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FEDERATION 2 COMMUNITY EDITION [unclaimed]
telnet play.federation2.com 30003

Players now: 118  (declared, 27m)
Reachable: 99.7% of the last 90 days
Longest outage: 6h

Where to find this game
  WEBSITE    https://federation2.com  (declared, 27m)
  DISCORD    https://discord.gg/FB2xzAc5CT  (declared, 27m)
  CONTACT    [email protected]  (declared, 27m)

When people are on (UTC)
Busiest Monday, Tuesday and Sunday 00:00–13:59.

  Mon — peak 123 at 11:00
  Tue — peak 112 at 13:00
  Wed — peak 110 at 23:00
  Thu — peak 123 at 23:00
  Fri — peak 122 at 01:00
  Sat — peak 109 at 00:00
  Sun — peak 116 at 23:00

  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 (3 Aug 2026 – 31 Oct 2026, UTC)
Typically 93 on, peaking at 141, over 64 of 90 days. Up about 24% from the start
of the range to the end.

  3 Aug–9 Aug: not measured
  10 Aug–16 Aug: not measured
  17 Aug–23 Aug: probed, no count could be read
  24 Aug–30 Aug: typically 72, peak 90, 2 days counted, 5 days probed without a
  count
  31 Aug–6 Sep: typically 80, peak 127, 7 days counted
  7 Sep–13 Sep: typically 80, peak 106, 7 days counted
  14 Sep–20 Sep: typically 83, peak 123, 7 days counted
  21 Sep–27 Sep: typically 94, peak 128, 7 days counted
  28 Sep–4 Oct: typically 101, peak 141, 7 days counted
  5 Oct–11 Oct: typically 100, peak 133, 7 days counted
  12 Oct–18 Oct: typically 97, peak 134, 7 days counted
  19 Oct–25 Oct: typically 94, peak 136, 7 days counted
  26 Oct–31 Oct: typically 103, peak 120, 6 days counted

  earlier: ?from=2026-05-05&to=2026-08-02&plain=1
  a week is summarised over the days in it we counted; a week with none says so

Reachable (last 90 days)
Reachable 99.7% of the 75 days we have measured. 1 day unreachable. Longest
outage 6h (connection refused). 15 days predate anything we measured.

  3 Aug – 17 Aug: 15 days not measured
  12 Oct: 1 day unreachable (connection refused)

Capabilities (0 of 9 disagree)
  MSSP       measured: yes     declared: -
  ANSI       measured: -       declared: yes
  CHARSET    measured: -       declared: yes
  GMCP       measured: -       declared: yes
  MCCP       measured: -       declared: yes
  MSP        measured: -       declared: NO
  UTF-8      measured: -       declared: NO
  VT100      measured: -       declared: NO
  XTERM 256 COLORS measured: -       declared: yes

Declared by the game
  created    1985  (declared, 27m)
  family     Custom  (declared, 27m)
  levels     17  (declared, 27m)
  rooms      21012  (declared, 27m)
  charset    ASCII  (declared, 27m)
  gamesystem Custom  (declared, 27m)
  location   USA  (declared, 27m)
  skills     0  (declared, 27m)
  classes    0  (declared, 27m)
  genre      Science Fiction  (declared, 27m)
  status     Live  (declared, 27m)
  discord    https://discord.gg/FB2xzAc5CT  (declared, 27m)
  races      0  (declared, 27m)
  areas      1930  (declared, 27m)
  codebase   Custom 4.23 (49e4d4d1)  (declared, 27m)
  helpfiles  754  (declared, 27m)
  crawl delay -1  (declared, 27m)
  hostname   play.federation2.com  (declared, 27m)
  pay to play 0  (declared, 27m)
  website    https://federation2.com  (declared, 27m)
  port       30003  (declared, 27m)
  contact    [email protected]  (declared, 27m)
  name       Federation 2 Community Edition  (declared, 27m)
  language   English  (declared, 27m)
  icon       https://federation2.com/assets/icons/favicon-96x96.png  (declared, 27m)

Connect screen
  [connect screen: 12 lines, text only]

  
                          Alan Lenton's Federation 2
                              Community Edition
             Copyright (c) 1985-2016 Interactive Broadcasting Ltd
                    2018 and beyond via the Fed2 Community
                           Welcome to Federation 2
                           https://federation2.com
  
  
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What changed
  2026-10-31  CODEBASE changed from Custom 4.23 (4b2f5fcb) to Custom 4.23 (49e4d4d1) (mssp)
  2026-10-30  ROOMS changed from 20847 to 21012 (mssp)
  2026-10-30  CODEBASE changed from Custom 4.23 (b1a214fb) to Custom 4.23 (4b2f5fcb) (mssp)
  2026-10-30  AREAS changed from 1926 to 1930 (mssp)
  2026-10-29  ROOMS changed from 20655 to 20847 (mssp)
  2026-10-29  AREAS changed from 1906 to 1926 (mssp)
  2026-10-28  ROOMS changed from 20534 to 20655 (mssp)
  2026-10-28  AREAS changed from 1894 to 1906 (mssp)
  2026-10-26  CODEBASE changed from Custom 4.23 (f86e40a6) to Custom 4.23 (b1a214fb) (mssp)
  2026-10-22  HELPFILES changed from 753 to 754 (mssp)
  2026-10-20  HELPFILES changed from 752 to 753 (mssp)
  2026-09-28  HELPFILES changed from 751 to 752 (mssp)
  2026-09-24  capability.xterm-256-colors.declared changed from false to true (mssp)
  2026-09-06  NAME changed from Federation II: Community to Federation 2 Community Edition (staff)
  2026-08-29  capability.mssp.measured changed from false to true (handshake)
  2026-08-18  endpoint recorded as play.federation2.com 30003 (handshake)