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RetroMUX

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darcness.net 4201answering since 31 Jul 2026

21 connected

measured

Connect screen

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| $$_  $$           | $$                      | $$$    /$$$| $$ | $$| $$  / $$
| $$ \ $$  /$$$$$  /$$$$$$    /$$$$$   /$$$$$ | $$$$  /$$$$| $$ | $$|  $$/ $$/
| $$$$$$/ /$$_  $$|_  $$_/   /$$_  $$ /$$_  $$| $$ $$/$$ $$| $$ | $$ \  $$$$/
| $$_  $$| $$$$$$$  | $$    | $$ \__/| $$ \ $$| $$  $$$| $$| $$ | $$  >$$  $$
| $$ \ $$| $$____/  | $$ /$$| $$     | $$ | $$| $$\  $ | $$| $$ | $$ /$$/\  $$
| $$ | $$|  $$$$$$  |  $$$$/| $$     |  $$$$$/| $$ \/  | $$|  $$$$$/| $$  \ $$
|__/ |__/ \______/   \___/  |__/      \_____/ |__/     |__/ \_____/ |__/  |__/

retro.darcness.net port 4201

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  "connect <name> <password>" connects you to an existing character.
  "connect guest" connects you to a guest account.
  "create <name> <password>" creates a new character.

  "WHO" tells you who is logged in to the game (case sensitive).
  "QUIT" exits the game and saves your character.

  Once logged on, "help" gives help on specific commands, functions, and
  special topics.  Other 'help' commands include "+help" and "news".
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as sent by the server 78×22 no colour captured

Connections by hour

Busiest Wednesday and Saturday 01:00–03:59.

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
Mon10 26 03:00
Tue8 32 23:00
Wed9 32 01:00
Thu8 30 01:00
Fri10 27 23:00
Sat11 31 01:00
Sun10 28 02:00

How many, over time

Typically 19 on, peaking at 34, over 11 of 11 days. Steady across the range.

days in UTC · 20 Aug 2026 – 30 Aug 2026

20 Aug 2026 — 19 on average, 11–28 across 12 probes21 Aug 2026 — 17 on average, 10–30 across 12 probes22 Aug 2026 — 21 on average, 15–27 across 12 probes23 Aug 2026 — 20 on average, 11–34 across 12 probes24 Aug 2026 — 21 on average, 13–32 across 12 probes25 Aug 2026 — 22 on average, 15–32 across 12 probes26 Aug 2026 — 17 on average, 11–30 across 12 probes27 Aug 2026 — 17 on average, 13–27 across 12 probes28 Aug 2026 — 18 on average, 13–32 across 12 probes29 Aug 2026 — 16 on average, 12–24 across 12 probes30 Aug 2026 — 19 on average, 11–27 across 12 probes
34 at the top 11 of 11 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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  • 20 Aug–26 Aug: typically 20, peak 34, 7 days counted
  • 27 Aug–30 Aug: typically 18, peak 32, 4 days counted

Reachable

reachable · last 90 days

Reachable 100.0% of the 28 days we have measured. No day we measured was unreachable. 48 days predate anything we measured. 14 days went unmeasured — we were not watching.

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
read as text
  • 13 Jun – 30 Jul: 48 days not measured
  • 1 Aug – 14 Aug: 14 days not measured

What changed

  1. 31 Jul 2026 endpoint recorded as darcness.net 4201 (handshake)

Capabilities

None of the 3 disagree.
capability measured declared age
CHARSET ● offered – silent
UTF-8 ● offered – silent
MSSP ✕ absent – silent

Declared by the game

charset
utf-8
codebase
MUX 2.12.0.10
name
RetroMUX