Re: DIS: Agoran MOO?
Right. The only reason we knew it as a MUD not a MOO is because the term "MOO" hadn't been coined yet. I stand by my characterization of MW as running on a MOO based on my understanding of the MUD/MOO distinction. On 11/16/19, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > Yeah, I remember distinctly hearing the word MOO for the first time > sometime > after NW. We definitely called it a MUD. Only a few people (exclusively > Monash University I think) were granted wizard/programming privileges - > that > was one of the difficulties with using that forum for Nomic, it gave them a > bit too much unacknowledged clout over "reality" (i.e. what was POSSIBLE). > > On 11/16/2019 4:56 PM, Ørjan Johansen wrote: >> It was 1992 (As You Know, Agora is from 1993), and the meaning of the >> words >> may have shifted, but I don't think people would have called Nomic World a >> >> MOO at the time. I never got a look at its actual source code, but as I >> recall the interface resembled more LPMud (the MUD style I was already >> familiar with) than MOOs (I don't think I'd ever been on an actual MOO at >> >> the time, not that I've spent much time since either - my MUD days had >> mostly ended around the time of Nomic World.) >> >> Greetings, >> Ørjan. >> >> On Sat, 16 Nov 2019, David Nicol wrote: >> >>> Nomic World started as a MOO in 1994 or thenabouts. Agora began, on its >>> first mailing list, after the fellow who was maintaining it graduated >>> from >>> college and didn't want to take that hobby with into The So-Called Real >>> World. It had discussion rooms and a voting room where players could >>> register their weigh-ins on whatever was currently proposed for voting. >>> >>> Fantasy Rules Committee began as a committee in Nomic World, before >>> Agora >>> existed. >>> >>> Lurking old guy signing off :) >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 9:03 AM Sgeo wrote: >>> Was looking through my email archives for LambdaMOO stuff, and saw something about an Agoran MOO that used to exist. Is the database for that available anywhere? I would love to explore it and see what people made, even if it's otherwise dead. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Coming to you live, from behind Sneelock's store, in the big vacant lot. >>> > -- Coming to you live, from behind Sneelock's store, in the big vacant lot.
Re: DIS: Agoran MOO?
Yeah, I remember distinctly hearing the word MOO for the first time sometime after NW. We definitely called it a MUD. Only a few people (exclusively Monash University I think) were granted wizard/programming privileges - that was one of the difficulties with using that forum for Nomic, it gave them a bit too much unacknowledged clout over "reality" (i.e. what was POSSIBLE). On 11/16/2019 4:56 PM, Ørjan Johansen wrote: It was 1992 (As You Know, Agora is from 1993), and the meaning of the words may have shifted, but I don't think people would have called Nomic World a MOO at the time. I never got a look at its actual source code, but as I recall the interface resembled more LPMud (the MUD style I was already familiar with) than MOOs (I don't think I'd ever been on an actual MOO at the time, not that I've spent much time since either - my MUD days had mostly ended around the time of Nomic World.) Greetings, Ørjan. On Sat, 16 Nov 2019, David Nicol wrote: Nomic World started as a MOO in 1994 or thenabouts. Agora began, on its first mailing list, after the fellow who was maintaining it graduated from college and didn't want to take that hobby with into The So-Called Real World. It had discussion rooms and a voting room where players could register their weigh-ins on whatever was currently proposed for voting. Fantasy Rules Committee began as a committee in Nomic World, before Agora existed. Lurking old guy signing off :) On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 9:03 AM Sgeo wrote: Was looking through my email archives for LambdaMOO stuff, and saw something about an Agoran MOO that used to exist. Is the database for that available anywhere? I would love to explore it and see what people made, even if it's otherwise dead. -- Coming to you live, from behind Sneelock's store, in the big vacant lot.
Re: DIS: Agoran MOO?
It was 1992 (As You Know, Agora is from 1993), and the meaning of the words may have shifted, but I don't think people would have called Nomic World a MOO at the time. I never got a look at its actual source code, but as I recall the interface resembled more LPMud (the MUD style I was already familiar with) than MOOs (I don't think I'd ever been on an actual MOO at the time, not that I've spent much time since either - my MUD days had mostly ended around the time of Nomic World.) Greetings, Ørjan. On Sat, 16 Nov 2019, David Nicol wrote: Nomic World started as a MOO in 1994 or thenabouts. Agora began, on its first mailing list, after the fellow who was maintaining it graduated from college and didn't want to take that hobby with into The So-Called Real World. It had discussion rooms and a voting room where players could register their weigh-ins on whatever was currently proposed for voting. Fantasy Rules Committee began as a committee in Nomic World, before Agora existed. Lurking old guy signing off :) On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 9:03 AM Sgeo wrote: Was looking through my email archives for LambdaMOO stuff, and saw something about an Agoran MOO that used to exist. Is the database for that available anywhere? I would love to explore it and see what people made, even if it's otherwise dead. -- Coming to you live, from behind Sneelock's store, in the big vacant lot.
Re: DIS: Agoran MOO?
Nomic World started as a MOO in 1994 or thenabouts. Agora began, on its first mailing list, after the fellow who was maintaining it graduated from college and didn't want to take that hobby with into The So-Called Real World. It had discussion rooms and a voting room where players could register their weigh-ins on whatever was currently proposed for voting. Fantasy Rules Committee began as a committee in Nomic World, before Agora existed. Lurking old guy signing off :) On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 9:03 AM Sgeo wrote: > Was looking through my email archives for LambdaMOO stuff, and saw > something about an Agoran MOO that used to exist. Is the database for that > available anywhere? I would love to explore it and see what people made, > even if it's otherwise dead. > -- Coming to you live, from behind Sneelock's store, in the big vacant lot.
