To distance itself from the combat-oriented traditional MUDs it was said that the " D " in TinyMUD stood for Multi-User " Domain " or " Dimension "; this, along with the eventual popularity of acronyms other than MUD ( such as MUCK, MUSH, MUSE, and so on ) for this kind of server, led to the eventual adoption of the term MU * to refer to the TinyMUD family.

Puns on the " wet dirt " meaning of " mud " are endemic, as with, for example, the names of the ROM ( Rivers of MUD ), MUCK, MUSH, and CoffeeMUD codebases and the MUD Muddy Waters.

Text-based online virtual reality games, primarily MUSH and MUCK variants such as PernMUSH, have modeled Pern since the early 1990s.

In text-based online environments such as MUSH, MUCK, MU * s and other role-playing ( RP ) games that emphasize role-play over acquiring levels or skills ( as opposed to most MUDs ), a player can be described as a powergamer if he or she presumes or declares that his or her own action against another player character is successful without giving the other player character the freedom to act on his own prerogative.

With the dominant usage of MUD being as a generic term rather than specifically denoting combat-oriented games — indeed, both TinyMUD and MOO are MUDs in name ( MOO stands for MUD, Object-Oriented ), while MUSH and MUCK are backronymed puns on " MUD " — this positions MU * as actually being a subset of MUD.

Many fundamental MUCK commands, in fact, are implemented as MUF programs, and built-in commands of the MUCK server are often replaced with more sophisticated versions written in MUF.

MUF programs are created by entering source code in an interactive MUF editor ( a feature of the MUCK server ) and compiling it into a " program object " — a referenceable object in the MUCK's database providing redirection to the executable code.

Boolean locks are a very MUCK specific data type often used to validate user's permissions to do various actions.

As he and others headed to lunch on a rainy Pittsburgh day avoiding mud puddles, Tevanian jokingly suggested that they name their new microkernel MUCK, for " Multi-User Communication Kernel " or " Multiprocessor Universal Communication Kernel ".

According to Tina " Jahangiri " Smith, the founders of FurryMUCK were looking for a theme for their new MUCK, and " furries " emerged as an option.

" Potrzebie " became the default password for the # 1 ( which is " God " or the root account ) user account in several MUSHes and MUCKs ( e. g., PennMUSH, TinyMUCK, Fuzzball MUCK, TinyMUSH, and TinyMUX ).

MUF ( short for Multi-User Forth ) is a Forth-based programming language used on TinyMUCK MUCK servers and their descendants, including Fuzzball MUCK, ProtoMUCK and GlowMUCK.

Originally, MUCK supported only integer numbers, but support for floating point numbers — as well as arrays and dictionaries — was added around 1995.

The Message Parsing Interpreter ( MPI for short, not to be confused with the Message Passing Interface ) is a Lisp-like programming language based on text replacement that is used on Fuzzball MUCK servers, starting with version 2. 2fb5. 00.

* Redwall MUCK ( Multi-User Character Kingdom )-A text-based roleplay game based on the series, operating with author's permission.

An Italian colleague mispronounced MUCK as " Mach ", which Rashid liked.

By default, users ( or " players ") on a MUCK do not have permission to use the MUF editor, which means they cannot create or alter programs.

MUF programming on a MUCK server is governed by a system of permissions implemented through Mucker bits.

Turning HelloWorld into a functioning program on a MUCK would require the following steps:

West Corner of the Park is the central meeting place within the MUCK.

The result was MUCK Forth ( MUF ), as implemented in TinyMUCK 2. 0, which became the core to Na ’ s short-lived AtlantisMUCK, which was launched in 1990.

A dbref is a reference or index to a named object in the MUCK database.

It is generally considered easier to learn and use than MUF, and enjoys a large popularity among Fuzzball MUCK users.

In multiplayer online games, a MUSH ( a backronymed pun on MUD most often expanded as Multi-User Shared Hallucination, though Multi-User Shared Hack, Habitat, and Holodeck are also observed ) is a text-based online social medium to which multiple users are connected at the same time.

MUSHes are often used for online social intercourse and role-playing games, although the first forms of MUSH do not appear to be coded specifically to implement gaming activity.

MUSH software was originally derived from MUDs ; today's two major MUSH variants are descended from TinyMUD, which was fundamentally a social game.

MUSH has forked over the years and there are now different varieties with different features, although most have strong similarities and one who is fluent in coding one variety can switch to coding for the other with only a little effort.

Such players are usually called Wizards, and typically form the basis for the MUSH administration.

Some enthusiasts may exclude one or more of the above on the basis of distribution method, name, or parentage, but all are free-form MUSH servers.

The set of commands that players use to interface to the game are essentially standard amongst servers bearing the appellation ' MUSH '.

( In MUSH or IRC settings, these are often called consent-based, because what happens to a character is influenced by a potential " veto " from that character's player.

The source code for most widely used MUSH servers is open source and available from its current maintainers.

The programming language for MUSH, usually referred to as " MUSHcode " or " softcode " ( to distinguish it from " hardcode "-the language in which the MUSH server itself is written ) was developed by Larry Foard.

However, the earliest uses of MUSH servers were for roleplaying and socializing, and these early trends have largely governed their descendants.

* TinyMUX Wiki MUSHcode help, Server details, and indepth articles for the four major MUSH codebases.

However, a MUSH needs to support the standard MUSH commands in order for the MushLink bot to work.

TinyMUCK version 2 contained a full programming language named MUF ( Multi-User Forth ), while MUSH greatly expanded the command interface.

* MUSH, a type of text-based online social medium ( often called a " Multi-User Shared Hallucination ")

Maintainers and developers of MUSH servers have traditionally shared ideas with one another, so most MUSH servers include concepts or code developed originally in other servers.

All MUSH servers provide a flag that, when set on a player, bestows the ability to view and modify nearly everything in the game's database.

The game is run on a MUSH server using a variant of PennMUSH.

** MUSHing, using or playing on a MUSH

The game's database was accidentally destroyed on April 15, 1994, leading to a game split that resulted in the creation of two other prominent Star Wars-themed MUSHes, Star Wars MUSH 2: A New Threat, later From the Ashes, and Star Wars MUSH 3: Minos Cluster, which went on to become Unsung Heroes, which continues as an active MUSH to this day.

After the crash, the MUSH re-opened to the public on May 21, 1994.

MushLink requires no special code to be used on a MUSH.

It mainly differs from MudNet in that it supports some additional commands, supports more MU * types, and supports interMU * communications on certain MUSH types ' own channel systems.