DikuMUD Hall of Shame
June 18, 2000 on rec.games.mud.misc · Usenet
Incomplete record. The introduction and Dark Pawns line are reproduced. Other named MUDs and all contact addresses are omitted.
Content note. This is a public accusation from 2000, preserved as evidence in the license dispute. The archive does not present it as an independently established verdict.
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axl — Jun 18, 2000 20:00 UTC
The DikuMUD Hall of Shame DikuMUD requires, among other things, that the original authors be given credit for their work. This comes in two forms; one, that their names appear somewhere in the login sequence. Two, that their names appear in a "credits" or "help credits" command, available within the game. The following muds are clearly based on the original DikuMUD code, but in one way or another have refused one of both of the above. The addresses are left off on purpose, as this is not an advertisement. It is a listing to call addention to these disgraceful muds and their administrators. The List: (excerpt) Dark Pawns - Richard Paret [email redacted]