First time on

[Dain]

Just in case some newbie gets here maybe this wi
ll be useful.

1. Read the Newbie booklet you have with you. It has lots of useful information.
2. Wizards can't
help you, but usually they are a pleasant company.
3. Try to comunicate with other players, for they might be able to he
lp you. Don't give up if they don't respond or are harsh; try someone else.

[sUiko-den]

another tip is not to beg money from a player and the 10min later quit from nanny.

[Qwer]

It was like a long hour for me with my latest char, so that's okay?

[sUiko-den]

that's ok, but still majority of the newbies coming to nanny only beg for money and then quit.

[Snafu]

As long as they keep the money on their char and not drop it for another of their chars to pick up...

If they beg for money and then keep it on them...they may be a real newbie...

If they drop the money for another char, they are most certainly not newbie...They are just taking advantage of other players.

/Snafu

[Qwer]

Nanny is dying anyway. Perhaps it should be turned in a MMORPG. But that's not something few people can create and maintain, unfortunately. But anyway, I think muds are dying, not just Nanny... I know 3 muds and all 3 have less players then had a few years back.
Hell, Brom could put that 50 playerlimit back and it wouldn't get full anymore, never ever.

Oh, this reminds me, I still haven't finished my area. But that won't get many n00bz to Nanny anyway ...
(I'm working on a 12 rooms area for how much? don't remember. many years. Lazyness and rl are the ones to blame, not me.)

[ladychris]

(I'm working on a 12 rooms area for how much? don't remember. many years. Lazyness and rl are the ones to blame, not me.)

So lazyness is something totally different from you?

And please, keep this negative attitude out of this forum Maybe you dont think your area would attrakt anyone, but theres plenty of wizzes who have fun in creating things... dont scare them off

[Olaftheblue]

Nanny is dying anyway. Perhaps it should be turned in a MMORPG. :)

What is a MMORPG? Hm... Multimedia something roleplay game?

But that's not something few people can create and maintain, unfortunately. But anyway, I think muds are dying, not just Nanny... I know 3 muds and all 3 have less players then had a few years back.

Hell, Brom could put that 50 playerlimit back and it wouldn't get full anymore, never ever.

Hm... I seem to remember seeing more than 50 players several times, and a few times I've seen more than 60 players on.

Oh, this reminds me, I still haven't finished my area. But that won't get many n00bz to Nanny anyway ...
(I'm working on a 12 rooms area for how much? don't remember. many years. Lazyness and rl are the ones to blame, not me.)

New areas won't make people discover Nanny, but that's no excuse not to work on them :-) Besides, every new area is part of making the area bigger and better, and at least that will perhaps make more people STAY in Nanny when they first have discovered it...

[Kherec]

'players' include mortals, not wizards. There was never a limit (well, not for a decade back atleast) on wizards, just the number of mortals logged on.

And I haven't seen 50+ mortals on in years.

[Snafu]

'players' include mortals, not wizards. There was never a limit (well, not for a decade back atleast) on wizards, just the number of mortals logged on.

And I haven't seen 50+ mortals on in years.

Actually...I believe at the same time there was a 50 limit on players, there was a 20 limit on Wizards. I remember this because I also could not log back in then. There was never, however, a limit on admin...which I believe you WERE at the time At least that's MY memory

/Snafu

[Kherec]

That might explain it

[Qwer]

Accent wasn't on my area, bah.

Negative attitude? I would just say realistic, based on 'statistics', could I say.
The question is just what could we do to make Nanny more attractive to the new generation. If there is such a thing. Kidos (most of them) prefere fancy, brainless graphix I believe, and that's bad. I am just saying that I can imagine Nanny surviving only as a graphical game ... any ideas?

[garetjax]

Nanny with graphics... I'm a little hesitant to the idea.  Nanny in its current state utilizes the theatre of the mind's eye and inside it, you have unlimited color, resolution and all the graphical special effects you could want. Introduce graphics to the mix (I'm assuming you mean 3d graphics thats all the rage in current MMORPGs) and you take Nanny out of the visual realm of imagination.  

What the wiz would code is exactly what the players would see, and even if the wiz was a competent artist, there is no way that they could create an area of beauty that could match what I've seen in many areas like Andra's, Mirage's etc. (unless perhaps you recquire the use of a geforce 6)

Well, thats my rant against a graphical Nanny.  I didn't even touch upon the problems of implementing such a beast (I do know a lot about such things and could go on forever about it).  While I'm not against a graphical mud (I think I would probably enjoy it), I'm against replacing Nanny in its current text based state.

(Maybe when I have the time, I'll post on my ideas of implementing a graphical mud )

[ladychris]

Yeah, want graphics on Nanny? Go visit my gallery (just push on that WWW button) and you will see how Nanny and its ppl look like... well, in my mind at least

[ladychris]

Btw that link wont work for a couple of weeks im afraid