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MUME - MULTI-USERS IN MIDDLE-EARTH [unclaimed]
telnet mume.org 4242

Players now: 28  (declared, 61m)
Reachable: 100.0% of the last 90 days

Where to find this game
  WEBSITE    https://mume.org  (declared, 61m)
  DISCORD    https://discord.gg/XkZN55am9a  (declared, 61m)

When people are on (UTC)
Busiest Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings,
17:00–22:59.

  Mon — peak 34 at 20:00
  Tue — peak 29 at 18:00
  Wed — peak 35 at 19:00
  Thu — peak 32 at 20:00
  Fri — peak 33 at 20:00
  Sat — peak 35 at 20:00
  Sun — peak 34 at 20:00

  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 (5 Aug 2026 – 2 Nov 2026, UTC)
Typically 21 on, peaking at 43, over 80 of 90 days. Steady across the range.

  5 Aug–11 Aug: not measured
  12 Aug–18 Aug: typically 24, peak 38, 4 days counted, 3 days not measured
  19 Aug–25 Aug: typically 20, peak 41, 7 days counted
  26 Aug–1 Sep: typically 19, peak 32, 7 days counted
  2 Sep–8 Sep: typically 22, peak 38, 7 days counted
  9 Sep–15 Sep: typically 21, peak 38, 7 days counted
  16 Sep–22 Sep: typically 21, peak 40, 7 days counted
  23 Sep–29 Sep: typically 22, peak 43, 7 days counted
  30 Sep–6 Oct: typically 24, peak 43, 7 days counted
  7 Oct–13 Oct: typically 21, peak 37, 7 days counted
  14 Oct–20 Oct: typically 20, peak 35, 7 days counted
  21 Oct–27 Oct: typically 21, peak 38, 7 days counted
  28 Oct–2 Nov: typically 22, peak 40, 6 days counted

  earlier: ?from=2026-05-07&to=2026-08-04&plain=1
  a week is summarised over the days in it we counted; a week with none says so

Reachable (last 90 days)
Reachable 100.0% of the 80 days we have measured. No day we measured was
unreachable. 10 days predate anything we measured.

  5 Aug – 14 Aug: 10 days not measured

Capabilities (0 of 13 disagree)
  MCCP       measured: yes     declared: yes
  MSSP       measured: yes     declared: -
  ANSI       measured: -       declared: yes
  CHARSET    measured: -       declared: yes
  GMCP       measured: -       declared: yes
  MCP        measured: -       declared: NO
  MSDP       measured: -       declared: NO
  MSP        measured: -       declared: NO
  MXP        measured: -       declared: NO
  TLS        measured: -       declared: yes
  UTF-8      measured: -       declared: yes
  VT100      measured: -       declared: yes
  XTERM 256 COLORS measured: -       declared: yes

Declared by the game
  crawl delay -1  (declared, 61m)
  websocket  wss://mume.org/ws-play/  (declared, 61m)
  gamesystem Custom  (declared, 61m)
  players war 113  (declared, 61m)
  codebase   MUME IX 0950cf48  (declared, 61m)
  charset    UTF-8  (declared, 61m)
  objects    1489  (declared, 61m)
  areas      282  (declared, 61m)
  pay to play 0  (declared, 61m)
  name       MUME - Multi-Users in Middle-earth  (declared, 61m)
  genre      Fantasy  (declared, 61m)
  races      21  (declared, 61m)
  levels     100  (declared, 61m)
  created    1991  (declared, 61m)
  language   English  (declared, 61m)
  ssl        4242  (declared, 61m)
  family     DikuMUD  (declared, 61m)
  icon       https://mume.org/Icons/gandalf_200.jpg  (declared, 61m)
  location   Switzerland  (declared, 61m)
  helpfiles  603  (declared, 61m)
  xterm true colors 1  (declared, 61m)
  game year  2860  (declared, 61m)
  game month Wedmath  (declared, 61m)
  game hour  11  (declared, 61m)
  pay for perks 0  (declared, 61m)
  port       4242  (declared, 61m)
  hiring coders 0  (declared, 61m)
  ip         193.134.218.98  (declared, 61m)
  mobiles    1536  (declared, 61m)
  skills     112  (declared, 61m)
  status     Live  (declared, 61m)
  classes    5  (declared, 61m)
  discord    https://discord.gg/XkZN55am9a  (declared, 61m)
  hiring builders 1  (declared, 61m)
  website    https://mume.org  (declared, 61m)
  gameplay   Player versus Player  (declared, 61m)
  rooms      30227  (declared, 61m)
  game day   9  (declared, 61m)
  hostname   mume.org  (declared, 61m)
  subgenre   Tolkien  (declared, 61m)

Connect screen
  [connect screen: 17 lines, text only]

  
                                 ***  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.
  
  By what name do you wish to be known?

What changed
  2026-11-02  GAME HOUR changed from 10 to 11 (mssp)
  2026-11-02  GAME DAY changed from 4 to 9 (mssp)
  2026-11-02  GAME DAY changed from 29 to 4 (mssp)
  2026-11-02  GAME MONTH changed from Afterlithe to Wedmath (mssp)
  2026-11-02  GAME HOUR changed from 9 to 10 (mssp)
  2026-11-02  GAME DAY changed from 24 to 29 (mssp)
  2026-11-02  GAME HOUR changed from 8 to 9 (mssp)
  2026-11-02  GAME MONTH changed from Forelithe to Afterlithe (mssp)
  2026-11-01  PLAYERS WAR changed from 114 to 113 (mssp)
  2026-11-01  CODEBASE changed from MUME IX 2a6e14e0 to MUME IX 0950cf48 (mssp)
  2026-11-01  GAME MONTH changed from Thrimidge to Forelithe (mssp)
  2026-11-01  PLAYERS WAR changed from 113 to 114 (mssp)
  2026-10-31  CODEBASE changed from MUME IX f52c64e9 to MUME IX 2a6e14e0 (mssp)
  2026-10-30  PLAYERS WAR changed from 112 to 113 (mssp)
  2026-10-30  GAME YEAR changed from 2859 to 2860 (mssp)
  2026-10-27  OBJECTS changed from 1488 to 1489 (mssp)
  2026-10-27  CODEBASE changed from MUME IX 3b6ba1e0 to MUME IX f52c64e9 (mssp)
  2026-10-24  GAME YEAR changed from 2858 to 2859 (mssp)
  2026-10-18  GAME YEAR changed from 2857 to 2858 (mssp)
  2026-09-10  MOBILES changed from 1533 to 1536 (mssp)