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ANSALON MUD [unclaimed]
telnet ansalon.net 8679

Players now: 8  (declared, 5m)
Reachable: 99.3% of the last 90 days
Longest outage: 6h

Where to find this game
  WEBSITE    http://www.ansalon.net/  (declared, 5m)
  CONTACT    [email protected]  (declared, 5m)

When people are on (UTC)
Busiest every day, 00:00–23:59.

  Mon — peak 10 at 01:00
  Tue — peak 12 at 19:00
  Wed — peak 11 at 22:00
  Thu — peak 10 at 01:00
  Fri — peak 10 at 00:00
  Sat — peak 11 at 02:00
  Sun — peak 10 at 02:00

  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 (29 Jul 2026 – 26 Oct 2026, UTC)
Typically 8 on, peaking at 14, over 72 of 90 days. Steady across the range.

  29 Jul–4 Aug: not measured
  5 Aug–11 Aug: not measured
  12 Aug–18 Aug: typically 9, peak 13, 3 days counted, 4 days not measured
  19 Aug–25 Aug: typically 8, peak 12, 7 days counted
  26 Aug–1 Sep: typically 9, peak 13, 7 days counted
  2 Sep–8 Sep: typically 9, peak 11, 7 days counted
  9 Sep–15 Sep: typically 7, peak 10, 7 days counted
  16 Sep–22 Sep: typically 9, peak 12, 7 days counted
  23 Sep–29 Sep: typically 8, peak 14, 7 days counted
  30 Sep–6 Oct: typically 9, peak 13, 7 days counted
  7 Oct–13 Oct: typically 10, peak 13, 7 days counted
  14 Oct–20 Oct: typically 9, peak 14, 7 days counted
  21 Oct–26 Oct: typically 9, peak 12, 6 days counted

  earlier: ?from=2026-04-30&to=2026-07-28&plain=1
  a week is summarised over the days in it we counted; a week with none says so

Reachable (last 90 days)
Reachable 99.3% of the 72 days we have measured. 3 days unreachable. Longest
outage 6h (timed out). 18 days predate anything we measured.

  29 Jul – 15 Aug: 18 days not measured
  30 Sep: 1 day unreachable (connection refused)
  6 Oct – 7 Oct: 2 days unreachable (timed out)

Capabilities (0 of 12 disagree)
  MSDP       measured: yes     declared: yes
  MSSP       measured: yes     declared: -
  MXP        measured: yes     declared: yes
  ANSI       measured: -       declared: yes
  GMCP       measured: -       declared: NO
  MCCP       measured: -       declared: NO
  MCP        measured: -       declared: NO
  MSP        measured: -       declared: yes
  PUEBLO     measured: -       declared: NO
  UTF-8      measured: -       declared: yes
  VT100      measured: -       declared: NO
  XTERM 256 COLORS measured: -       declared: yes

Declared by the game
  multiclassing 0  (declared, 5m)
  contact    [email protected]  (declared, 5m)
  family     DikuMUD  (declared, 5m)
  player guilds 1  (declared, 5m)
  objects    7962  (declared, 5m)
  exits      45725  (declared, 5m)
  name       Ansalon MUD  (declared, 5m)
  crawl delay -1  (declared, 5m)
  language   English  (declared, 5m)
  subgenre   Dragonlance  (declared, 5m)
  races      21  (declared, 5m)
  areas      194  (declared, 5m)
  hostname   ansalon.net  (declared, 5m)
  location   United States  (declared, 5m)
  quest system 1  (declared, 5m)
  helpfiles  953  (declared, 5m)
  port       8679  (declared, 5m)
  minimum age 0  (declared, 5m)
  roleplaying 1  (declared, 5m)
  world originality 1  (declared, 5m)
  created    1996  (declared, 5m)
  genre      Fantasy  (declared, 5m)
  ip         66.228.38.196  (declared, 5m)
  player clans 1  (declared, 5m)
  levels     101  (declared, 5m)
  codebase   AnsalonMUD - 1.7b2 (Originally Rom 2.4 Actively Improved since 1996)  (declared, 5m)
  resets     19776  (declared, 5m)
  playerkilling 1  (declared, 5m)
  gameplay   Adventure  (declared, 5m)
  status     Live  (declared, 5m)
  mudtrigs   0  (declared, 5m)
  player cities 0  (declared, 5m)
  classes    11  (declared, 5m)
  player crafting 1  (declared, 5m)
  newbie friendly 1  (declared, 5m)
  mudprogs   14234  (declared, 5m)
  training system 1  (declared, 5m)
  extra descriptions 7380  (declared, 5m)
  adult material 0  (declared, 5m)
  dbsize     0  (declared, 5m)
  website    http://www.ansalon.net/  (declared, 5m)
  mobiles    5855  (declared, 5m)
  icon       http://www.ansalon.net/ansalonMSSP.png  (declared, 5m)
  rooms      19960  (declared, 5m)

Connect screen
  [connect screen: 50 lines, text only]

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  /\--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--_\
  |               ===== A N S A L O N   M U D =====               |
   \                    ---------------------                     \
    |                                                              |
    |    Originally by: Jair, Deason and Ahotasu                   |
   /      and currently by: Skol and Bharish,                     /
   |      with a huge thanks to Malum, Renli and Demilon          |
  |      _________((                        ))__________         |
  |     /.-------./\\                        //\.------.\        |
  /    //@@@@@@@//@@\\  )                (  //@@\\@@@@@@@\\      /
  |   //@@@@@@@//@@@@>>/                  \<<@@@@\\@@@@@@@\\     |
  \ //O@O@O@O//@O@O//                      \\O@O@\\O@O@O@O\\    |
  ///OOOOOOOO//OOOO||          \    /        ||OOOO\\OOOOOOOO\\  |
  ///O%O%O%O%//O%O%O%\\         ))((         //%O%O%O\\%O%O%O%O\\ |
  ||%%%%%%%%//'  `%%%%\\       //  \\       //%%%%'  `\\%%%%%%%%|||
  ((%%%%%%%((      %%%%%\\    ((    ))    //%%%%%      ))%%%%%%%))\
  |\:::' `::\\      `:::::\\   \)^^(/    //:::::'     //::' `:::/ |
  {x \ )'     `)'      ('  ` \\ `<@  @>' // '  ')     `('  __ `(   |
  |        (               \`\  )/\( / /              )  /  \    |
  /           ______________)_\_\oo/__(______oOo________/_/` '\| /
  |          /                  ^^           VVV            '|/| |
  |         |            Welcome to Ansalon!                 ` |  |
  |         | ________________________________________________/  |
  |         |/             / ,/ \______/ \\ ^\/^    /'/         |
  \                    ___//^      \_____/\\       /'/           \
  |                   <<<_`\         <____/\\    /''>            |
  |  Learn MORE!           '           <____/`- ' _>             |
  |  http://www.Ansalon.net              <____/__>               |
  \                                         `---'                \
   \       Credits: (read: where we're from and all that)         \
    |                                                              |
    |  History: Crowther & Woods "Colossal Cave" Adventure -->     |
   /   MUD1 (Trubshaw & Bartle, 1978) inspired AberMUD (Alan Cox), |
   |   CopperMUD (Michael Chadwick), and DikuMUD (DIKU team, 1991) |
   \   --> Merc 2.1 --> ROM 2.4b2 --> Ansalon 1.7b                 \
    |                                                              |
    |  AnsalonMUD is derived from ROM with decades of evolution.   |
   /   Ansalon began as AlphaMUD in 1996, renamed Ansalon in 1997  /
   |                                                              |
   |  DikuMUD by Hans Staerfeldt, Katja Nyboe, Tom Madsen,        |
   |             Michael Seifert, and Sebastian Hammer            |
   /   MERC 2.1 code by Hatchet, Furey, and Kahn.                 /
   |   ROM 2.4 copyright (c) 1993-1998 Russ Taylor                |
  |    Ansalon 1.7b (c) 1996-2026 David Leverich & John Patrick   |
   |                                                              |
   /  /|           /|                         |\                 /
   \_/ \_-/\_-/\_-/ \-/\_-__-_/\/\_-/ \-/\_-__\\_-/ \-/\-/ \-_\_\
  
   By what name art thou known?

What changed
  2026-10-17  CODEBASE changed from Merc 2.1 to ROM (banner)
  2026-10-17  capability.mssp.measured changed from false to true (handshake)
  2026-10-17  CODEBASE changed from ROM to Merc 2.1 (banner)
  2026-10-17  capability.mssp.measured changed from true to false (handshake)
  2026-08-26  RESETS changed from 19346 to 19776 (mssp)
  2026-08-26  EXTRA DESCRIPTIONS changed from 6862 to 7380 (mssp)
  2026-08-26  EXITS changed from 44076 to 45725 (mssp)
  2026-08-26  RACES changed from 19 to 21 (mssp)
  2026-08-26  ROOMS changed from 19238 to 19960 (mssp)
  2026-08-26  OBJECTS changed from 7812 to 7962 (mssp)
  2026-08-26  MOBILES changed from 5688 to 5855 (mssp)
  2026-08-26  HELPFILES changed from 942 to 953 (mssp)
  2026-08-26  AREAS changed from 191 to 194 (mssp)
  2026-08-16  endpoint recorded as ansalon.net 8679 (handshake)