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ANCIENT EMPIRES MUD [unclaimed]
telnet ancientempires.net 5011

Players now: 2  (declared, 75m)
Reachable: 100.0% of the last 90 days

Where to find this game
  WEBSITE    https://ancientempires.net  (declared, 75m)

When people are on (UTC)
Busiest Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday 13:00–23:59.

  Mon — peak 4 at 00:00
  Tue — peak 4 at 16:00
  Wed — peak 4 at 00:00
  Thu — peak 5 at 01:00
  Fri — peak 4 at 01:00
  Sat — peak 3 at 00:00
  Sun — peak 4 at 17:00

  counted = we got in and read a number, including a measured zero
  uncounted = we got in and no number could be read
  not measured = we have no measurement for that hour

How many, over time (1 Aug 2026 – 30 Aug 2026, UTC)
Typically 3 on, peaking at 6, over 16 of 30 days. Steady across the range.

  1 Aug–7 Aug: not measured
  8 Aug–14 Aug: not measured
  15 Aug–21 Aug: typically 3, peak 6, 7 days counted
  22 Aug–28 Aug: typically 3, peak 5, 7 days counted
  29 Aug–30 Aug: typically 3, peak 4, 2 days counted

  earlier: ?from=2026-07-02&to=2026-07-31&plain=1
  a week is summarised over the days in it we counted; a week with none says so

Reachable (last 90 days)
Reachable 100.0% of the 28 days we have measured. No day we measured was
unreachable. 48 days predate anything we measured. 14 days went unmeasured — we
were not watching.

  13 Jun – 30 Jul: 48 days not measured
  1 Aug – 14 Aug: 14 days not measured

Capabilities (0 of 2 disagree)
  MSSP       measured: yes     declared: -
  ANSI       measured: -       declared: yes

Declared by the game
  family     LPMud  (declared, 75m)
  website    https://ancientempires.net  (declared, 75m)
  hostname   ancientempires.net  (declared, 75m)
  genre      Fantasy  (declared, 75m)
  name       Ancient Empires MUD  (declared, 75m)
  port       5011  (declared, 75m)
  status     Live  (declared, 75m)

Connect screen
  [connect screen: 34 lines, text only]

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What changed
  2026-08-21  capability.mssp.measured changed from false to true (handshake)
  2026-08-21  capability.mssp.measured changed from true to false (handshake)
  2026-07-31  endpoint recorded as ancientempires.net 5011 (handshake)