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MUME - Multi-Users in Middle-earth

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mume.org 4242answering since 31 Jul 2026

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                               ***  MUME IX  ***

                              In progress at FIRE
                      (Free Internet Roleplay Experiences)
                       Hosted at HEIG-VD (www.heig-vd.ch)

              Adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth world and
                    maintained by CryHavoc, Manwe, and Nada.

              Original code DikuMUD I (help credits), created by:
        S. Hammer, T. Madsen, K. Nyboe, M. Seifert, and H.H. Staerfeldt.

If you have never played MUME before, type NEW to create a new character,
or ? for help.

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Connections by hour

Busiest every day, 16:00–22:59.

times in UTC · 8-week rolling average

read as text — 7 rows
Players on by day, in UTC. 8-week rolling average.
day quietest busiest at not measured no count
Mon15 32 20:00– –
Tue14 30 20:00– –
Wed13 35 19:00– –
Thu12 33 20:00– –
Fri14 32 20:00– –
Sat13 36 20:00– –
Sun9 33 20:00– –

How many, over time

Typically 21 on, peaking at 43, over 71 of 90 days. Steady across the range.

days in UTC · 27 Jul 2026 – 24 Oct 2026

27 Jul 2026 — no measurement28 Jul 2026 — no measurement29 Jul 2026 — no measurement30 Jul 2026 — no measurement31 Jul 2026 — no measurement1 Aug 2026 — no measurement2 Aug 2026 — no measurement3 Aug 2026 — no measurement4 Aug 2026 — no measurement5 Aug 2026 — no measurement6 Aug 2026 — no measurement7 Aug 2026 — no measurement8 Aug 2026 — no measurement9 Aug 2026 — no measurement10 Aug 2026 — no measurement11 Aug 2026 — no measurement12 Aug 2026 — no measurement13 Aug 2026 — no measurement14 Aug 2026 — no measurement15 Aug 2026 — 35 on average, 32–38 across 2 probes16 Aug 2026 — 24 on average, 9–32 across 12 probes17 Aug 2026 — 17 on average, 9–27 across 11 probes18 Aug 2026 — 17 on average, 11–28 across 12 probes19 Aug 2026 — 17 on average, 11–25 across 12 probes20 Aug 2026 — 21 on average, 11–32 across 12 probes21 Aug 2026 — 18 on average, 10–26 across 12 probes22 Aug 2026 — 23 on average, 15–33 across 12 probes23 Aug 2026 — 25 on average, 17–41 across 12 probes24 Aug 2026 — 20 on average, 12–29 across 12 probes25 Aug 2026 — 19 on average, 14–28 across 12 probes26 Aug 2026 — 19 on average, 11–32 across 12 probes27 Aug 2026 — 19 on average, 15–26 across 12 probes28 Aug 2026 — 19 on average, 10–26 across 12 probes29 Aug 2026 — 21 on average, 12–28 across 11 probes30 Aug 2026 — 23 on average, 18–28 across 12 probes31 Aug 2026 — 22 on average, 10–29 across 12 probes1 Sep 2026 — 17 on average, 6–31 across 12 probes2 Sep 2026 — 20 on average, 9–35 across 12 probes3 Sep 2026 — 22 on average, 16–33 across 12 probes4 Sep 2026 — 20 on average, 11–38 across 12 probes5 Sep 2026 — 23 on average, 14–30 across 12 probes6 Sep 2026 — 23 on average, 14–35 across 12 probes7 Sep 2026 — 23 on average, 14–33 across 12 probes8 Sep 2026 — 22 on average, 14–33 across 12 probes9 Sep 2026 — 23 on average, 12–37 across 12 probes10 Sep 2026 — 21 on average, 14–30 across 12 probes11 Sep 2026 — 21 on average, 14–27 across 12 probes12 Sep 2026 — 21 on average, 10–32 across 12 probes13 Sep 2026 — 23 on average, 14–38 across 12 probes14 Sep 2026 — 16 on average, 8–23 across 12 probes15 Sep 2026 — 18 on average, 10–35 across 12 probes16 Sep 2026 — 19 on average, 10–31 across 12 probes17 Sep 2026 — 18 on average, 8–29 across 12 probes18 Sep 2026 — 20 on average, 10–34 across 12 probes19 Sep 2026 — 21 on average, 6–35 across 12 probes20 Sep 2026 — 21 on average, 14–30 across 12 probes21 Sep 2026 — 21 on average, 14–32 across 11 probes22 Sep 2026 — 23 on average, 14–40 across 12 probes23 Sep 2026 — 19 on average, 14–27 across 12 probes24 Sep 2026 — 22 on average, 11–37 across 12 probes25 Sep 2026 — 22 on average, 13–37 across 12 probes26 Sep 2026 — 27 on average, 19–43 across 12 probes27 Sep 2026 — 24 on average, 13–38 across 12 probes28 Sep 2026 — 23 on average, 16–31 across 12 probes29 Sep 2026 — 21 on average, 13–32 across 12 probes30 Sep 2026 — 24 on average, 18–38 across 12 probes1 Oct 2026 — 24 on average, 15–43 across 12 probes2 Oct 2026 — 29 on average, 20–38 across 12 probes3 Oct 2026 — 25 on average, 14–34 across 12 probes4 Oct 2026 — 25 on average, 17–33 across 12 probes5 Oct 2026 — 19 on average, 10–30 across 12 probes6 Oct 2026 — 23 on average, 13–40 across 12 probes7 Oct 2026 — 20 on average, 9–29 across 12 probes8 Oct 2026 — 21 on average, 12–31 across 12 probes9 Oct 2026 — 21 on average, 16–29 across 12 probes10 Oct 2026 — 24 on average, 11–35 across 12 probes11 Oct 2026 — 22 on average, 14–35 across 12 probes12 Oct 2026 — 23 on average, 15–37 across 12 probes13 Oct 2026 — 19 on average, 11–31 across 12 probes14 Oct 2026 — 19 on average, 10–32 across 12 probes15 Oct 2026 — 18 on average, 10–30 across 12 probes16 Oct 2026 — 17 on average, 0–29 across 10 probes17 Oct 2026 — 20 on average, 10–35 across 11 probes18 Oct 2026 — 21 on average, 11–32 across 12 probes19 Oct 2026 — 22 on average, 15–29 across 12 probes20 Oct 2026 — 21 on average, 16–26 across 12 probes21 Oct 2026 — 22 on average, 14–38 across 12 probes22 Oct 2026 — 18 on average, 10–26 across 12 probes23 Oct 2026 — 21 on average, 12–33 across 12 probes24 Oct 2026 — 19 on average, 12–28 across 5 probes
43 at the top 71 of 90 days counted
  • 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
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  • 27 Jul–2 Aug: not measured
  • 3 Aug–9 Aug: not measured
  • 10 Aug–16 Aug: typically 35, peak 38, 2 days counted, 5 days not measured
  • 17 Aug–23 Aug: typically 18, peak 41, 7 days counted
  • 24 Aug–30 Aug: typically 19, peak 32, 7 days counted
  • 31 Aug–6 Sep: typically 22, peak 38, 7 days counted
  • 7 Sep–13 Sep: typically 22, peak 38, 7 days counted
  • 14 Sep–20 Sep: typically 19, peak 35, 7 days counted
  • 21 Sep–27 Sep: typically 22, peak 43, 7 days counted
  • 28 Sep–4 Oct: typically 24, peak 43, 7 days counted
  • 5 Oct–11 Oct: typically 21, peak 40, 7 days counted
  • 12 Oct–18 Oct: typically 19, peak 37, 7 days counted
  • 19 Oct–24 Oct: typically 21, peak 38, 6 days counted

Reachable

reachable · last 90 days

Reachable 100.0% of the 71 days we have measured. No day we measured was unreachable. 19 days predate anything we measured.

90 days ago today
reachable
100.0%
longest outage
none in the window
last cause
nothing recorded
  • reachable
  • degraded — answered, could not finish
  • unreachable
  • not measured
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  • 27 Jul – 14 Aug: 19 days not measured

What changed

  1. 24 Oct 2026 GAME HOUR changed from 7 to 8 (mssp)
  2. 24 Oct 2026 GAME DAY changed from 17 to 22 (mssp)
  3. 24 Oct 2026 GAME DAY changed from 12 to 17 (mssp)
  4. 24 Oct 2026 GAME HOUR changed from 6 to 7 (mssp)
  5. 24 Oct 2026 GAME DAY changed from 7 to 12 (mssp)
  6. 24 Oct 2026 GAME MONTH changed from Foreyule to Afteryule (mssp)
  7. 24 Oct 2026 GAME YEAR changed from 2858 to 2859 (mssp)
  8. 23 Oct 2026 GAME HOUR changed from 5 to 6 (mssp)
  9. 23 Oct 2026 GAME MONTH changed from Blotmath to Foreyule (mssp)
  10. 23 Oct 2026 GAME MONTH changed from Winterfilth to Blotmath (mssp)
  11. 22 Oct 2026 CODEBASE changed from MUME IX 5adbca5c to MUME IX 4cdbb4dd (mssp)
  12. 22 Oct 2026 PLAYERS WAR changed from 115 to 114 (mssp)
  13. 19 Oct 2026 PLAYERS WAR changed from 114 to 115 (mssp)
  14. 19 Oct 2026 PLAYERS WAR changed from 115 to 114 (mssp)
  15. 18 Oct 2026 GAME YEAR changed from 2857 to 2858 (mssp)
  16. 17 Oct 2026 CODEBASE changed from MUME IX 4b383368 to MUME IX 5adbca5c (mssp)
  17. 16 Oct 2026 CODEBASE changed from MUME IX 9fe57ff9 to MUME IX 4b383368 (mssp)
  18. 12 Oct 2026 GAME YEAR changed from 2856 to 2857 (mssp)
  19. 10 Sep 2026 MOBILES changed from 1533 to 1536 (mssp)
  20. 31 Jul 2026 endpoint recorded as mume.org 4242 (handshake)

Capabilities

None of the 13 disagree.
capability measured declared age
MCCP ● offered ◇ claimed
MSSP ● offered – silent
ANSI – silent ◇ claimed
CHARSET – silent ◇ claimed
GMCP – silent ◇ claimed
MCP – silent ✕ denied
MSDP – silent ✕ denied
MSP – silent ✕ denied
MXP – silent ✕ denied
TLS – silent ◇ claimed
UTF-8 – silent ◇ claimed
VT100 – silent ◇ claimed
XTERM 256 COLORS – silent ◇ claimed

Declared by the game

crawl delay
-1
hostname
mume.org
websocket
wss://mume.org/ws-play/
gamesystem
Custom
codebase
MUME IX 4cdbb4dd
players war
114
charset
UTF-8
areas
282
objects
1488
pay to play
0
name
MUME - Multi-Users in Middle-earth
genre
Fantasy
races
21
levels
100
created
1991
language
English
ssl
4242
family
DikuMUD
icon
https://mume.org/Icons/gandalf_200.jpg
location
Switzerland
helpfiles
603
xterm true colors
1
game year
2859
game month
Afteryule
pay for perks
0
game hour
8
port
4242
hiring coders
0
ip
193.134.218.98
mobiles
1536
skills
112
status
Live
classes
5
discord
https://discord.gg/XkZN55am9a
hiring builders
1
website
https://mume.org
gameplay
Player versus Player
rooms
30227
subgenre
Tolkien
game day
22