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BLACKFIRE [unclaimed]
telnet blackfire.online 4000

Players now: no count (nothing here says why)
Reachable: 77.7% of the last 90 days
Longest outage: 14d 18h

Where to find this game
  WEBSITE    https://blackfire.online  (declared, 2h)
  CONTACT    [email protected]  (declared, 2h)

When people are on (UTC)
Busiest Friday and Saturday afternoons, 12:00–12:59. Reliably quiet every day,
20:00–22:59. 101 hours across the week have no measurement yet.

  Mon — measured at zero all day, nobody on 03:00–04:59, 16 hours not measured
  Tue — measured at zero all day, nobody on 03:00–04:59, 16 hours not measured
  Wed — measured at zero all day, nobody on 03:00–04:59, 16 hours not measured
  Thu — measured at zero all day, nobody on 03:00–04:59, 12 hours not measured
  Fri — peak 1 at 12:00, nobody on 03:00–04:59, 12 hours not measured
  Sat — peak 1 at 12:00, nobody on 14:00–16:59, 13 hours not measured
  Sun — measured at zero all day, nobody on 03:00–04:59, 16 hours not measured

  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 (26 Jul 2026 – 23 Oct 2026, UTC)
Typically 0 on, peaking at 1, over 53 of 90 days. Steady across the range.

  26 Jul–1 Aug: not measured
  2 Aug–8 Aug: not measured
  9 Aug–15 Aug: not measured
  16 Aug–22 Aug: typically 0, peak 0, 5 days counted, 2 days not measured
  23 Aug–29 Aug: typically 0, peak 0, 7 days counted
  30 Aug–5 Sep: typically 0, peak 0, 7 days counted
  6 Sep–12 Sep: typically 0, peak 0, 7 days counted
  13 Sep–19 Sep: typically 0, peak 0, 7 days counted
  20 Sep–26 Sep: typically 0, peak 0, 7 days counted
  27 Sep–3 Oct: typically 0, peak 0, 7 days counted
  4 Oct–10 Oct: typically 0, peak 0, 2 days counted, 5 days not measured
  11 Oct–17 Oct: not measured
  18 Oct–23 Oct: typically 0, peak 1, 4 days counted, 2 days not measured

  earlier: ?from=2026-04-27&to=2026-07-25&plain=1
  a week is summarised over the days in it we counted; a week with none says so

Reachable (last 90 days)
Reachable 77.7% of the 67 days we have measured. 16 days unreachable. Longest
outage 14d 18h (timed out). 23 days predate anything we measured.

  26 Jul – 17 Aug: 23 days not measured
  5 Oct – 20 Oct: 16 days unreachable (timed out)

Capabilities (0 of 8 disagree)
  EOR        measured: yes     declared: -
  GMCP       measured: yes     declared: -
  MCCP       measured: yes     declared: yes
  MSSP       measured: yes     declared: -
  ANSI       measured: -       declared: yes
  CHARSET    measured: -       declared: yes
  TLS        measured: -       declared: yes
  UTF-8      measured: -       declared: yes

Declared by the game
  classes    3  (declared, 2h)
  ssl        4000  (declared, 2h)
  crawl delay -1  (declared, 2h)
  name       Blackfire  (declared, 2h)
  charset    UTF-8  (declared, 2h)
  hiring builders 0  (declared, 2h)
  hiring coders 0  (declared, 2h)
  codebase   Custom  (declared, 2h)
  port       4000  (declared, 2h)
  mobiles    2113  (declared, 2h)
  subgenre   Medieval Fantasy  (declared, 2h)
  skills     34  (declared, 2h)
  status     Live  (declared, 2h)
  levels     120  (declared, 2h)
  areas      98  (declared, 2h)
  family     DikuMUD  (declared, 2h)
  rooms      10452  (declared, 2h)
  hostname   blackfire.online  (declared, 2h)
  language   English  (declared, 2h)
  gameplay   Hack and Slash  (declared, 2h)
  races      58  (declared, 2h)
  contact    [email protected]  (declared, 2h)
  genre      Fantasy  (declared, 2h)
  objects    2793  (declared, 2h)
  pay to play 0  (declared, 2h)
  created    1998  (declared, 2h)
  gamesystem Real Time  (declared, 2h)
  website    https://blackfire.online  (declared, 2h)
  helpfiles  626  (declared, 2h)
  pay for perks 0  (declared, 2h)

Connect screen
  [connect screen: 30 lines, text only]

  
  
  
  
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                     Blackfire - Endless Medieval Torment
                  by Nocturnal and the Blackfire Creative Team
                    based on Circlemud 3.0 by Jeremy Elson
  
  By what name do you wish to be mourned?

What changed
  2026-10-23  HELPFILES changed from 624 to 626 (mssp)
  2026-10-23  ROOMS changed from 10532 to 10452 (mssp)
  2026-10-23  ROOMS changed from 10492 to 10532 (mssp)
  2026-10-22  ROOMS changed from 10527 to 10492 (mssp)
  2026-10-22  HELPFILES changed from 623 to 624 (mssp)
  2026-10-22  HELPFILES changed from 626 to 623 (mssp)
  2026-10-20  SKILLS changed from 0 to 34 (mssp)
  2026-08-18  endpoint recorded as blackfire.online 4000 (handshake)