realmsofdespair.com 4000answering since 16 Aug 2026
70 connected
declared
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|| \/ \/ \/ Alas ... you have entered the \/ \/ \/ ||
|| R E A L M S O F D E S P A I R ! ||
|| Endless Medieval Enjoyment ||
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|| Written, maintained and modified by Thoric ||
|| Connection provided by BlueGenesis.com ||
|| Gameplay governed by the Council of Elders ||
|| (email all concerns to [email protected]) ||
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|| Home of SMAUG based on Merc2.1 code by Hatchet, Furey, Kahn ||
|| in turn based on DikuMUD code (Hans Staerfeldt, Katja Nyboe ||
|| Tom Madsen, Michael Seifert and Sebastian Hammer) ||
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|| Realms: www.realmsofdespair.com Code by Thoric ||
|| Smaug: www.smaug.org (Derek Snider, [email protected]) ||
|| FTP: realmsofdespair.com (port 21) with Altrag/Blodkai/Haus/Narn/ ||
|| Scryn/Swordbearer/Tricops/Gorog/||
|| Rennard/Grishnakh/Fireblade/ ||
|| Version: SMAUG 2.6 Nivek/Edmond/Conran/Meekon/Lina/||
|| Dies lunae MMVIII Belkira. ||
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By what name are you known (or "new" to create a new character):
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/===( )( )( )============================================( )( )( )===\
|| \/ \/ \/ Alas ... you have entered the \/ \/ \/ ||
|| R E A L M S O F D E S P A I R ! ||
|| Endless Medieval Enjoyment ||
|| ||
|| Written, maintained and modified by Thoric ||
|| Connection provided by BlueGenesis.com ||
|| Gameplay governed by the Council of Elders ||
|| (email all concerns to [email protected]) ||
|| ||
|| Home of SMAUG based on Merc2.1 code by Hatchet, Furey, Kahn ||
|| in turn based on DikuMUD code (Hans Staerfeldt, Katja Nyboe ||
|| Tom Madsen, Michael Seifert and Sebastian Hammer) ||
|| ||
|| Realms: www.realmsofdespair.com Code by Thoric ||
|| Smaug: www.smaug.org (Derek Snider, [email protected]) ||
|| FTP: realmsofdespair.com (port 21) with Altrag/Blodkai/Haus/Narn/ ||
|| Scryn/Swordbearer/Tricops/Gorog/||
|| Rennard/Grishnakh/Fireblade/ ||
|| Version: SMAUG 2.6 Nivek/Edmond/Conran/Meekon/Lina/||
|| Dies lunae MMVIII Belkira. ||
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By what name are you known (or "new" to create a new character):
as sent by the server·79×25·no colour·captured
Connections by hour
Busiest Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday 12:00–23:59.
times in UTC · 8-week rolling average
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probed, no count could be read
no measurement in that hour
read as text — 7 rows
Players on by day, in UTC. 8-week rolling average.
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quietest
busiest
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Mon
73
111
18:00
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70
103
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102
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94
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104
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62
106
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How many, over time
Typically 86 on, peaking at 125, over 61 of 90 days. Steady across the range.
days in UTC · 18 Jul 2026 – 15 Oct 2026
062125
AugSepOct
125 at the top61 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
read as text
18 Jul–24 Jul: not measured
25 Jul–31 Jul: not measured
1 Aug–7 Aug: not measured
8 Aug–14 Aug: not measured
15 Aug–21 Aug: typically 83, peak 117, 6 days counted, 1 day not measured
22 Aug–28 Aug: typically 84, peak 124, 7 days counted
29 Aug–4 Sep: typically 81, peak 102, 7 days counted
5 Sep–11 Sep: typically 92, peak 125, 7 days counted
12 Sep–18 Sep: typically 87, peak 107, 7 days counted
19 Sep–25 Sep: typically 86, peak 107, 7 days counted
26 Sep–2 Oct: typically 89, peak 120, 7 days counted
3 Oct–9 Oct: typically 89, peak 118, 7 days counted
10 Oct–15 Oct: typically 81, peak 102, 6 days counted
Reachable
reachable · last 90 days
Reachable 100.0% of the 61 days we have measured. 1 day unreachable. Longest outage 10m (dns did not resolve). 29 days predate anything we measured.
90 days agotoday
reachable
100.0%
longest outage
10m
last cause
dns did not resolve
reachable
degraded — answered, could not finish
unreachable
not measured
read as text
18 Jul – 15 Aug: 29 days not measured
8 Oct: 1 day unreachable (dns did not resolve)
What changed
16 Aug 2026 endpoint recorded as realmsofdespair.com 4000 (handshake)