EDIT: Includes the occasional MUSH, where noted.
To make things a bit easier, I’ve decided to rank all the MUDs I’ve played (excluding those that are no longer active) in order of quality of roleplay.
These are all at least SOMEWHAT worth your time…the lower you go, the less so. Anything on here has at least SOME value, though…as there are dozens if not hundreds of MUDs I’ve played that range from mediocre down to so-bad-they’re-not-even-worthy-of-mention. Sort of like how I don’t review sh1t movies anymore (besides zombies, d@mn them!)…if it’s between wretched and at least of slight quality, there’s only so many ways to say “This is a really bad movie.”
EDIT, 9/12/15: Everything on TMC’s Top 20 has been tried. If it doesn’t appear here, it’s not worth your time (for roleplay). It may be worth your hack n slash, pure PK, or other time(s)…but not roleplay.
EDIT, 9/12/15: A little more than halfway through every “Roleplay-Enforced” MUD listed on TMC. Sad but true. Please, four more.
The fact this list isn’t complete shows you I have high standards! Make use of that.
Note these are ranked according to QUALITY OF ROLEPLAY. They may be (and some certainly are) deficient in other areas (helpfiles, player/imm courtesy, ease of functions, etc…)
1) Armageddon
2) Harshlands
3) The Inquisition: Legacy
4) Burning Post II
5) No Return (MUSH)
6) N/A
7) N/A
8) N/A
9) Forgotten Kingdoms
10) N/A
T-11th) Any other MU(x). The law of averages insists there’s at least one good roleplayer SOMEWHERE on a given MU(x). Maybe you have to wait a month. *shrug* But I’m not gonna spend 20 hours to find The One *R* on every single otherwise mediocre-at-best MU(x). If you *CAN* find them, STICK TO THEM LIKE GLUE.
After this, to be honest, they do tend to get a little f@cken boring.
That’s why I stopped!
Last updated: 12/29/15