Multi-Users in Middle-earth
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| Platform(s) | Platform independent |
| Release | 1992 |
| Genre(s) | MUD |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
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Multi-Users in Middle-earth (MUME) is a player versus player MUD, a text-based online role-playing game set in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth as described in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.[1][2][3] Multi-Users in Middle-earth was started in 1991[4] by Philippe Rochat at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, who was soon joined by Claude Indermitte, Pier Donini, and David Gay.[5] The game was released in 1992[6] and is one of the earliest offsprings of DikuMUD still running.[7]
Game characteristics[edit]
The game is set during Middle-earth's late Third Age, taking place nearly 100 years prior to The Hobbit and running through the entire events narrated within The Lord of the Rings.[2][8] The world includes many locations across Middle-earth such as Eriador, the Blue Mountains, the Grey Havens, the Shire, Bree, Fornost, Tharbad, Rivendell[4], Goblin Town, and the Mines of Moria.[5] The world design is based on maps from Middle-earth Role Playing using a gridding process[5] to accurately follow the scale of Tolkien's maps.[8]
Multi-Users in Middle-earth is known for its player versus player[6][9][10] where players choose avatars to role-play the conflict and war between the armies of the Free peoples and the forces of the Dark Lord.[1] Players are able to play as an elf, dwarf, human, hobbit, orc, or troll to fight both players and non-player characters.[1] These adventures reward players with the experience and travel points necessary to level their character and attain additional power.[1]
Development[edit]
Multi-Users in Middle-earth uses the engine of DikuMUD[1][7] while the mudlib is Mudlle, a custom scripting language developed by David Gay and Gustav Hållberg.[5]
Reception[edit]
In April 1998, Multi-Users in Middle-earth was selected as The Mud Connector's Mud of the Month.[5] In a September 2000 interview with Raph Koster[9], the lead designer of Ultima Online and the chief creative officer of EverQuest II, lists Multi-Users in Middle-earth as one of the games that influenced him as a game designer by "doing such interesting things with player conflict". Multi-Users in Middle-earth was regarded by TotalBiscuit as his favorite MUD[11] and harder than Dark Souls with "crazy [...] Absolutely insane" PvP.[10] In November 2017, Multi-Users in Middle-earth creator Pier Donini was selected by the podcast Roguelike Radio to join the discussion panel on MUDs.[12]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Maloni, Kelly; Baker, Derek; Wice, Nathaniel (1994). Net Games. Random House / Michael Wolff & Company, Inc. pp. 78–79. ISBN 0-679-75592-6.
MUME IV Multi-Users in Middle Earth, or MUME, simulates Tolkien's world of Middle Earth. Sauron's a mobile. The orcs and trolls support each other, and the "whities" – elves, dwarves, humans, and hobbits – are forced to defend their town from daily orc attacks, commonly referred to as "orc and whitie wars." Role-playing is encouraged, but this is primarily an adventure and combat MUD. You need to acquire a set amount of travel points (leave the town and explore other areas) and experience points (kill mobiles or players) to advance, and that's exactly what most players are intensely focused on. There are more than 25 levels in the game. Advice: If you're new to the MUD, don't play an orc. Most orcs are experienced players, and since orcs and trolls are on a different chat channel from the other players, you'll be cut off from communication with other newbies. [...] Server: Diku Platforms: all
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Greenman, Ben; Maloni, Kelly; Cohn, Deborah; Spivey, Donna (1996). Net Games 2. Michael Wolff & Company, Inc. p. 247. ISBN 0-679-77034-8.
MUME [...] The action takes place in the late Third Age, before The Hobbit and after the loss of the One Ring by Sauron. The key of Erebor was just found by Gandalf and all the epic tales narrated in The Lord of the Rings may take place.
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- ↑ Nayar, Pramod K. (2010). An Introduction to New Media and Cybercultures. Wiley. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-405181-67-9.
Expanding the possibility of social spaces of information are multi-user domains or MUDs. These are parallel worlds where "players" engage in role-playing. [...] MUME (Multi-Users in Middle Earth, [...] based on J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wolf, Mark J. P. (2017). The Routledge Companion to Imaginary Worlds. Taylor & Francis. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-317268-28-4.
It is, for example, possible to create a version of Tolkien's Middle-earth where the user can indeed fight a Balrog and explore Rivendell without the need to provide the details for these encounters themselves. The earliest example of this was MUME (Multiple Users in Middle Earth), a text-based multi-user computer game from 1991. Though still based in text, MUME allows users to create representations of themselves, or avatars, which may explore and interact with the world; they may select directions to move in, and actions to take encountering elements or inhabitants in the world.
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- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "April '98 Mud of the Month". The Mud Connector. Archived from the original on 29 Apr 1998. Retrieved 12 Aug 2020.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Robb, Brian J.; Simpson, Paul (2013). Middle-earth Envisioned: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings: On Screen, On Stage, and Beyond. Race Point Publishing. p. 4088. ISBN 978-1-937994-27-3.
Thanks to the wider availability of computers, Tolkien fans have been able to create their own unofficial and unlicensed computer games, sometimes filling the gaps left by the official releases. [...] Multi-User Middle-earth or MUME (1992), [...] sets out to explore aspects of "nonlethal player conflict" where the majority of players are prohibited from killing other players.
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- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "A Historical DikuMUD List". The Last Outpost. Retrieved 12 Aug 2020.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "MUME: Multi Users in Middle Earth". Tolkien Games. Archived from the original on 14 Jun 2016. Retrieved 12 Aug 2020.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Raph Koster Interview". VaultNetwork. Retrieved 12 Aug 2020.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 BBC 3 interviews TotalBiscuit about online harassment and gaming. BBC 3. Retrieved 12 Aug 2020 – via YouTube.
- ↑ @Totalbiscuit (Aug 20, 2012). "@djWHEAT favourite MUD was MUME, Multi-Users in Middle Earth. I played a troll. If a Troll got caught in sunlight it deleted your character" (Tweet). Retrieved 12 Aug 2020 – via Twitter.
- ↑ Mark Johnson (November 21, 2017). "Episode 141: MUDs". Roguelike Radio (Podcast). N/A. Event occurs at 12:57. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
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