet, Inc. __but no simpler__. http://www.newbie.net/ Attributed to Albert Einstein