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BRUTUSMUD.NET [unclaimed]
telnet brutusmud.net 4444

Players now: 3  (declared, 66m)
Reachable: 98.9% of the last 90 days
Longest outage: 18h

Where to find this game
  WEBSITE    https://brutusmud.net  (declared, 66m)
  CONTACT    [email protected]  (declared, 66m)

When people are on (UTC)
Busiest Friday 14:00–16:59.

  Mon — peak 7 at 19:00
  Tue — peak 5 at 09:00
  Wed — peak 4 at 08:00
  Thu — peak 4 at 11:00
  Fri — peak 6 at 14:00
  Sat — peak 6 at 20:00
  Sun — peak 5 at 19:00

  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 (28 Jul 2026 – 25 Oct 2026, UTC)
Typically 3 on, peaking at 13, over 70 of 90 days. Up about 35% from the start
of the range to the end.

  28 Jul–3 Aug: not measured
  4 Aug–10 Aug: not measured
  11 Aug–17 Aug: typically 3, peak 3, 2 days counted, 5 days not measured
  18 Aug–24 Aug: typically 2, peak 4, 7 days counted
  25 Aug–31 Aug: typically 2, peak 7, 7 days counted
  1 Sep–7 Sep: typically 3, peak 7, 7 days counted
  8 Sep–14 Sep: typically 3, peak 5, 7 days counted
  15 Sep–21 Sep: typically 3, peak 5, 7 days counted
  22 Sep–28 Sep: typically 3, peak 9, 7 days counted
  29 Sep–5 Oct: typically 3, peak 11, 7 days counted
  6 Oct–12 Oct: typically 3, peak 10, 7 days counted
  13 Oct–19 Oct: typically 3, peak 12, 7 days counted
  20 Oct–25 Oct: typically 3, peak 13, 5 days counted, 1 day not measured

  earlier: ?from=2026-04-29&to=2026-07-27&plain=1
  a week is summarised over the days in it we counted; a week with none says so

Reachable (last 90 days)
Reachable 98.9% of the 71 days we have measured. 4 days unreachable. Longest
outage 18h (no route from here). 19 days predate anything we measured.

  28 Jul – 15 Aug: 19 days not measured
  1 Sep: 1 day unreachable (timed out)
  15 Sep: 1 day unreachable (no route from here)
  9 Oct: 1 day unreachable (no route from here)
  22 Oct: 1 day unreachable (no route from here)

Capabilities (0 of 11 disagree)
  MCCP       measured: yes     declared: yes
  MSSP       measured: yes     declared: -
  ANSI       measured: -       declared: yes
  GMCP       measured: -       declared: yes
  MCP        measured: -       declared: NO
  MSDP       measured: -       declared: NO
  MSP        measured: -       declared: NO
  MXP        measured: -       declared: NO
  PUEBLO     measured: -       declared: NO
  UTF-8      measured: -       declared: NO
  VT100      measured: -       declared: NO

Declared by the game
  codebase   BrutusMud 0-20260927-brutusmud  (declared, 66m)
  location   Ireland  (declared, 66m)
  created    1997  (declared, 66m)
  name       BrutusMUD  (declared, 66m)
  hostname   brutusmud.net  (declared, 66m)
  gameplay   Hack-n-Slash  (declared, 66m)
  objects    18025  (declared, 66m)
  levels     220  (declared, 66m)
  language   English  (declared, 66m)
  rooms      39790  (declared, 66m)
  family     MUD  (declared, 66m)
  genre      Fantasy  (declared, 66m)
  skills     5027  (declared, 66m)
  port       4444  (declared, 66m)
  status     Live  (declared, 66m)
  contact    [email protected]  (declared, 66m)
  gamesystem Custom  (declared, 66m)
  website    https://brutusmud.net  (declared, 66m)
  areas      358  (declared, 66m)
  xterm colors 1  (declared, 66m)
  races      19  (declared, 66m)
  classes    12  (declared, 66m)

Connect screen
  [connect screen: 26 lines, text only]

  
  
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                                   BRUTUS MUD
  
                                   Created by
                              Andy, Angela & Huan
                             (with help of many others)
  
                             Inspired by CircleMUD 3.0,
                             (created by Jeremy Elson)
  
                    CircleMUD is derivative of DikuMUD (GAMMA 0.0)
                                    Created by
                       Hans Henrik Staerfeldt, Katja Nyboe,
                 Tom Madsen, Michael Seifert, and Sebastian Hammer
  
  
  
  
  By what name do you wish to be known?

What changed
  2026-09-29  CODEBASE changed from BrutusMud 0-20260925-brutusmud to BrutusMud 0-20260927-brutusmud (mssp)
  2026-09-25  SKILLS changed from 5026 to 5027 (mssp)
  2026-09-25  CODEBASE changed from BrutusMud 0-20260921-brutusmud to BrutusMud 0-20260925-brutusmud (mssp)
  2026-09-21  SKILLS changed from 5025 to 5026 (mssp)
  2026-09-21  CODEBASE changed from BrutusMud 0-20260914-brutusmud to BrutusMud 0-20260921-brutusmud (mssp)
  2026-09-15  SKILLS changed from 4988 to 5025 (mssp)
  2026-08-16  endpoint recorded as brutusmud.net 4444 (handshake)