Re: [Audyssey] Does anyone play Avalon mud?

2015-07-07 Thread Travis Siegel
Dark, I haven't checked your list, but if you don't have lostsouls.org on your 
list, you need to add it.  The main admin of that mud put a lot of work into 
adding screen reader settings to make the mud as user friendly as he could make 
it, and although I don't play there anymore purely for personal reasons, it's 
still an excellent mud, and deserves an entry, since the admin worked so hard 
to make it accessible.

On Jul 5, 2015, at 2:10 PM, dark wrote:

 hi Shannon.
 
 One thing I do wonder about if  there is no screen reader low spam mode is 
 how combat works, sinse the system sounded interesting but text intensive, 
 and personally I'm not overly keen on having my voice at stupid speed (sinse 
 I always want the atmosphere of a mud).
 
 Unfortunatelyk, if there are no screen reader adaptations I can't countenance 
 giving the thing a place on audiogames.net, but that doesn't mean it might 
 not be fun either way, the writeups on the world and guidls and quests and 
 things to do  certainly got my attention.
 
 All the best,
 
 dark.
 There is always more to know, more to see, more to learn. The world is vast 
 and wondrous strange and there are more things benieth the stars than even 
 the archmaesters of the citadel can dream.
 - Original Message - From: Shannon Dyer solsticesin...@gmail.com
 To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
 Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2015 6:40 PM
 Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Does anyone play Avalon mud?
 
 
 I like Avalon a lot. I’ve not known of any screen reader specific settings. 
 Navigating the areas can be difficult, since the map is not accessible, but 
 if you keep a file of directions to certain places, that works well.
 
 There are a wide variety of professions to choose from. It’s pretty RP 
 intensive. Questing is a big part of the MUD, as it’s one major way to gain 
 experience.
 
 Let me know if you have any other questions.
 
 Shannon
 On Jul 5, 2015, at 12:58 PM, dark d...@xgam.org wrote:
 
 Hi.
 
 I've been investigating muds that need to have db entries (I just put one 
 up for flux world today), ie, muds that offer some sort of screen reader 
 mode with low spam, ascii map alternatives etc, plus of course dipping my 
 toe into muds is always fun.
 
 One game I keep seeingkicking around is Avalon mud.
 
 it has some great writeups that actually sound my sort of thing, lots of 
 exploring and a combat system that sounds very different indeed, however I 
 do wonder about some things, and also while someone was on the 
 audiogames.net forum last year he was a little none specific if the game 
 had any adaptations in and of itself for screen readers, indeed the only 
 mention I can see of anything screen reader related on site is a listing 
 for mushclient as a compatible client for Jaws.
 So, does the game have some screen reader settings? and also, if anyone is 
 playing, what is it like?
 
 I particualrly am interested sinse the game is at least semi commercial. 
 That is new players start free, but at some point after completing novice 
 training a newbie has  to either get sponsorship from either an existing in 
 game organization, such as a city or guild (which apparently most do), or 
 pay a monthly fee of 7.50 usd a month.
 
 So, what is the game like?
 
 All the best,
 
 Dark.
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Re: [Audyssey] Does anyone play Avalon mud?

2015-07-06 Thread dark

Hi Greg.

Interesting, though other than with Alter I find Vipmud much more usable, 
especially with sapi.


Please let me know how combat works, especially without need for scripting 
sinse personally I would rather not have to reprogram a game's interface in 
order to play if possible.


Beware the grue!

Dark.
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From: Greg Wocher icewolf...@gmail.com

To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Monday, July 06, 2015 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Does anyone play Avalon mud?



Hello,
I have just started playing this mud myself. The number one combatant
in the game is a blind individual. His name in game is Agarwain. If
you go to www.meetingplace.net you can find a thread on there with
some scripts for Mush client to help a bit. It has some sounds and the
like to aid in combat. My character is Ilanthas who is a Ranger in
Mercinae.

Regards,
Greg Wocher

On 7/6/15, dark d...@xgam.org wrote:

Fare enough, though I'd be interested to know about combat sinse they do
claime to have blind players who engage in it but don't have any 
infomation
about this at all, and as I said the system id strike me as an 
interesting
one and not the usual hacknslash, it's just as with most muds a question 
of

the speed of text reading.

Sometimes I actually wish muds could stop with the real time combat, or 
at
least slow the rounds downto give people time to read the text, which I 
know

is sort of against the point of muds but you know what i mean :D.

Beware the grue!

Dark.
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From: Shannon Dyer solsticesin...@gmail.com
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Monday, July 06, 2015 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Does anyone play Avalon mud?



I’m not sure about combat. I chose to become a druid, which is a
nonviolent guild. I can’t even pick up a weapon.

Shannon

On Jul 5, 2015, at 2:10 PM, dark d...@xgam.org wrote:

hi Shannon.

One thing I do wonder about if  there is no screen reader low spam mode
is how combat works, sinse the system sounded interesting but text
intensive, and personally I'm not overly keen on having my voice at
stupid speed (sinse I always want the atmosphere of a mud).

Unfortunatelyk, if there are no screen reader adaptations I can't
countenance giving the thing a place on audiogames.net, but that 
doesn't
mean it might not be fun either way, the writeups on the world and 
guidls


and quests and things to do  certainly got my attention.

All the best,

dark.
There is always more to know, more to see, more to learn. The world is
vast and wondrous strange and there are more things benieth the stars
than even the archmaesters of the citadel can dream.
- Original Message - From: Shannon Dyer
solsticesin...@gmail.com
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2015 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Does anyone play Avalon mud?



I like Avalon a lot. I’ve not known of any screen reader specific
settings. Navigating the areas can be difficult, since the map is not
accessible, but if you keep a file of directions to certain places, 
that


works well.

There are a wide variety of professions to choose from. It’s pretty RP
intensive. Questing is a big part of the MUD, as it’s one major way to
gain experience.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Shannon

On Jul 5, 2015, at 12:58 PM, dark d...@xgam.org wrote:

Hi.

I've been investigating muds that need to have db entries (I just put
one up for flux world today), ie, muds that offer some sort of screen
reader mode with low spam, ascii map alternatives etc, plus of course
dipping my toe into muds is always fun.

One game I keep seeingkicking around is Avalon mud.

it has some great writeups that actually sound my sort of thing, lots
of exploring and a combat system that sounds very different indeed,
however I do wonder about some things, and also while someone was on
the audiogames.net forum last year he was a little none specific if 
the


game had any adaptations in and of itself for screen readers, indeed
the only mention I can see of anything screen reader related on site 
is


a listing for mushclient as a compatible client for Jaws.
So, does the game have some screen reader settings? and also, if 
anyone


is playing, what is it like?

I particualrly am interested sinse the game is at least semi
commercial. That is new players start free, but at some point after
completing novice training a newbie has  to either get sponsorship 
from


either an existing in game organization, such as a city or guild 
(which


apparently most do), or pay a monthly fee of 7.50 usd a month.

So, what is the game like?

All the best,

Dark.
There is always more to know, more to see, more to learn. The world 
is

vast and wondrous strange and there are more things benieth the stars
than even the archmaesters of the citadel can dream.
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Re: [Audyssey] Does anyone play Avalon mud?

2015-07-06 Thread Greg Wocher
Hello,
I have just started playing this mud myself. The number one combatant
in the game is a blind individual. His name in game is Agarwain. If
you go to www.meetingplace.net you can find a thread on there with
some scripts for Mush client to help a bit. It has some sounds and the
like to aid in combat. My character is Ilanthas who is a Ranger in
Mercinae.

Regards,
Greg Wocher

On 7/6/15, dark d...@xgam.org wrote:
 Fare enough, though I'd be interested to know about combat sinse they do
 claime to have blind players who engage in it but don't have any infomation
 about this at all, and as I said the system id strike me as an interesting
 one and not the usual hacknslash, it's just as with most muds a question of
 the speed of text reading.

 Sometimes I actually wish muds could stop with the real time combat, or at
 least slow the rounds downto give people time to read the text, which I know
 is sort of against the point of muds but you know what i mean :D.

 Beware the grue!

 Dark.
 - Original Message -
 From: Shannon Dyer solsticesin...@gmail.com
 To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
 Sent: Monday, July 06, 2015 4:12 PM
 Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Does anyone play Avalon mud?


 I’m not sure about combat. I chose to become a druid, which is a
 nonviolent guild. I can’t even pick up a weapon.

 Shannon
 On Jul 5, 2015, at 2:10 PM, dark d...@xgam.org wrote:

 hi Shannon.

 One thing I do wonder about if  there is no screen reader low spam mode
 is how combat works, sinse the system sounded interesting but text
 intensive, and personally I'm not overly keen on having my voice at
 stupid speed (sinse I always want the atmosphere of a mud).

 Unfortunatelyk, if there are no screen reader adaptations I can't
 countenance giving the thing a place on audiogames.net, but that doesn't
 mean it might not be fun either way, the writeups on the world and guidls

 and quests and things to do  certainly got my attention.

 All the best,

 dark.
 There is always more to know, more to see, more to learn. The world is
 vast and wondrous strange and there are more things benieth the stars
 than even the archmaesters of the citadel can dream.
 - Original Message - From: Shannon Dyer
 solsticesin...@gmail.com
 To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
 Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2015 6:40 PM
 Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Does anyone play Avalon mud?


 I like Avalon a lot. I’ve not known of any screen reader specific
 settings. Navigating the areas can be difficult, since the map is not
 accessible, but if you keep a file of directions to certain places, that

 works well.

 There are a wide variety of professions to choose from. It’s pretty RP
 intensive. Questing is a big part of the MUD, as it’s one major way to
 gain experience.

 Let me know if you have any other questions.

 Shannon
 On Jul 5, 2015, at 12:58 PM, dark d...@xgam.org wrote:

 Hi.

 I've been investigating muds that need to have db entries (I just put
 one up for flux world today), ie, muds that offer some sort of screen
 reader mode with low spam, ascii map alternatives etc, plus of course
 dipping my toe into muds is always fun.

 One game I keep seeingkicking around is Avalon mud.

 it has some great writeups that actually sound my sort of thing, lots
 of exploring and a combat system that sounds very different indeed,
 however I do wonder about some things, and also while someone was on
 the audiogames.net forum last year he was a little none specific if the

 game had any adaptations in and of itself for screen readers, indeed
 the only mention I can see of anything screen reader related on site is

 a listing for mushclient as a compatible client for Jaws.
 So, does the game have some screen reader settings? and also, if anyone

 is playing, what is it like?

 I particualrly am interested sinse the game is at least semi
 commercial. That is new players start free, but at some point after
 completing novice training a newbie has  to either get sponsorship from

 either an existing in game organization, such as a city or guild (which

 apparently most do), or pay a monthly fee of 7.50 usd a month.

 So, what is the game like?

 All the best,

 Dark.
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 vast and wondrous strange and there are more things benieth the stars
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Re: [Audyssey] Does anyone play Avalon mud?

2015-07-06 Thread Shannon Dyer
I’m not sure about combat. I chose to become a druid, which is a nonviolent 
guild. I can’t even pick up a weapon.

Shannon
 On Jul 5, 2015, at 2:10 PM, dark d...@xgam.org wrote:
 
 hi Shannon.
 
 One thing I do wonder about if  there is no screen reader low spam mode is 
 how combat works, sinse the system sounded interesting but text intensive, 
 and personally I'm not overly keen on having my voice at stupid speed (sinse 
 I always want the atmosphere of a mud).
 
 Unfortunatelyk, if there are no screen reader adaptations I can't countenance 
 giving the thing a place on audiogames.net, but that doesn't mean it might 
 not be fun either way, the writeups on the world and guidls and quests and 
 things to do  certainly got my attention.
 
 All the best,
 
 dark.
 There is always more to know, more to see, more to learn. The world is vast 
 and wondrous strange and there are more things benieth the stars than even 
 the archmaesters of the citadel can dream.
 - Original Message - From: Shannon Dyer solsticesin...@gmail.com
 To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
 Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2015 6:40 PM
 Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Does anyone play Avalon mud?
 
 
 I like Avalon a lot. I’ve not known of any screen reader specific settings. 
 Navigating the areas can be difficult, since the map is not accessible, but 
 if you keep a file of directions to certain places, that works well.
 
 There are a wide variety of professions to choose from. It’s pretty RP 
 intensive. Questing is a big part of the MUD, as it’s one major way to gain 
 experience.
 
 Let me know if you have any other questions.
 
 Shannon
 On Jul 5, 2015, at 12:58 PM, dark d...@xgam.org wrote:
 
 Hi.
 
 I've been investigating muds that need to have db entries (I just put one 
 up for flux world today), ie, muds that offer some sort of screen reader 
 mode with low spam, ascii map alternatives etc, plus of course dipping my 
 toe into muds is always fun.
 
 One game I keep seeingkicking around is Avalon mud.
 
 it has some great writeups that actually sound my sort of thing, lots of 
 exploring and a combat system that sounds very different indeed, however I 
 do wonder about some things, and also while someone was on the 
 audiogames.net forum last year he was a little none specific if the game 
 had any adaptations in and of itself for screen readers, indeed the only 
 mention I can see of anything screen reader related on site is a listing 
 for mushclient as a compatible client for Jaws.
 So, does the game have some screen reader settings? and also, if anyone is 
 playing, what is it like?
 
 I particualrly am interested sinse the game is at least semi commercial. 
 That is new players start free, but at some point after completing novice 
 training a newbie has  to either get sponsorship from either an existing in 
 game organization, such as a city or guild (which apparently most do), or 
 pay a monthly fee of 7.50 usd a month.
 
 So, what is the game like?
 
 All the best,
 
 Dark.
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Re: [Audyssey] Does anyone play Avalon mud?

2015-07-06 Thread dark
Fare enough, though I'd be interested to know about combat sinse they do 
claime to have blind players who engage in it but don't have any infomation 
about this at all, and as I said the system id strike me as an interesting 
one and not the usual hacknslash, it's just as with most muds a question of 
the speed of text reading.


Sometimes I actually wish muds could stop with the real time combat, or at 
least slow the rounds downto give people time to read the text, which I know 
is sort of against the point of muds but you know what i mean :D.


Beware the grue!

Dark.
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From: Shannon Dyer solsticesin...@gmail.com

To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Monday, July 06, 2015 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Does anyone play Avalon mud?


I’m not sure about combat. I chose to become a druid, which is a 
nonviolent guild. I can’t even pick up a weapon.


Shannon

On Jul 5, 2015, at 2:10 PM, dark d...@xgam.org wrote:

hi Shannon.

One thing I do wonder about if  there is no screen reader low spam mode 
is how combat works, sinse the system sounded interesting but text 
intensive, and personally I'm not overly keen on having my voice at 
stupid speed (sinse I always want the atmosphere of a mud).


Unfortunatelyk, if there are no screen reader adaptations I can't 
countenance giving the thing a place on audiogames.net, but that doesn't 
mean it might not be fun either way, the writeups on the world and guidls 
and quests and things to do  certainly got my attention.


All the best,

dark.
There is always more to know, more to see, more to learn. The world is 
vast and wondrous strange and there are more things benieth the stars 
than even the archmaesters of the citadel can dream.
- Original Message - From: Shannon Dyer 
solsticesin...@gmail.com

To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2015 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Does anyone play Avalon mud?


I like Avalon a lot. I’ve not known of any screen reader specific 
settings. Navigating the areas can be difficult, since the map is not 
accessible, but if you keep a file of directions to certain places, that 
works well.


There are a wide variety of professions to choose from. It’s pretty RP 
intensive. Questing is a big part of the MUD, as it’s one major way to 
gain experience.


Let me know if you have any other questions.

Shannon

On Jul 5, 2015, at 12:58 PM, dark d...@xgam.org wrote:

Hi.

I've been investigating muds that need to have db entries (I just put 
one up for flux world today), ie, muds that offer some sort of screen 
reader mode with low spam, ascii map alternatives etc, plus of course 
dipping my toe into muds is always fun.


One game I keep seeingkicking around is Avalon mud.

it has some great writeups that actually sound my sort of thing, lots 
of exploring and a combat system that sounds very different indeed, 
however I do wonder about some things, and also while someone was on 
the audiogames.net forum last year he was a little none specific if the 
game had any adaptations in and of itself for screen readers, indeed 
the only mention I can see of anything screen reader related on site is 
a listing for mushclient as a compatible client for Jaws.
So, does the game have some screen reader settings? and also, if anyone 
is playing, what is it like?


I particualrly am interested sinse the game is at least semi 
commercial. That is new players start free, but at some point after 
completing novice training a newbie has  to either get sponsorship from 
either an existing in game organization, such as a city or guild (which 
apparently most do), or pay a monthly fee of 7.50 usd a month.


So, what is the game like?

All the best,

Dark.
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vast and wondrous strange and there are more things benieth the stars 
than even the archmaesters of the citadel can dream.

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[Audyssey] Does anyone play Avalon mud?

2015-07-05 Thread dark
Hi. 

I've been investigating muds that need to have db entries (I just put one up 
for flux world today), ie, muds that offer some sort of screen reader mode with 
low spam, ascii map alternatives etc, plus of course dipping my toe into muds 
is always fun. 

One game I keep seeingkicking around is Avalon mud. 

it has some great writeups that actually sound my sort of thing, lots of 
exploring and a combat system that sounds very different indeed, however I do 
wonder about some things, and also while someone was on the audiogames.net 
forum last year he was a little none specific if the game had any adaptations 
in and of itself for screen readers, indeed the only mention I can see of 
anything screen reader related on site is a listing for mushclient as a 
compatible client for Jaws.
So, does the game have some screen reader settings? and also, if anyone is 
playing, what is it like? 

I particualrly am interested sinse the game is at least semi commercial. That 
is new players start free, but at some point after completing novice training a 
newbie has  to either get sponsorship from either an existing in game 
organization, such as a city or guild (which apparently most do), or pay a 
monthly fee of 7.50 usd a month. 

So, what is the game like?

All the best, 

Dark.
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Re: [Audyssey] Does anyone play Avalon mud?

2015-07-05 Thread dark

hi Shannon.

One thing I do wonder about if  there is no screen reader low spam mode is 
how combat works, sinse the system sounded interesting but text intensive, 
and personally I'm not overly keen on having my voice at stupid speed (sinse 
I always want the atmosphere of a mud).


Unfortunatelyk, if there are no screen reader adaptations I can't 
countenance giving the thing a place on audiogames.net, but that doesn't 
mean it might not be fun either way, the writeups on the world and guidls 
and quests and things to do  certainly got my attention.


All the best,

dark.
There is always more to know, more to see, more to learn. The world is vast 
and wondrous strange and there are more things benieth the stars than even 
the archmaesters of the citadel can dream.
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From: Shannon Dyer solsticesin...@gmail.com

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Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2015 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Does anyone play Avalon mud?


I like Avalon a lot. I’ve not known of any screen reader specific settings. 
Navigating the areas can be difficult, since the map is not accessible, but 
if you keep a file of directions to certain places, that works well.


There are a wide variety of professions to choose from. It’s pretty RP 
intensive. Questing is a big part of the MUD, as it’s one major way to 
gain experience.


Let me know if you have any other questions.

Shannon

On Jul 5, 2015, at 12:58 PM, dark d...@xgam.org wrote:

Hi.

I've been investigating muds that need to have db entries (I just put one 
up for flux world today), ie, muds that offer some sort of screen reader 
mode with low spam, ascii map alternatives etc, plus of course dipping my 
toe into muds is always fun.


One game I keep seeingkicking around is Avalon mud.

it has some great writeups that actually sound my sort of thing, lots of 
exploring and a combat system that sounds very different indeed, however 
I do wonder about some things, and also while someone was on the 
audiogames.net forum last year he was a little none specific if the game 
had any adaptations in and of itself for screen readers, indeed the only 
mention I can see of anything screen reader related on site is a listing 
for mushclient as a compatible client for Jaws.
So, does the game have some screen reader settings? and also, if anyone 
is playing, what is it like?


I particualrly am interested sinse the game is at least semi commercial. 
That is new players start free, but at some point after completing novice 
training a newbie has  to either get sponsorship from either an existing 
in game organization, such as a city or guild (which apparently most do), 
or pay a monthly fee of 7.50 usd a month.


So, what is the game like?

All the best,

Dark.
There is always more to know, more to see, more to learn. The world is 
vast and wondrous strange and there are more things benieth the stars 
than even the archmaesters of the citadel can dream.

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Re: [Audyssey] Does anyone play Avalon mud?

2015-07-05 Thread Shannon Dyer
I like Avalon a lot. I’ve not known of any screen reader specific settings. 
Navigating the areas can be difficult, since the map is not accessible, but if 
you keep a file of directions to certain places, that works well.

There are a wide variety of professions to choose from. It’s pretty RP 
intensive. Questing is a big part of the MUD, as it’s one major way to gain 
experience.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Shannon
 On Jul 5, 2015, at 12:58 PM, dark d...@xgam.org wrote:
 
 Hi. 
 
 I've been investigating muds that need to have db entries (I just put one up 
 for flux world today), ie, muds that offer some sort of screen reader mode 
 with low spam, ascii map alternatives etc, plus of course dipping my toe into 
 muds is always fun. 
 
 One game I keep seeingkicking around is Avalon mud. 
 
 it has some great writeups that actually sound my sort of thing, lots of 
 exploring and a combat system that sounds very different indeed, however I do 
 wonder about some things, and also while someone was on the audiogames.net 
 forum last year he was a little none specific if the game had any adaptations 
 in and of itself for screen readers, indeed the only mention I can see of 
 anything screen reader related on site is a listing for mushclient as a 
 compatible client for Jaws.
 So, does the game have some screen reader settings? and also, if anyone is 
 playing, what is it like? 
 
 I particualrly am interested sinse the game is at least semi commercial. That 
 is new players start free, but at some point after completing novice training 
 a newbie has  to either get sponsorship from either an existing in game 
 organization, such as a city or guild (which apparently most do), or pay a 
 monthly fee of 7.50 usd a month. 
 
 So, what is the game like?
 
 All the best, 
 
 Dark.
 There is always more to know, more to see, more to learn. The world is vast 
 and wondrous strange and there are more things benieth the stars than even 
 the archmaesters of the citadel can dream.
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