[audio-pals] Re: Start of 2015

  • From: Devin Prater <r.d.t.prater@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2015 16:04:00 -0600

Gotta love, though, that even on iOS, that there are no really accessible mud 
clients. I just think developers could do a lot better if they weren't making 
apps as just a hobby. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Feb 21, 2015, at 2:25 PM, Thomas McMahan <shadowmonstrosity@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Multi User Dungeons.  Muds.  Thus playing muds, mudding.  A person telnets 
> into a given game, although many of them offer browser access now, browsers 
> to mud are slow because of the java involved.  They are text based games.  So 
> you type to have your character do stuff like move around or kill, but there 
> is also a chat component too so you can type to chat to other players, or 
> type in other modes for your caricature to interact either with other 
> player’s caricatures or the mobs that are in the game.  
> 
> It’s at least usually a blind friendly gaming environment since they are text 
> based, as apposed to graphical based 
> 
> http://www.mudconnect.com
> 
> This is an overall resource to look at to find games and reviews etc.  
> Whatever your flavor it’s probably in there somewhere.  
> games.  
> 
> 
>> On Feb 21, 2015, at 8:30 AM, Josh <lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> What is mudding?
>>  
>> From: audio-pals-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>> [mailto:audio-pals-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thomas McMahan
>> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2015 1:03 PM
>> To: audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [audio-pals] Re: Start of 2015
>>  
>> No but it’s some mudding technology.   
>>  
>>> On Feb 20, 2015, at 6:52 AM, Josh <lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>  
>>> Is this Lennox terminology? Or what?
>>>  
>>> From: audio-pals-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>>> [mailto:audio-pals-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 12:15 AM
>>> To: audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [audio-pals] Re: Start of 2015
>>>  
>>> Atlantis is accessible? I play Alteraeon and Clok the most. Does atlantis 
>>> have a way of speaking the output of the MUD automatically as it arives? 
>>> And is Atlantis updated regularly, at least once a year?
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Feb 17, 2015, at 11:09 PM, Thomas McMahan <shadowmonstrosity@xxxxxxx> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Atlantis is what I use for muds.  Or if you can get it to boot in 
>>>> terminal.  Mudder though is to much thinking and thus very clunky.  Type 
>>>> in the one screen and by the time you can get around to the active screen 
>>>> you are dead.  Atlantis is a two screen deal though but you can get back 
>>>> quicker, but as you said not updated in years.  
>>>>  
>>>> I used to like mud walker still have it in the old mac, nice type and have 
>>>> the action going on in one window, but not developed anymore.  To bad it 
>>>> was pretty stable.  
>>>>  
>>>> What muds do you play?  I used to play a lot over in mud legend.Every once 
>>>> in a great while I will still log in and kill something just to let them 
>>>> know I’m around, but I think that one is dying off slow but sure.  
>>>>  
>>>>> On Feb 17, 2015, at 10:17 PM, Devin Prater <r.d.t.prater@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>  
>>>>> The mac is really good, yes. But the lack of programs is really what gets 
>>>>> to me. No accessible MUD client that has been updated in years and is 
>>>>> stable, no daisy readers, no eSpeak, none of that. The terminal also 
>>>>> isn't all that good for mudding either. I've tried it many times.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Feb 17, 2015, at 10:03 PM, Thomas McMahan <thomas.mcmahan@xxxxxxx> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Go for it, get a Mac.  Once you learn it you won’t look back.  In many 
>>>>>> ways it is like the phone, Apple is doing what they can to make them as 
>>>>>> similar as possible.  Voice over is great and even better if you get the 
>>>>>> extra voices.  I think they should just include them but they don’t but 
>>>>>> they are free.  
>>>>>>> On Feb 17, 2015, at 9:55 PM, Heather H <copperlee73@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>> I have no windows of any kind now.  kate bit the dust last week.  I 
>>>>>>> tore her down and threw her away.  I loved and will always love my xp 
>>>>>>> but it is no more.  My friend is trying to talk me into a Mac.  If it 
>>>>>>> is anything like my iPhone...I may consider it downt he road.  I just 
>>>>>>> like the voiceover program better than the zoomtext I had on Kate.  I 
>>>>>>> miss my Kate.  
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Feb 17, 2015, at 10:40 PM, Thomas McMahan 
>>>>>>>> <shadowmonstrosity@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Some folks are already raving about Windows 10, but based on what 
>>>>>>>> experience I’ve had with 8.1, I would rave about most anything *lol*.  
>>>>>>>> My sister-in-law says her old vista machine is faster than my notebook 
>>>>>>>> running 8.1.  I don’t doubt her and she’s a big Windows supporter.  
>>>>>>>> She thinks my mac is out to get her and she’s been to scared to try 
>>>>>>>> the linux box yet.  Although she was showing some signs of interest 
>>>>>>>> with it earlier.  So we’ll see about that.  
>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>> Yes parts of the US have been pounded with snow, other parts not so 
>>>>>>>> much.  We’ve had 2 snow storms with any decent amount of snow so far.  
>>>>>>>> That’s below normal.  Have had bits of biter cold weather though, then 
>>>>>>>> it will warm back up a bit then go cold again.  El Nino winter, just 
>>>>>>>> not strong enough to give us a warm winter.  
>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>> On Feb 17, 2015, at 9:32 PM, Susan Waaga <s_waaga@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>> Hi everyone! Yes I know I haven't barely been online for two months 
>>>>>>>>> as I had dramas with the previous laptop.  Now I have a new machine 
>>>>>>>>> and I am slowly getting the ropes of using windows 8.  While window 
>>>>>>>>> shopping for a new laptop the guy told me windows 10 is supposely 
>>>>>>>>> coming out in the near future.  TYPICAL!  Just as when I get use to 
>>>>>>>>> using one program a new one comes out!!
>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>> Also we had six weeks of summer school holidays so most of my time 
>>>>>>>>> was busy with my children. We visited three theme parks, visit a 
>>>>>>>>> musuem twice, went shopping, alot of dining out with friends and seen 
>>>>>>>>> 6 movies at the cinema. Was thinking of going away for a week but it 
>>>>>>>>> started to became more a wet January.  We live in a tropical cyclone 
>>>>>>>>> environment.  We are on cyclone watch now!!  There is a tropical low 
>>>>>>>>> out to the sea and it is forecast to hit inland as a category one by 
>>>>>>>>> the middle of the night tonight.  We are forecast to have storms and 
>>>>>>>>> heavy rain up to 500mm in two days.
>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>> The girls have been back at school for three weeks now.  Both of my 
>>>>>>>>> girls had their swimming carnival recently and school photos were 
>>>>>>>>> taken. Monique didn't have a good start to her school year.  In the 
>>>>>>>>> first week her best friend was admitted to hospital after she 
>>>>>>>>> collapsed at school and lost her sight.  She had fluiid in the 
>>>>>>>>> brain!! Since then Monique had a virus for two days and only 
>>>>>>>>> yesterday she sprained her left ankle.  She has now house bound for 
>>>>>>>>> afew days. 
>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>> Next month Rachel will commenced volunteer day at a Meals for Wheels 
>>>>>>>>> centre.  Its an organisation where they cook and deliver meals to 
>>>>>>>>> people who aren't fully dependent to cook themselves.  I don't know 
>>>>>>>>> what her role will be as she isn't old enough to have a driver's 
>>>>>>>>> licence.  All her grade level is involved and they are roster two 
>>>>>>>>> mornings a week for two students each week during school term. Later 
>>>>>>>>> in the year they all will have work experience for a week.
>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>> Was on a break from bowling and craft over the summer holidays.  In 
>>>>>>>>> mid January bowling league resume.  At present time my team is in the 
>>>>>>>>> top 10 position.  It changes each week! My team mate had two star of 
>>>>>>>>> the weeks for bowling over average games.  I had ups and downs each 
>>>>>>>>> week.  Craft resumed two weeks ago.  At the moment I am only 
>>>>>>>>> attending on Tuesdays and some Wednesdays.  I hope to start studying 
>>>>>>>>> soon.
>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>> Hope everyone is well and enjoying their winter season in the nothern 
>>>>>>>>> hemisphere.  I heard it has snowed alot in US.  I am start to wonder 
>>>>>>>>> if we will have a cold winter for once.  Suzi
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