So the question comes up on occasion asking what MUs are out there. There are a few options for lists that are fairly MUD heavy and then some like ares central, which is great, but only for aresmush games and something similar for evennia.

I’ve put together a listing site that I hope might find some use. The list is freely accessible, but I do ask for a login for posting and editing listings. Its focus is roleplay heavy games, regardless of codebase.

You can find it here: https://mustard.mythicus.net

If you have any questions or encounter any problems, let me know!

If there’s a name here, it’s because it had enough of an impact on me that I remembered it in the moment. I do not keep extensive logs nor have the incredible steel-trap memory of some of the others here, so there have been a lot more, but these are some highlights in no particular order.

Current
City of Glass: Crow, Lucas

Former
Castle D’Image: Aidan
Haunted Memories: Some mages, none memorable
Darkwater (1 or 2?): Jacob
Reno: Jonathan
The Reach: Rome, Michael, others
Arx: Leo, Olin, others
Wyrdhold: Salamander

Many minor appearances on most WoD MUs.

@tsar takes a seat at the table farthest from tsar and opens their book, completely absorbed

@Jennkryst When we went with 18+, the idea was that it would be clear we were looking for adults, not barely legal catholic high school girls with a tempter agenda in demon.

But you’re right in that we changed the rules. So there’s that.

@Kumakun The style is very cool. Also, self-plug, but I started a mu* listing site that is non-specific to codebase but focused on RP games, if you wanted to add yours: https://mustard.mythicus.net

I very much dislike the idea of a separate mod account. Even with attaching a name, it is false separation and I feel it very easily dilutes accountability.

Honestly, my first thought is that, to mod, you cannot behave as confrontationally, familiarly or annoyingly as you would as a general community member. I do not mean to say you cannot have opinions, but whether you’re using your main account or some mod exclusive account, you have power on this forum. By accepting the position, I feel you also have a responsibility to act with more decorum. If you cannot accept that, then do not mod. Not because you’re a bad person, but because not everyone is oriented toward what the position requires (obviously just my opinion of the position requirements).

So my real suggestion is, if you’re a mod and you’re about to post something that is not mod-related, the standard for your tone needs to be higher.

@L-B-Heuschkel Really? My impression was everyone recognizing that some people prefer or require async, but still wished to express their own feelings and views on it. Also, I don’t see how having both is a mutually exclusive proposition.

So the decision is fine and I don’t care to pick at MSB or get involved with any of it, but this is definitely more active moderation. The continuation of any of those conversations wouldn’t have been out of line from the posted rules and a more hands off approach.

If you want to adjust the tone of bmd, by all means. I realize the forum is still young and you’re finding your admin/mod footing, but if you’re making a departure from hands off with the exception of the four bullet points in your initial Guidelines, I think that needs to be made clear.

@tsar unless you’re undead.
Hah, score one for the afterlifeless unliving.

@Pavel I don’t believe your previous engagement with the community involved misplaced jokes about active moderation on your part. That didn’t become a thing until you actually had mod powers. Which means you are aware of the difference in your position.

Ignoring that is to suggest your ability to say whatever you want is more important than maintaining any sort of awareness of authority implicitly held.

You seem to have reined in some of that, but for someone so quick to have employed moderation tools in the beginning days, I think you might benefit the most from reconsidering your position on how you speak and act as a mod, and not just when employing your “mod” voice.

@Jennkryst When we went with 18+, the idea was that it would be clear we were looking for adults, not barely legal catholic high school girls with a tempter agenda in demon.

But you’re right in that we changed the rules. So there’s that.

@Wizz CthulhuTech?

@Roz Not sure if there was another kind of cleansing, but for what Rowan might be thinking, if it was bad info, it was certainly going around. I definitely remember a cleansing thing being said to be necessary to do magic and only happened to a person by another person who had it done to them. Which seems to be pretty distinct from just a general cleansing of the land.

@hellfrog You know what sounds like Copper? Pure awesomeness.

As a know-nothing player early on, and really for my short time there with that character, Copper was the absolute highlight of my experience with a small group of other Red Wardens. I still remember it with genuine fondness.

@tsar unless you’re undead.
Hah, score one for the afterlifeless unliving.

@Roz These sorts of things are cool to look at, thanks!
@hellfrog It’s always good to give credit where credit is due. Good on you.

@Roz As a someone famous I know once said “I DONT CARE ABOUT THE POINT”

I’m probably biased living a time-shifted life, but for what it’s worth, I do think that Pavel is right and it would be polite to stick to async if it’s an async scene.

Could an admin maybe split the slap fight off somewhere else? Most of this was pretty thoughtful opinions.

@L-B-Heuschkel You are literally implying that people with a preference other than yours who express that opinion are bad by putting words in their mouth about non-EST elitists.

They want to go to an ares game and not see a bunch of private scenes with a preference for live scenes. While that might not fit with your game, that doesn’t mean the option shouldn’t be available at all in ares code.

@L-B-Heuschkel Really? My impression was everyone recognizing that some people prefer or require async, but still wished to express their own feelings and views on it. Also, I don’t see how having both is a mutually exclusive proposition.