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I've been yearning for a MUSH community lately, but unfortunately while my old homestead is online it's super quiet. PennMUSH's website went offline this year, and now that particular community is sadly a collection of Internet Archive links on Reddit.

I stumbled across AresMUSH, a "next-gen server platform that brings modern features to MUSH games: a fully-featured web portal and wiki, automated scene logging, [and] web-based character creation" and looks like fun for those who are into free-form text roleplay in an online group setting. The interface is super smooth. You can poke through people's game logs, which satisfies my urge to internet lurk. I like the heavy theming. All the scheduled roleplay scenes are collected into a game-wide calendar.

I really like the traditional MUD/MUSH room/object structure more than the freeform text roleplay aspect. (I'm not complaining, their FAQ warned me.) But this looks like a neat tool for those who enjoy typing.

Done. I am "Fv001".

Done. It looks like the other teammate didn't show up and it closes in 4 hours, oop. I let him know to check his file and added you. Thanks!

https://crawl.develz.org/tournament/0.31/
Tournament time!!!

Hype! Anyone need a (not good) teammate? Seven days to get them set!

Quote from: quinnr on October 02, 2023, 07:51:46 pm

I've been revisiting the Kingdom of Loathing, one of my old internet browser game mainstays. At one point in time there was an active thread here but it's a pretty quiet game now—but the developers release a steady stream of Steam/console games that bring a trickle of players to see the history of the worldbuilding and humor that's very alive in those games.

The gameplay loop is such that there are 13 levels of "main quest" which can be replayed (with a huge amount of end-game content by this point, with new content still added via monthly donation items to this day.) I was quite glad to see that I could still get my time down to my record of 4 days for the main questline. There's been a few changes to the quests over time but I still have most of them scarred into my memory.

And I spotted one of my old clanmates online and caught up in the chat which was special (especially since it's probably 2019 since I last played in earnest and 2020 since I last logged in).

The only bummer is that I used to look forward to getting an anniversary item on my account birthday each year. But once your account is 11 years old they run out of gifts!

I feel like a lot of the old browser-games have dwindled down to an unsustainable player-base (or shut down entirely) and it's definitely left a hole in my gaming habits. Felt nice to pop in to a community with a shared history and language and just catch up.

Really? I thought that died after it came out one of the creators was a sex pest.

Nope, still kicking with about 200 players online at any given time. There were certainly allegations about the remaining member of the game's original development team which I'm sure are archived online. I don't know that individual's level of involvement now as I took my leave from the game around that time as many did, but he's likely still the main owner. Read up before you send money their way. I found a community on their free-to-play browser game for a decade and still appreciated seeing familiar faces.

I've been revisiting the Kingdom of Loathing, one of my old internet browser game mainstays. At one point in time there was an active thread here but it's a pretty quiet game now—but the developers release a steady stream of Steam/console games that bring a trickle of players to see the history of the worldbuilding and humor that's very alive in those games.

The gameplay loop is such that there are 13 levels of "main quest" which can be replayed (with a huge amount of end-game content by this point, with new content still added via monthly donation items to this day.) I was quite glad to see that I could still get my time down to my record of 4 days for the main questline. There's been a few changes to the quests over time but I still have most of them scarred into my memory.

And I spotted one of my old clanmates online and caught up in the chat which was special (especially since it's probably 2019 since I last played in earnest and 2020 since I last logged in).

The only bummer is that I used to look forward to getting an anniversary item on my account birthday each year. But once your account is 11 years old they run out of gifts!

I feel like a lot of the old browser-games have dwindled down to an unsustainable player-base (or shut down entirely) and it's definitely left a hole in my gaming habits. Felt nice to pop in to a community with a shared history and language and just catch up.

I haven't dropped in this thread for years but happy it's still here cause this season is slow! My recommendations/watch-list right now are:

• Bungo Stray Dogs (S5): I only got into this a couple of seasons ago because none of the teaser descriptions really give it justice. It follows a group of young adults who form a "detective agency" to keep the city safe from the mafia, and slowly escalates from a mystery show to flat-out supernatural warfare (the United Nations played a pivotal role in a recent subplot). My favorite bit of flavor is that most of the characters (and their talent) are named after famous authors and their works. I picked up one book to read already. Everyone is ridiculously overpowered to the point that nobody is.
• Sugar Apple Fairy Tale (S2): Fantasy Shoujo about a girl in love with an elf. It's pretty, usually ends on a positive note, but has enough plot that it's interesting and not too trite.
• MASHLE (Magic Muscles) & Reign of the Seven Spellblades: There are so many anime takes on Harry Potter right now and both of these do it better.
• ZOM100 Bucket List of the Dead: SO HYPED for the EMOTIONALLY CHARGED High School of the Dead S2 that we always deserved.
• Link Click (S2): This is a donghua but it's fantastic, mystery and time travel all rolled into one.
• The Gene of AI: Sci-fi "what-if" about sentient life, about a transhumanist doctor helping local neighborhood cyborgs on the daily.
• And if you didn't buy into the Chainsaw Man hype yet, S1 was stellar and the Manga gets updates every few weeks and is still fire. Cannot wait for them to animate the next arc.

Baccano! has a great opening song, and is an excellent series.

Baccano! is one of my all-time favorite anime, it's got such a vibe, it's a self-contained story instead of ending 5 seasons on a cliffhanger, and the opening is so snappy.

Undead Murder Farce is turning out to be pretty interesting so far. MC is a severed head who basically tours around europe with her stooge solving Sherlock Holmes murder mysteries if they were about gothic monsters

This one is 10/10 so far, the first three episodes are an arc so it's easy to get into. There seems to be a bigger plot starting up the last episode, though.

So apparently Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt is getting a long awaited remake/sequel?!

https://youtu.be/G-T6sA_EGXM

I never expected P&S w/ G to ever get anything ever again. It just had one of those Gainax endings that was a legendary final meta joke of how Gainax properties never get proper endings.

My friend and I are hyped for this. Personally I'm praying for a D City Rock remake, or at least a cameo.

Cata "probably doesn't deserve its own thread" for a different reason than most games posted about here, but I can't say it's untrue.

I posted the original thread in 2011 and have peeked in from time-to-time. I was bored and asking for recommendations in a roguelike IRC channel, and the (individual) developer happened to be online. The thread got over 11,000 posts by the end of 2012. Even in 2012 I think it was pretty rare for a polished text-based game to be released, let alone rocket in interest so quickly. I always wonder where the creator ended up and whether he released any other projects. I don't mind the version updates!