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Michael McCarthy (rat...@maths.tcd.ie) wrote:
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: I just heard a couple of people in this group talk about TSN. It sounds
: like some sort of MUD. Could anyone elaborate on that or correct me ?
: 
: Michael.

What's MUD?

Marshall

In article <1993May7.1...@maths.tcd.ie> rat...@maths.tcd.ie (Michael McCarthy) writes:
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>
>I just heard a couple of people in this group talk about TSN. It sounds
>like some sort of MUD. Could anyone elaborate on that or correct me ?
>
>Michael.
In Canada, it is sort for The Sports Network.
It's a television station with sports 24 hours a day

In article <1993May7.1...@maths.tcd.ie>, rat...@maths.tcd.ie (Michael McCarthy) writes...
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> 
>I just heard a couple of people in this group talk about TSN. It sounds
>like some sort of MUD. Could anyone elaborate on that or correct me ?
> 
>Michael.

Okay TSN can kinda be called a MUD.  The intials stand "The Sierra Network".
Setup be Sierra On-Line, TSN is a multiplayer game network.  There are currently
three lands and a common clubhouse for users.  In the clubhouse are things like 
chess, checkers, bridge, hearts, and other board games.  There are also Bulletin
Boards on a variety of subjects (the most popular are the computer game and
software boards), plus a conference room where groups can hold meetings over TSN
  You can also just sit around the clubhouse and talk to other users.  
Sierraland has more action games, with a On-Line Red Baron flight sim (you can
fly head to head across the nation), plus other games.  Larryland is the adult
entertainment area based on the Leisure Suit Larry series, with gambling type
games, and a bar where you can hit on other people.  Only 18 and over allowed.
Medivaland contains The Shadow of Yserbius, a on-line rpg, where you adventure
through the a volcano dungeon on Yserbius, exploring various levels and 
completing quests.  You can form parties with other users (which is advised for
the lower levels) and even challenge other users to a duel.  There is also a
on-line shopping mall where you can get discounted Sierra Games and other 
specials through TSN.  There is a post office where you can check Email that
comes to you in specialized envelopes with stamps.  The basic area (clubhouse)
costs $12.95 for 30hours/month, plus $2 for Sierra Stamps to Email people, and
a additional $4 per land.  There a 60 hour packages that cost more, but give
you access to all lands.  Hope this answers your question and anyone elses!

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In article <1993May7.1...@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca> vaha...@atlas.cs.upei.ca (Harry Myer) writes:
>In article <1993May7.1...@maths.tcd.ie> rat...@maths.tcd.ie (Michael McCarthy) writes:
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>>
>>I just heard a couple of people in this group talk about TSN. It sounds
>>like some sort of MUD. Could anyone elaborate on that or correct me ?
>>
>>Michael.
>In Canada, it is sort for The Sports Network.
>It's a television station with sports 24 hours a day
>
>

Bzzzzzzz.... Sorry, wrong answer!! ;-) The TSN refered  to here is The
Sierra Network.  I'm not really  qualified to talk  about it since I'm
not on it yet,  but I'm sure someone  else can enlighten you... Rob???
You there??? <g>

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In my opinion, the Multi-Player Network is better than the TSN. I have tried
both and keep MPGnet. It is a bit more expansive though. GEnie have some
good games too but it is TOO expansive. I am on GEnie for info only.

Kay-Yut Chen

ma...@sad.hp.com (Marshall Ward) writes:

>Michael McCarthy (rat...@maths.tcd.ie) wrote:
>: 
>: 
>: I just heard a couple of people in this group talk about TSN. It sounds
>: like some sort of MUD. Could anyone elaborate on that or correct me ?
>: 
>: Michael.

>What's MUD?

>Marshall

  Well, a MUD is a bit like TSN really :-)
I would say, though, that MUDs inspired TSN and other such networks/bbs's.
The acronym MUD stands for Multi User Dungeon. It was probably inspired
by the granddaddy of all rpg and adventures, Adventure. (though maybe it
was Zork that was the real inspiration.) The only MUD that I have ever
entered is called Tinytalk, and was all the rage here in the school of 
mathematics about a year ago.
  Dungeon is quite a misleading word.  A MUD is really just a
collection of abstract locations, described with words, and linked
together with connections. Of course, there are also objects, which can,
in turn contain other objects, there are NPCs and there are the PCs, of
which there can be many. (thus Multi User.) PCs and NPCs can traverse
the locations and talk to each other.
  PCs, if they take the trouble to wander around and visit places, can
advance their skills and eventually start building their own locations,
so that, in the end, there will be a living, alternative world, which
you can explore and experience, and generally just waste time in.
Unfortunately (although some people might say it is fortunate), the
only way to interact with this world is with words and (if you're
building) by programming. No fancy graphics, no hard action, just
letters on a screen. 
  It is, of course, MUDs and related concepts that inspired people
to invent the concept of virtual reality, in which you can interact
with others in a world which doesn't really exist. Strange, isn't it ?
>From Zork to SimuSex.


Michael.