Armageddon General Discussion Board

How do I connect to the game?

How do I create an account?

How do I connect to the game?

You can connect to the game by using a telnet client or a MUD client and connect to...
address: ginka.armageddon.org
port: 4050

Telnet is one of the basic internet protocols that has been in use since the 70s. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telnet

Different MUD clients to use:
There are many free mud clients out there that give you more features like:

• Automatic logging of a play session
• Spellcheck
• More Macros and Triggers
• Auto Mapping

I recommend these three:

• Mudlet
• MUSHclient
• atlantis for mac

There's an interesting thread about MUDLET here:
https://gdb.armageddon.org/index.php/topic,53737.0.html
One of our players has made some add-ons for Mudlet specific for ArmageddonMUD, which may be super helpful.

MUDlet is found here:
https://www.mudlet.org/

MUSHclient is found here:
http://www.gammon.com.au/downloads/dlmushclient.htm

Atlantis is found here:
http://www.riverdark.net/atlantis/

How do I create an account?


After you download a mud client, you need to tell it to connect to the work.
The HOST or SERVER is the address where the game runs: ginka.armageddon.org
The PORT is specific to our game: 4050

This is the main screen:
(https://i.imgur.com/ZYgq5sk.png)

You need to create an account.  Type "N" to create a new account.  It will ask you to create a username for your account.
The account structure is how you keep track of all the characters you've played.  It's also a way that the staff can communicate with you, either through email or through the request tool on the website.  Here's a link to the request tool: http://armageddon.org/request/new.php

After you create a new account username, it will ask for an email address.   It is suggested to not use a hotmail email address.
(https://i.imgur.com/6ua4c1j.png)

Next, it will ask if you want to turn on ANSI colors.  Type 'Yes' and press enter, as most clients use ANSI.
(https://i.imgur.com/QZAdhQp.png)

After that, it will ask you to fill in a survey as to how you discovered ArmageddonMUD.  It helps us know if our publicity is working.
(https://i.imgur.com/BZyaMz8.png)

Finally, it goes right into the create character option in the menu, and starts going through the process to create a character.
(https://i.imgur.com/oujhT4E.png)
You don't have to create a character immediately!
Just disconnect.  You should receive an email from Armageddon MUD <mud@ginka.armageddon.org> with your temporary password for your account.