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[musashi]

I actually have a friend that refuses to check the game out because he dislikes Dark Sun so much. :\

I wouldn't try the game for years after I heard about it because I didn't like the idea of bastard elves and hairless dwarves and all desert with no metal.

... ... ... Then I took one hit ... you know, just to say I'd done it ...

[jcljules]

I avoided the game because the title was Armageddon and because I read that there were giant insects. I assumed it was either a "Left Behind" MUD gone terribly wrong or a post-earth-apocalypse where radiation had fucked things up. 

[Solifugid]

...or a post-earth-apocalypse where radiation had fucked things up.

Funnily enough, that's the reason I first looked it over.

[Spice Spice Baby]

...or a post-earth-apocalypse where radiation had fucked things up.

Funnily enough, that's the reason I first looked it over.

I gave Arm a pass the first time I read about it because the way it was mentioned made it sound like a porno-ridden sex game. Wish I could find that article again.

[FantasyWriter]

Arm was the first time I'd ever mud, not counting single players back in the day, but that's not really a mud.

[MarshallDFX]

Arm was the first time I'd ever mud, not counting single players back in the day, but that's not really a mud.

What would that be.. a "D"?

And yeah, I looked it over because I said "post-nuclear-sex-roleplay!  Awesome!  Oh-.. Darn.  Oh well, give it a shot".

[Northlander]

Arm was the first time I'd ever mud, not counting single players back in the day, but that's not really a mud.

What would that be.. a "D"?

And yeah, I looked it over because I said "post-nuclear-sex-roleplay!  Awesome!  Oh-.. Darn.  Oh well, give it a shot".

This reminds me that the term "Interactive Fiction" might do very well on a poster blurb. It'd turn the head of most anyone who was around in the golden days of clever games and warm their fuzzy little hearts.

[solera]

I avoided the game because the title was Armageddon and because I read that there were giant insects. I assumed it was either a "Left Behind" MUD gone terribly wrong or a post-earth-apocalypse where radiation had fucked things up. 

Isn't it?

[Xagon]

Well, there are a lot of people out there that don't know what MUDs are.  Some of them may have a preconceived notion about MUDs, or have only tried a couple of hack'n'slash in their time.  Depending on where you are leaving these, you may want to try to capture certain groups that might be looking for a high-quality RP experience:

> WoW players, especially those that play on RP servers.

"Not finding the type of RP experience you want on WoW RP servers?  Come try a -real- RP experience at Armageddon MUD.

> People that might be looking for, or have been in, D&D or gaming groups.

"Wish you could find good RP at any hour of the day?  Become a part of the Armageddon MUD.

> People that are already used to, or prefer, a textual environment (i.e. avid readers, fantasy fans)

"Wish you could play a part in a living novel?  Take your best stab at Armageddon MUD."

> Poor gamers that are looking for free/low cost ways to have fun.

"Armageddon MUD -- the best RP environment you'll never pay for."

> People frustrated by gaming groups or RPG's that don't provide them with a mature/serious RP environment.

"In-Character all the time?  So are we, at Armageddon MUD."

> Challenges to people's ability to RP.

"Think you can role-play?  Prove it -- at Armageddon MUD."

> Challenges to people's choice of RP environment.

"Trying to find good RP on WoW is like trying to ice skate uphill.  Try a -real- RP game with Armageddon MUD."

Just a few examples, and certainly nothing more than 5-minute attempts to demonstrate what I mean.

-LoD

That blurb about D&D frustrates me a little. The players at my weekly sessions refuse to play on the basis it has no graphics. Even after I explained the game to them in D&D terms (Using Dark Sun numbers, etc.)

WoW RP?

> emote randomly jumps.
> emote as @ lands, they lift off the ground again.
> emote jumps once more.

[Jdr]

The green, tusked man says, in orcish,
      "kek"

The green, tusked man leaves to the south, jumping as he goes.

[mansa]

I like LoD's blurbs.

Can someone finish up the blurbs and polish it up, about 3 paragraphs, and then put them on Biscuits's poster?

[mansa]

Want to join in a living novel?

Roleplaying In-Character all the time?

From your own computer?

And it's free?


Armageddon MUD
http://www.armageddon.org

[Rhyden]

Do you like sand? Lots, and lots, and lots of sand?

[KankWhisperer]

Said more eloquently by Mr. Robert Downy Jr:

I'm a Dude Playing a Dude, Disguised as Another Dude.

[mansa]

This thread is now about Armageddon Slogans.

[Xeran Van Houten]

In soviet ArmageddonMUD, Characters create you!

Sorry, had to do it...

[Cutthroat]

You say, in sirihish:
     "Damnit. Sand got in my boots."

You take off your pair of chalton leather boots.

You feel a faint tugging on your belongings.

You are carrying:
nothing

Hey, at least they didn't kill you for them.

ArmageddonMUD
ginka.armageddon.org:4050

[mansa]

I want a poster like this:

[DustMight]

I want a poster like this:

Hey, it worked the first time!

Seriously, though.  That would be so damn retro - hardcore RPers would jump all over it.

[mansa]

ANYONE?
ANYONE?

[Potaje]

on it!

[Fathi]

When you care enough to give the very best, say it with MSPaint.

[Ocotillo]

...love.

[Potaje]

Removed for adjustments

[Riev]

Why not just come right out and say "It's like playing a Pen and Paper, only in a constant world."

Replace Pen and Paper with whatever floats your boat.

We're advertising to people never having played a MUD, or have only played Hack and Slash before. What keeps most people in, is the perma-death and role-play required atmosphere. Past that, anyone that doesn't play obviously just wants their +10 Krakadoom Warhammer.