M*U*S*H is an eclectic community of artists, experimenters, learners,
and teachers. Here, players can create things that will move others
intellectually or emotionally, explore uncharted territories in
interactive text-based environments, and freely share knowledge and
skills in a constructive and friendly setting.
It's also where the dev team will beta-test new versions
of PennMUSH, for what that's
worth. It's located at
mush.pennmush.org
4201. You can connect straight from your browser with
a websocket client or with
the banana
client. You can also use a standalone client program
like Potato.
Past events
While these days M*U*S*H is mostly just a place to chat and ask
questions about Penn, we used to host all sorts of events. Here's some
of the logs.
Arts Festival - June 2007
M*U*S*H designated June 2007 to be an Arts Festival
Artistic expression is a
key component of M*U*S*H's theme.
Here are some logs of events:
Teaching and Learning Festival - April 2007
M*U*S*H designated April 2007 to be "Teaching and Learning"
Month. Teaching and learning are two key components of M*U*S*H's theme.
Here are some logs of events:
Mudtoberfest and the Innovations Conference
Our annual Fall festival of MUSHing features a variety
of events aimed at finding something for everyone. It began as
a weekend in 1998, grew to a week in 1999, and has been the full
month of October since 2000. The Innovations and New Directions
in Textbased Gaming Conference (a separate event started in 1998)
has since become an integral part of Mudtoberfest.
Mudtoberfest 2009 included:
Mudtoberfest 2007 included:
Mudtoberfest 2003 included:
- The opening ceremonies
- A round of BLOODLUST from Elvira and Viila.
- The Innovations and New Directions in Textbased Gaming conference
- A day-long art show for people to display neat things they've made,
hosted by China.
- Time ran his second Poker Tournament on October 19, 2003.
Triumph won it, and Time placed second.
Mudtoberfest 2002 included:
- The opening ceremonies
- Javelin's Family Feud LARP event
- China ran a Code Fair on October 6-7.
- Marretta's half-serious seminar, "Improve your Life Through Mu*"
took place on October 8.
- Kyieran ran his much-anticipated Pumpkin Hunt on Saturday, Oct 12,
and Letters took first place with 715 points, followed by
Huz (376 points) and Elvira/Viila (120 points).
- Viila and Elvira ran two rounds of their infamous "Bloodlust" game
on October 25.
You can read the logs here:
- Grinna's fifth annual Pet Show
was held on October 27, 2002.
- The Innovations and New Directions in Textbased Gaming
conference had a rocky start when the power to the building that
hosts the server went out on its originally scheduled day, but
it was rescheduled to later in the month. Have
a log.
- Time ran a Poker Tournament on October 30, 2002, and won it, too,
with $10,179. K'Alan Bryce placed second ($9737), and Nammyung third
($9605).
Mudtoberfest 2001 included:
Mudtoberfest 2000 included:
- The opening ceremonies, including
an Instructive and Amusing Skit on Some Matters Relevant to MUSHing by
the gang from OtherSpace MUSH.
- Last Train From Paris, an RP event
based on the Deciper game, run by Maestro.
- Dead Man's Party, a RP event based
on the LARP of the same name by Stephanie Oldstead-Dean, Paul S. Dwyer,
and Gordon Olmstead-Dean, run by Javelin.
- The Poetry Slam of Oct 7, hosted by
Marretta, and featuring 9 M*U*S*H poets!
- The third annual Innovations in Textbased Gaming conference logs.
Like all Gaul, these are divided into three parts:
- The Redhat Hall log, including
Vexon's introduction and "Storylines and Keeping Players" by
Brody and "The Future of Text-Based Gaming" by Vexon.
- The Debian Hall log, including
"Creating Writing and Text-Based Games" by Audumla and
"Softcoded Space - The Next Frontier" by Jayvin.
- The Slackware Hall log, including
"What Not to Do" by China and "How to Make a Successful MUSH"
by Codex.
- The 3rd annual M*U*S*H Pet Show.
They just keep getting weirder... :)
Mudtober fest 1999 included events that produced these logs:
Mudtober fest 1998 included:
- Javelin ran "The Final Voyage of the Mary Celeste", a one-evening
roleplaying event based on the LARP of the same name by Jim MacDougal
in October 1998. Here you can read
the raw log and
the log edited into a more comprehensible
story. But don't read it if you might play it!
Also, Javelin has all the building/code in uploadable form so that the
game can be run on other MUSHes. Contact him if you're interested.
This game came from the LARPA gamebank.
- Grinna and Trispis ran a virtual pet show in October 1998.
Read the pet show log here.
The first Innovations and New Directions in MUSH/MUXing
conference was held in August 1998, and the
conference proceedings
are available.
RP Events
M*U*S*H is a social MUSH, but many of our players enjoy the chance
to roleplay. We've run a series of one-shot roleplaying events
with prescripted characters that have been great fun. In addition to those
run as part of a Mudtoberfest, logs from some others are here:
- Trispis and Cecily ran a 5-hour RP event called "Sidekicks Anonymous"
by Nick Huggins (
and available at
irishgaming.com), on May 27, 2000.
You can read a
log of the game here.
- Javelin ran a one-evening RP event called "A Birthday Surprise"
by Gordon Olmstead-Dean, on March 25, 2000.
- Maestro ran a one-evening roleplaying event called "Vouloir C'est
Pouvoir" written by Louise Parker and Tonia Walden, and it was a blast!
You can read a log of the game here.
Scrabble
Scrabble is a popular pursuit with M*U*S*H players, thanks to Halatir's
cleverly coded board. Regular tournaments are held. Here you can
read M*U*S*H's "House Rules" for Scrabble
tournaments.
- Trispis won the first M*U*S*H Scrabble Tournament in March 1999.
Second place was Talek, followed by Doc and Cecily.
- Trispis won the Second !Annual M*U*S*H Scrabble Tourney in August 1999.
Second place was Marretta, followed by Talek.
- Talek won the MUSH 101 sponsored !Annnual Scrabble Tournament
in January 2000, scoring more than 400 points in a game, followed
by Trispis and Marretta.
- JT won the Mudtoberfest Scrabble Tourney 2000, followed by
Trispis and Marretta.
- Walker won the Fourth of July 2001 Scrabble Tourney, followed by Trispis and
Talek.
- JT won the Mudtoberfest Scrabble Tourney 2001, followed by
Talek and Trispis.
- Javelin won the April 2002 Scrabble Tourney, followed by Dave and Trispis.
Other Events
- The 2005 April Fool's Day riddle
- The 2004 April Fool's Day riddles, with BrazilMux, Rhostshyl, and Chicago MUSH.
- The M*U*S*H town meeting of 29 March 2003 now has
a log available.
- The M*U*S*H town meeting of 11 January 2003 now has
a log available.
- The 2002 April Fool's Day riddle
- The M*U*S*H town meeting of 29 March 2003 now has
- The M*U*S*H town meeting of 30 June 2001, held in the new theater,
has a log available.
- The M*U*S*H luau and town meeting of 21 April 2001 now
has a log available.
- The M*U*S*H picnic and town meeting of 17 March 2001 now
has a log available.
- A live M*U*S*Hmeet found Trispis, JT, Talek, and Raevnos
hanging out, and they appear (from left to right) in
this photo. No, you don't have to have
a beard to play at M*U*S*H (though Javelin does, too, oddly...)
- M*U*S*H held a poetry slam in February 1998. Here's
the log.
Awards
We won some, once.
