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Troops Of Doom, Inc. BBS

Sysop: FireControl

telnet://bbs.troopsofdoom.org

http://www.troopsofdoom.org

e-mail: firecontrol@troopsofdoom.org

Located in San Diego, CA.



Running Worldgroup 3.20 on a *dedicated* server.

P4 1.6gHz 512M Ram, on a 2.0M/sec cable connection.



Newest registered FUGlobals installed to enhance usability.



This BBS is run by the users, as I see it. You guys request it, I'll add it, if it's feasible.



Days old MajorMUD! v1.11m

All 9 mods active.

Most classes are open.

PvP set to 5 level difference.

Only 6 (active) players, one being Sysop

Helpful staff around to help out the players.

FREE! No cost to the user.



All users get SYS MAP and SYS GOTO



EDITS: 2x monster exp. (May change, depending on requests)

Unlimited "limited items".

All quest weapons for sale in the cloakroom in Silvermere.

All sorts of quest things for sale in the general store,

for free:

Eye of the beholder, all types of severed heads, black

diamonds, etc. Plus all level restrictions on alignment

quests have been removed.

More to come...



6 Trade Wars games running under TWGS v3.11.55

T-LORD v1.26

Everything is free on this BBS.



So come on by and check us out! All I ask for is a valid e-mail address to inform people if it's down for some reason. Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.



-FireControl

Quote:"A low $5 a month will get you everything, unlimited time per day.

Why pay for mud, you ask?

A few good reasons:

It attracts a different crowd."





Uhh...Yeah... NOONE! Is noone really a crowd? Last I knew around here noone payed to play mud.

All ive seen is people bitch about refunds when the sysop whos playing cheats and the sysop refuses to give refunds...

Yeah, they really attract a different crowd

If I wanted to pay to play, I would come here lookin for a pay to play. I would go play on Metro.

Let him advertise. At least he knows how.

Originally posted by FireControl

Why pay for mud, you ask?

A few good reasons:

It attracts a different crowd.

Quality assured BBS.

Professionally ran by an experienced SysOp and Staff.

Dedicated BBS hardware and cable connection.

Most free servers are fly-by-night, and might be gone in a week. Pay boards are usually in for the long-haul.

Dedicated SysOp and Staff, who will correct any problems ASAP.

Just to name a few....





That's the most insane thing I've ever heard. The sysops from the bigger free servers in this community, I venture to say, know as much if not more than any other sysop legit or edited. That's a way to get users, insult this community! The people it attracts are people who aren't much different, except they generally do less than those on editeds, since they have to wait years to get to do anything.

:thumbd:

well, he IS right tho, :lol:

Sure he isn't. Just because someone doesn't charge to play doesn't mean they don't have a dedicated staff.



Ops on edited boards are 100x more dedicated than on legit boards - I don't care what ANYONE says. Legit ops are also snotty as fuck.



Just because edited boards don't charge for access doesn't mean they'll be down in a day. Some of the edited boards that are up right now have been up longer than most Legit boards.



A lot of edited boards also run on dedicated computers, as well. That doesn't mean theres no lag. Just because he's legit doesn't mean he wont have some of the same problems edited sysops do.



So..techinically, he ISN'T right.

Lunar Dynamics has been free for years. We dont charge and we run one of the most highly rated MUD's out there. Its pointless now-a-days to charge for mud becausae its so obsolete.

there's an electrical engineering program designed for dos 6.22 that STILL costs $750 to buy for a student copy.



believe me 'vis, "obsolete" never will be an acceptable excuse :P