Keys
Shadows who feed on stories. Bleeding the magic from one Earth after another, until there is nothing left but vague memories and fairytales. This is the world we live in. An Earth from which the magic has all but been drained dry. If gods remain, they are silent. Spirits, faerie, ghosts -- all banished to the realm of myth and story. The sea serpents and the dragons turned out to be giant oarfish and fossilised dinosaur bones. Most people believe in what they can see, and touch, and taste, and little else. The worse it gets, the less anything matters. Life itself seems to be suffering from depression. Except for a chosen few who know better. On their shoulders rests the responsibility to stem the tide: To remember. Come to Chincoteague. We have ponies.
Unclaimed — everything here was measured. Claim this game
keys.aresmush.com 4201answering since 16 Aug 2026
9 connected
measured
Connect screen
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keys.aresmush.com:4201 :::
+--- O~~m -------------------------------------------------------+
"connect <name> <password>" connects to an existing character.
"create <name> <password>" creates a new character.
If you created your character on the portal, use the same
character name and password to connect to the game.
+------------------------------------------------------- O~~m ---+
%% Welcome to AresMUSH version 1.5.0! http://www.aresmush.com
%% Type 'help' to learn how to play. Type 'tour' to connect to a guest character to explore.
read as text
8 8 8 8 ,ooo.
8a8 8a8 oP ?b
*@@@@* *@@@* d888a888zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz8 8b
@@ m@* `""^""' ?o___oP'
@@ m@* mm@*@@ *@@* *@@* m@@*@@m
@@@@@m m@* @@ @@ m@ @@ **
!@ @@! !@* @@ @@ m! *@@m
!@ *!!m !@@@@@m @@! *@@
!! !:! !! @!! @!
!! :!!! :!! !!: *! !!
: : : : : : : :: !! : :!:
::!
keys.aresmush.com:4201 :::
+--- O~~m -------------------------------------------------------+
"connect <name> <password>" connects to an existing character.
"create <name> <password>" creates a new character.
If you created your character on the portal, use the same
character name and password to connect to the game.
+------------------------------------------------------- O~~m ---+
%% Welcome to AresMUSH version 1.5.0! http://www.aresmush.com
%% Type 'help' to learn how to play. Type 'tour' to connect to a guest character to explore.Connections by hour
Busiest Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday 14:00–23:59.
times in UTC · 8-week rolling average
read as text — 7 rows
| day | quietest | busiest | at | not measured | no count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 10 | 22 | 22:00 | – | – |
| Tue | 12 | 22 | 02:00 | – | – |
| Wed | 13 | 21 | 21:00 | – | – |
| Thu | 12 | 24 | 19:00 | – | – |
| Fri | 11 | 22 | 01:00 | – | – |
| Sat | 9 | 22 | 00:00 | – | – |
| Sun | 10 | 22 | 01:00 | – | – |
How many, over time
Typically 16 on, peaking at 27, over 62 of 90 days. Down about 10% from the start of the range to the end.
days in UTC · 19 Jul 2026 – 16 Oct 2026
- mean of the counts we read that day
- lowest to highest count that day
- probed, no count could be read
- not measured — a break in the line
read as text
- 19 Jul–25 Jul: not measured
- 26 Jul–1 Aug: not measured
- 2 Aug–8 Aug: not measured
- 9 Aug–15 Aug: not measured
- 16 Aug–22 Aug: typically 17, peak 25, 7 days counted
- 23 Aug–29 Aug: typically 16, peak 26, 7 days counted
- 30 Aug–5 Sep: typically 16, peak 24, 7 days counted
- 6 Sep–12 Sep: typically 15, peak 25, 7 days counted
- 13 Sep–19 Sep: typically 19, peak 27, 7 days counted
- 20 Sep–26 Sep: typically 18, peak 27, 7 days counted
- 27 Sep–3 Oct: typically 16, peak 27, 7 days counted
- 4 Oct–10 Oct: typically 15, peak 23, 7 days counted
- 11 Oct–16 Oct: typically 14, peak 21, 6 days counted
Reachable
Reachable 100.0% of the 62 days we have measured. No day we measured was unreachable. 28 days predate anything we measured.
- reachable
- 100.0%
- longest outage
- none in the window
- last cause
- nothing recorded
- reachable
- degraded — answered, could not finish
- unreachable
- not measured
read as text
- 19 Jul – 15 Aug: 28 days not measured
What changed
- 16 Aug 2026 endpoint recorded as keys.aresmush.com 4201 (handshake)
Capabilities
| capability | measured | declared | age |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSSP | ✕ absent | – silent |
Declared by the game
- codebase
- AresMUSH
- website
- https://keys.aresmush.com
- name
- Keys
- status
- Open
- genre
- Supernatural
- description
- Shadows who feed on stories. Bleeding the magic from one Earth after another, until there is nothing left but vague memories and fairytales. This is the world we live in. An Earth from which the magic has all but been drained dry. If gods remain, they are silent. Spirits, faerie, ghosts -- all banished to the realm of myth and story. The sea serpents and the dragons turned out to be giant oarfish and fossilised dinosaur bones. Most people believe in what they can see, and touch, and taste, and little else. The worse it gets, the less anything matters. Life itself seems to be suffering from depression. Except for a chosen few who know better. On their shoulders rests the responsibility to stem the tide: To remember. Come to Chincoteague. We have ponies.
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