Here we come, Freedom City! InfernoMOO: just like Hellmoo but BETTER

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Guido van Possum: Apr 7, 2012; by T. Finninho

InfernoMOO! Riiight!

No admin drama!

You're read the stories in the Griefing thread? You want to be 'that guy'? Then point your favorite MUD/MOO client to inferno.optiquest.org 7777!

No, we're not talking about After the End (a.k.a. Madamoo). No, we're not talking about the carebear PVP-less HellMOO that everybody likes to bitch about!

What changed?

code:

More newbie friendly.
Buffed Contract Payouts
New Areas
Revamped Chargen
Revamped Gym
Newbie Tutorial (WIP)
Tons of new items 
Removed SHOP HOURS
Weapons/Armor changes
Mutation penalities removed (the dumb ones)
Most of the changes from HATEMoo
New admins who are open to innovation and change

Help on [b]Griefing[/b]:
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Player-versus-player (PvP) combat is permitted and even encouraged on InfernoMOO. In
general, the best rule of thumb is: DON'T BE A DICK, but if you are a dick then do
what you have to do. Kill whoever you want.

tl;dr We took the HellMOO database and made it better by adding some changes from HATE and a lot of new radical innovative changes. Already we replaced the Orphanage with a new area and buffed a lot of things, and we are incredibly hard at work fixing bugs and implementing your ideas. Your input means a lot to us.

Official blurb
InfernoMOO is a post-apocalyptic text based role-playing game. It is set after an atomic conflict has brought down the great civilizations of the 21st century. Enough time has passed that some towns and vestiges of society have returned, but not nearly enough to curb the inherent violence and conflict of a life lived without comfort or salvation. Corporations both ancient and new sit astride the few surviving cities like obscene, glittering spiders, wielding their power over their desert domains without question and without mercy. The fake smile, the furtive stare are the weapons of the city-dweller, forever dependent on their corporate masters for protection against the raiders and radioactive sands. Yet a few wander the wastes, living off the bones of the old world and whatever justice they can find at the end of their gun. Only time will tell who is stronger.

What is InfernoMOO?
InfernoMOO is a text-based multiplayer game (MUD) with a post-apocalyptic setting. It is also the best text-based flight simulator you'll ever play. Most importantly, it provides a valuable public service by allowing people to kill defective clones and surprise sex corpses on the internet, thereby keeping such people off the street. The idea of a text-based game may be unappealing at first, but this one is really fun.

THE BEST FEATURE:
What is the best feature of InfernoMOO, you ask? That's easy, just ask any decent player. The freedom to do anything you want, ANYTHING, in particular the ability to take any weapon and bring it down upon a unsuspecting fool's head, crushing it into skull spatter and bits of bone, because the jerk said something rude to you last week. gently caress THAT GUY!

Of course, you might not start out this strong. But who's gonna stop you, these jerks? Hell no. You're gonna hit the gym, bulk the gently caress up, and then find a good bludgeoning weapon and hit the streets, looking for some fools who aren't smart enough to know to not give you lip. WHAT A loving RUSH.

Features
Features:
* Cybersex
* Improved character generation and gymming!
* Full Player VS Player combat (complete with neckbeard sperg goons to gang up on you)
* Overhead mini-map (Now in technicolor!)
* A large number of helpful admins who are available most of the time
* Well-developed player and NPC economy with crafting and shops
* A variety of weapons, from makeshift clubs and massive swords, to guns, hand grenades and nuclear missiles (Watch out for that last one)
* Player-created corporations that you can join to hang out and chat with your friends, from anywhere in the game
* Parties that you can join to talk to your party friends, also from anywhere in the game
* Drugs (buy, sell, and use them)
* Pilotable aircraft (Renowned for the being the best text-based aircraft ever, now with pilotable zeppelins)
* Drivable motorcycles (Parking garages available locally)
* Sex (Whore yourself out to NPCs or players for cash, or just screw someone for quick healing after a fight)
* Pregnancy and abortion (And auto-abortion)
* Communicable diseases (Including STDs, Ebola, and other such life-threatening diseases)
* Gambling (Poker face not included)
* Fishing (Bring your own beer)
* Mining (Now with appropriate miners' helmets!)
* Hacking and cybernetic implants (Design your own house on the internet!)
* Scientologists (With machine guns)
* Terrorists (Some of which use giant hammers)
* Pirates (Now in the Sky variety!)
* Zombies (Also in four-arms variety)
* Ghosts (Not in zombie flavor)
* Vampires (Who have no rights)
* Ninjas (In scientologist form too)
* Dickgirls (Without the surgery, but we DO have dick surgery too)
* Darkness (And lights with which to brighten said darkness)
* NPC 'Hunters' to fight off any mean player menace! (Or vampires or abominations) Disclaimer: NO STARMANS OR DJANGOS INCLUDED.

How to connect:

http://imgur.com/a/jKNc0 (connection tutorial)

A good MUD client that supports ANSI color. MUSHclient is a good choice for Windows users, Atlantis for OSX, or GnoeMoe for Ubuntu. It's up to you what you choose to use, but most people will make fun of you for not using the client of their choice.
The address for Infernomoo PVP is:

Inferno.optiquest.org 7777

The creator of HellMOO wrote a guide for the utter newbie to MUDs:
http://hellmoo.org/wiki/index.php/Utter_Newbie

Links!
Vayra's Overly-Elaborate and Self-Indulgent Guide To Ex-Scrubbehood
A world map
Previous HellMOO thread
Even older thread
The Official HellMOO song
Treated her like gold, the real official song

_{I stole parts of doggiebiscuit's old OP, so thanks.}
_{I love you senso}

code:

charles_barkley: "whats the dragon hideout pw"
Rahul_Gandhi: "its different"
Rahul_Gandhi: "for each person"
charles_barkley: "motherfukr"
charles_barkley: "lying rear end wiki"
charles_barkley: "im pissedof"
Rahul_Gandhi: "you have to do the quest"


charles_barkley: "help me"
charles_barkley: "please"
charles_barkley: "she wont do anythin"
charles_barkley: "she wont follow"
charles_barkley: "wtf"
Scycide: "you prob broke it
charles_barkley: "n"
charles_barkley: "she did nothing else"
charles_barkley: "i fell in the toilet"


charles_barkley: "i need to talk to her siser"
charles_barkley: "where is her sister"
charles_barkley: "in botany"
charles_barkley: "u killed her"
charles_barkley: "u are a piece of poo poo"


charles_barkley: "her sister is gone now"
charles_barkley: "shes not in the toilet"
Yasser_YOLO_Arafat: "did she seriously disappear"
charles_barkley: "yes"
Yasser_YOLO_Arafat: "hahaha"
Yasser_YOLO_Arafat: "why were you in the toilet"
charles_barkley: "i thought there was something down there"


charles_barkley: "i am in the toilet now"
Rahul_Gandhi: "im going to die laughing"
Yasser_YOLO_Arafat: "wait for them to respawn"
Yasser_YOLO_Arafat: "get out of the toilet"
charles_barkley: "no"

Goodbye Erich, you enriched our lives. We will miss you.

Guido van Possum fucked around with this message at Dec 15, 2012 around 21:14

# ? Dec 10, 2012 03:03

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# ? May 23, 2013 10:52

ArchWizard: Mar 27, 2009; There's the Roy I know ~~and love~~.

I play this game and it is pretty good. I have many friends there. They can be your friends, too! My favorite part of the game is watching people I don't like get griefed by people I do like. Also, exploring a big ol' world full of stuff. I like that too.

# ? Dec 10, 2012 03:14

Sir_Seth: May 25, 2012

How many revivals of HellMOO do we really need?

# ? Dec 10, 2012 03:29

Varinn: May 3, 2005

Hellmoo would be a cool game if it didn't literally have a "surprise sex" command and a cybersex system maybe those could finally be scrapped in this yet another hellmoo revival

# ? Dec 10, 2012 03:34

NewtGoongrich: Jan 21, 2012; I am a shit stain on the face of humanity, I have no compassion, only hatred, bile and lust.

PROUD SHIT STAIN

I'd be willing to give this a try. But for the surprise sex.

# ? Dec 10, 2012 04:40

Guido van Possum: Apr 7, 2012; by T. Finninho

surprise sex is just an idea.

# ? Dec 10, 2012 04:44

akeidolon: Aug 15, 2007

Varinn posted:

Hellmoo would be a cool game if it didn't literally have a "surprise sex" command and a cybersex system maybe those could finally be scrapped in this yet another hellmoo revival

You could spend a whole lot of time ripping out a shitload of code that has over time become deeply (seriously it is insane) rooted in the game system. Orrrrrrrrr you could spend that time implementing things that add to the depravity!

akeidolon fucked around with this message at Dec 10, 2012 around 05:50

# ? Dec 10, 2012 05:43

.DAT Azz: Jan 7, 2009; by Y Kant Ozma Post

Varinn posted:

Hellmoo would be a cool game if it didn't literally have a "surprise sex" command and a cybersex system maybe those could finally be scrapped in this yet another hellmoo revival

Did you make this exact post on the first page of the last HellMOO thread aswell? Then have nothing else to contribute about that game that anyone wants to hear either? Take it to tumblr.

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

# ? Dec 10, 2012 07:05

Varinn: May 3, 2005

It's pretty relevant and pretty embarrassing that the game has both the surprise sex thing and also a lovingly described system to describe the cybersex you're having with other players!

I'm sure it's only used ironically, of course, of course

# ? Dec 10, 2012 07:39

TetsuoTW: Aug 27, 2007; Let one hundred schools of dildo-bat contend

Varinn posted:

Hellmoo would be a cool game if it didn't literally have a "surprise sex" command and a cybersex system maybe those could finally be scrapped in this yet another hellmoo revival

Hey, you got your Tumblr in my HellMOO!

No, you got your HellMOO in my Tumblr!

Wait this tastes like poo poo what are you even doing?

# ? Dec 10, 2012 09:40

Mr_Chicken: Mar 23, 2009

Hurray, I'll be back on as PegLeg at some point.

# ? Dec 10, 2012 09:57

Philip Rivers: Mar 15, 2010; I'm a stupid moron with an ugly face and a big butt and my butt smells and I like to kiss my own butt.

Varinn posted:

It's pretty relevant and pretty embarrassing that the game has both the surprise sex thing and also a lovingly described system to describe the cybersex you're having with other players!

I'm sure it's only used ironically, of course, of course

Of course everyone who plays this game masturbates furiously while they live out their latent surprise sex fantasies through the power of MUDs.

As an outsider, I agree that it's embarrassing and not particularly funny, because hey guys, lol surprise sex rite? At the same time, it's loving stupid to bitch about when the entire point of the game is to be as trite and offensive as possible. The reason that surprise sex is in the game is the exact same reason why you're bitching about it: it's dumb as hell.

# ? Dec 10, 2012 10:36

Benicio: Mar 21, 2004; Gimme Shelter

I am pretty sure that isn`t even in the game anymore but I`m not sure because no one actually gives a poo poo

# ? Dec 10, 2012 10:38

H1KE: May 7, 2007; Somehow, I don't think they'd approve the franchise...

Benicio posted:

I am pretty sure that isn`t even in the game anymore but I`m not sure because no one actually gives a poo poo

It's so ingrained into the code now, to remove it would take months of work and probably another wipe. And that's right, no one gives a poo poo about it anymore except Zed. Since it's not like it's a requirement to play the game, and since it's nigh impossible to remove, how about ignoring it and moving on, instead of posting about it at least once every thread?

H1KE fucked around with this message at Dec 10, 2012 around 12:27

# ? Dec 10, 2012 12:22

Pochoclo: Feb 4, 2008; I like bread

Hellmoo and its revivals, it's like that dying cow scene in Me, Myself and Irene, where Jim Carrey shoots it over and over in the head and it just won't die.

# ? Dec 10, 2012 12:25

AriadneThread: Feb 17, 2011

I agree that the whole surprise sex thing is really gross. You'd think there would be some 'easy' hack to disable it, like removing a global permission or something.

Oh well! At least it looks like the pedophilla is out. Baby steps Er- that wasn't a pun, ew.
I'm in as Erin. Let's see how long it takes me to get bored of this version and quit.

# ? Dec 10, 2012 15:33

Thumbs Up Dude: Aug 25, 2006

They're pretty much encouraging sick fucks to act out their fantasies in real life by keeping the sex system in the game - you can even have sex with infants and 10 year old orphans, not to mention raping old ladies.

# ? Dec 10, 2012 15:37

Senso: Nov 4, 2005; Always working

Just don't do it, you sick gently caress. You can do it in real life too and I assume you don't. Then don't in the game. Jesus.

# ? Dec 10, 2012 16:06

TetsuoTW: Aug 27, 2007; Let one hundred schools of dildo-bat contend

Video games are murder simulators!

# ? Dec 10, 2012 16:10

Spanish Matlock: Sep 6, 2004

akeidolon posted:

You could spend a whole lot of time ripping out a shitload of code that has over time become deeply (seriously it is insane) rooted in the game system. Orrrrrrrrr you could spend that time implementing things that add to the depravity!

cards against humanitymoo is absolutely the best.

# ? Dec 10, 2012 18:47

galahan: Jun 19, 2006

So far so fun, I'm a little rusty on the HateMOO changes, anything cool we should know? The most striking feature I noticed is there's no IP gain.
I guess Botany bay is new and improved as well.

# ? Dec 10, 2012 21:26

Nathilus: Apr 4, 2002

The most striking feature is WHOA CHARGEN THAT IS NOT A PAIN IN THE rear end. HOLY poo poo YOUR SPEND 3 SECONDS AT THE GYM AND YOU'RE loving DONE WITH USING IP. CHRIST ON A CRACKER SOME OF THE JOBS ARE SPAMMABLE. DEAR GOD YOU DON'T HAVE TO HUNT FOR RABID ORPHANS!

I could go on and on. They have obviously spent a lot of time excising unfun bullshit from this game, and I think I am in love.

# ? Dec 10, 2012 21:37

Amante: Jan 3, 2007; ...

While I see some rough bits that still need tuning or polish, things seem pretty good so far. I like the HATEesque changes removing unnecessarily grindy bullshit.

# ? Dec 10, 2012 21:40

Infinite Monkeys: Jul 18, 2010

There are only three fists trainers on the telephone pole, two of them (Care Dog and Heath) can't train past 4 raw and one (Master Chuck) can't train you from below 7 raw. Now that there's no grinding, how are you meant to get from 4 to 7 raw? Is that guy on Coventry still about but not mentioned on the pole? Are boats still a pain in the rear end?

e: Vendetta fixed it, Heath now trains to 7. Hooray!

Infinite Monkeys fucked around with this message at Dec 10, 2012 around 22:46

# ? Dec 10, 2012 22:13

niff: Jul 4, 2010

Nathilus posted:

The most striking feature is WHOA CHARGEN THAT IS NOT A PAIN IN THE rear end. HOLY poo poo YOUR SPEND 3 SECONDS AT THE GYM AND YOU'RE loving DONE WITH USING IP. CHRIST ON A CRACKER SOME OF THE JOBS ARE SPAMMABLE. DEAR GOD YOU DON'T HAVE TO HUNT FOR RABID ORPHANS!

I could go on and on. They have obviously spent a lot of time excising unfun bullshit from this game, and I think I am in love.

awesome this sounds awesome.

have cloning costs been removed?

# ? Dec 10, 2012 22:24

Infinite Monkeys: Jul 18, 2010

niff posted:

have cloning costs been removed?

The respawn rate of clones in the runoff area needs to be increased, they keep all being dead at once.

# ? Dec 10, 2012 22:51

Haephastus: Jul 9, 2012

I'm glad you guys like what's been done so far!

I asked prognet to buff the clone respawn rate, because I don't think anyone actually bothered checking to see if that was sane or not.

Re: clone rates, they have been lowered significantly. And iirc, you don't lose xp from recloning either.

# ? Dec 10, 2012 22:53

Jon93: Jan 31, 2008; Scouter!? What Scouter?

Hellmoo is super interesting if only for the fact that it's fun to just hop on just to see what "crazy antics" people are up to at any given point. But at some point it just becomes a chore. That and the sex mechanics make it a really hard sell to my friends and colleges. From a world building standpoint Hellmoo has always fascinated me.

Hellmoo is kind of a Holiday tradition for me and some like minded friends so I guess this is all the excuse I needed to go punch crackheads.

I'll be in as Durdon per usual.

# ? Dec 10, 2012 22:54

oldskool: Aug 9, 2010

In yet again as oldskool. I like the new setup mechanism, way better for new players than the old way where you had to hunt down the wiki to figure out what goes with what.

haha wow free swim & climb right off the bat, I love this MOO.

# ? Dec 11, 2012 00:09

Amante: Jan 3, 2007; ...

oldskool posted:

haha wow free swim & climb right off the bat, I love this MOO.

And Scav! No need to tag it anymore yay

# ? Dec 11, 2012 00:38

Haephastus: Jul 9, 2012

Do us a favor and let us know on *gr or *idea if something is still gay and retarded, because we can't think of everything.

Earlier, Alastor made sims cost 50k, not require a contract, and removed permissions from them so that anyone can print. The cycle time is also pretty short, it's like 30 minutes if you are really bad at science or something.

# ? Dec 11, 2012 00:47

Ah Pook: Aug 23, 2003

Amante posted:

And Scav! No need to tag it anymore yay

Is there an updated newbie guide or whatever where this information is available?

# ? Dec 11, 2012 01:17

Haephastus: Jul 9, 2012

Unfortunately, no. You'll have to go ingame and read *clp. Someone should write a general changelog/newbie guide, I guess. I'd wait till the tutorial is finished all the way, though. I wrote some helpful signs for the saftey deposit, the bank, and the fishing store, though.

Haephastus fucked around with this message at Dec 11, 2012 around 02:10

# ? Dec 11, 2012 01:39

hitachi: May 2, 2003; Hail to the King, baby

Is there any viable weapon other than whips if I want to make a picker? I want to try something different this time and be able to break into apartments but I don't like whips.

# ? Dec 11, 2012 02:27

Haquer: Nov 15, 2009; That windswept look...

hitachi posted:

Is there any viable weapon other than whips if I want to make a picker? I want to try something different this time and be able to break into apartments but I don't like whips.

Whips are the only brain weapon, as far as I know so either make a picking alt or be stuck with whips

# ? Dec 11, 2012 02:44

.DAT Azz: Jan 7, 2009; by Y Kant Ozma Post

Branesclub, oprhanfuckers.

# ? Dec 11, 2012 02:50

Bash Ironfist: Aug 16, 2008

Awesome, gonna get back into this. In as WeedlordBonerhitler, and lets make a goon corp!

# ? Dec 11, 2012 02:52

Guido van Possum: Apr 7, 2012; by T. Finninho

I'm sorry Bash Ironfist but you have been permanently blacklisted from any goon corp.

# ? Dec 11, 2012 03:33

Social Animal: Nov 1, 2005; I don't know about cards, but, uh, I think these four-fives beat a full house.

Man right when it comes out I'm hooked on Planetside 2, I'll get on it eventually. Pop counts pretty good?

# ? Dec 11, 2012 05:02

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# ? May 23, 2013 10:52

hitachi: May 2, 2003; Hail to the King, baby

Seems to be floating around 30ish for now. Hopefully it picks up a bit but that's not too bad.

# ? Dec 11, 2012 05:12

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