St. John in the US Virgin Islands....... amazing place....


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I see a few more players online these days....... Maybe Nanny is making a comeback?  Recruit a friend!  


Oasis aka Nightmare

I think parties are so low in numbers these days has to do with the direction the guilds have gone in the recent years....... Every guild has some restriction that makes it easier to play alone.... A great example is the Vikings guild.... Vikings powers are stonger when in a party with other vikings, but the 'favour' restriction makes it almost impossible to team up effectivly..... not to mention there are rarely more than 1 or 2 vikings on these days.  
   The monks are great for parties of course, and I imagine they will continue to be for some time....... unless of course the monk you want to team up with needs to quest by him/herself to advance....
   Knights continue to be strong.... with parties or without. Vamps, Leps, Cult..... usually easier on your own.  The biggest problem I see that exists now that never did years ago is the EQ restrictions within the guilds.  Why continue to code EQ that 90% of the players can't use or don't benifit from using.  In the old days, that was half the fun..... finding new EQ that made you stronger....
Examples:
Vikings - Only 'Viking EQ'
Druids - Only 'natural EQ'
Darks - 'dark' EQ
Lepers - 'tainted' EQ   (makes sense in this case)
Khorne - 'Chaos auto loading' EQ
Cult - 'not really needed'
Vamps - 'not needed'
Monks - 'not needed'
Knights - finally a guild that can use 'most' eq
Sims - 'very little eq needed'
Chefs - is there still a chef's guild?  
Adventurers - Long live the adventurers!  no restrictions!
Masters - fisk

Everytime I look at the list in the shop I see the same eq....and I admit that I am guilty of selling much of that same old stuff.  But I think it's time to scale back the restrictions and let players have some fun with the EQ that the Wizzes work so hard to create.

Snafu, do you agree?    

Oasis aka Nightmare

I think Nanny needs a guild like this again...... The biggest problem I have with the guilds in Nanny at the moment is that they all have eq or align restrictions (except Adventurers and Masters) Why not have a guild or 2 that is mediocre and has no restrictions.....  I think it would promote exploration and experimentation.  No frills.... just modified adventurers..... doubt it will happen, but I'd love to see it.



Oasis

One thing I think most of us forget is that any MUD like Nanny is extremely hard to learn for someone new to the MUD scene .... If you are used to playing your X-Box or PS2 and jump right into Nanny you're likely to give up quickly without some help.  Reading the help files only does so much.  I'm guilty as are many of us of ignoring new players because they take time away from advancing our chars, but even the smallest interaction with a new player can get them to come back a second or 3rd time.

Lately most times I log on I see 2 or 3 players under lev 19 and the rest Paragons of P-lev 2 or above... nothing wrong with good players being logged  on, but I'd hate to see this MUD die..... I've been playing since 1994 and doubt that any of my 30 yr old friends will start mudding at that age, but the younger players that are still in school should be spreading the word.... get someone hooked!

Oasis the adventurer

Ty Webb: Do you take drugs Danny?

Danny Noonan: Everyday.

Ty Webb: Good, so what's the problem?

  -Caddyshack


"One day you'll know what love truly is.  It's the sour and the sweet. And I know sour, which allows me to appreciate the sweet."

  -Jason Lee in 'Vanilla Sky'


I know I should get next to you
You've got a look that makes me think you're cool
I know it's just sexual attraction
It's not for real so I better keep a whackin'

Why bother?
It's gonna hurt me
It's gonna kill when you desert me
This happened to me twice before
It won't happen to me anymore

  -Weezer  'Why Bother' from "Pinkerton"


And of course just about any line by Gene Wilder in 'Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory'

-Braveheart
-Vanilla Sky
-Titanic (cheesy yes I know, but it was emotional)
-Caddyshack (too damn funny)
-JFK
-Field of Dreams
-LOTR (of course)
-O Brother, Where art thou?  (inspiring)

Good thing-  My family is close.

Bad thing-  My family is close.  

easy one...

An acoustic guitar.


Oasis

find out the exact date:

www.deathclock.com

I'd like to know for sure..... it'd be a lot easier living day to day knowing that you were totally safe until a certain date or time.

Oasis

The only time I ever listened to music while mudding was in college in 1994.  I'd listen to up-tempo stuff like Greenday and Nirvana.  I'm sure all the people in the computer lab appreciated my musical choice


Oasis

"Why Bother" by Weezer
"Another Lonely Day" by Ben Harper
"I Started a Joke" by The Bee Gees
"Take the Time" by Freddy Jones Band
"All My Life" by Foo Fighters
"Cigarettes and Alcohol" by Oasis
"Why Does it Always Rain On Me?" by Travis
"Wise Up" by Aimee Mann


That's a few..... I could list about 200, but............. I will not

Oasis

My original char' in 94' (Nightmare) I took from 'Magic: The Gathering'.  That card game came out at the same time I started mudding. I haven't played it since that year, but that card(Nightmare) just happened to be in front of me when I first logged onto Nanny.  

The rest of my char's are either golf or music related.


Oasis

I may forget some but here it goes:


Oasis (adv)
Zeppelin (Viking)

Homestar (monk)

Tour (sim)

Gibson (kniggets)




Oasis

StrongBad!


www.homestarrunner.com



Oasis