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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Dimension Hattross by Voivod.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Years ago I played on a MUD and met a dude who went by the name Hatross. He quit playing, and after a player wipe I started using the name in memory of my friend's character. I had no idea where the name originated for years. I had since forgotten about the album until now.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It was Sojourn/Toril MUD if you ever played there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Both of those i have logged into, but didnt play them much. The mud i played was apparently very unique and was hard to find something similar.

I think sojourn is still running...if i get the itch to mud ill have to give it a serious try!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sojourn became Toril, which is still running.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Ahhhh okay thanks friend!

Edit: interesting wiki on it!

Sojourn continued until 1996, when a difference in creative vision among the staff led to the project being forked into TorilMUD and Duris: Land of Bloodlust. Of the two, TorilMUD is regarded as the more direct inheritor of Sojourn's legacy. Toril continued until 1998, when it became Sojourn 2, and underwent another rebirth in 2001 as Sojourn 3. Kris retired in 2003, and Sojourn 3 was reborn as TorilMUD, or as the old-time players refer to it, Toril 2. Throughout these rebirths, the areas and code continued to grow: there are currently 300 zones (with several more nearing completion), 16277 types of monsters/mobs, and 13753 different items.

Many TorilMUD staff members were staff on Sojourn 3, Sojourn 2, and some are even from Toril 1, providing a degree of continuity. All Toril staff started as players on the MUD, giving them a great deal of personal experience with the game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I have been playing there off and on since the first pwipe that took it from Black Knight to Sojourn. Aradune (Brad McQuaid) of EverQuest played there too. There are a number of his guild mates in EQ (mostly Freeport guards) and a number of items from sojourn that made it into EQ.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Korgull is also often name/nick around, as a reference to the same band. Albums have strong story and atmosphere because of that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Voivod kicks ass!