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THE FINAL CHALLENGE [unclaimed]
telnet finalchallenge.net 4000

Players now: 2  (declared, 76m)
Reachable: 100.0% of the last 90 days

When people are on (UTC)
Busiest Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday small hours, 00:00–02:59. 17
hours across the week have no measurement yet. 4 hours across the week answered
but produced no count.

  Mon — peak 5 at 13:00, nobody on 06:00–06:59
  Tue — peak 5 at 00:00, nobody on 09:00–10:59, 2 hours not measured
  Wed — peak 6 at 00:00, nobody on 08:00–09:59, 4 hours not measured, 1 hour
  probed but uncountable
  Thu — peak 6 at 02:00, 1 hour not measured
  Fri — peak 5 at 01:00, nobody on 06:00–06:59, 2 hours not measured
  Sat — peak 4 at 00:00, nobody on 06:00–06:59, 2 hours not measured, 1 hour
  probed but uncountable
  Sun — peak 5 at 23:00, nobody on 06:00–06:59, 6 hours not measured, 2 hours
  probed but uncountable

  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 (13 Jun 2026 – 10 Sep 2026, UTC)
Typically 2 on, peaking at 7, over 24 of 90 days. Down about 17% from the start
of the range to the end.

  13 Jun–19 Jun: not measured
  20 Jun–26 Jun: not measured
  27 Jun–3 Jul: not measured
  4 Jul–10 Jul: not measured
  11 Jul–17 Jul: not measured
  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 3, peak 7, 4 days counted, 3 days not measured
  22 Aug–28 Aug: typically 2, peak 5, 7 days counted
  29 Aug–4 Sep: typically 2, peak 5, 7 days counted
  5 Sep–10 Sep: typically 2, peak 6, 6 days counted

  earlier: ?from=2026-03-15&to=2026-06-12&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 24 days we have measured. No day we measured was
unreachable. 66 days predate anything we measured.

  13 Jun – 17 Aug: 66 days not measured

Capabilities (0 of 4 disagree)
  MCCP       measured: yes     declared: -
  MSDP       measured: yes     declared: -
  MSSP       measured: yes     declared: -
  MXP        measured: yes     declared: -

Declared by the game
  codebase   Merc  (measured, 76m)
  name       The Final Challenge  (declared, 76m)
  crawl delay -1  (declared, 76m)

Connect screen
  [connect screen: 35 lines, text only]

  
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      \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \/\  __/    \ \ \/  \ \ \/\ \/\ \/\ \L\.\_ \_\ \_
       \ \_\ \ \_\ \_\ \____\    \ \_\   \ \_\ \_\ \_\ \__/.\_\/\____\
        \/_/  \/_/\/_/\/____/     \/_/    \/_/\/_/\/_/\/__/\/_/\/____/
   ____     __                ___    ___
  /\  _`\  /\ \              /\_ \  /\_ \
  \ \ \/\_\\ \ \___      __  \//\ \ \//\ \      __    ___      __      __
   \ \ \/_/_\ \  _ `\  /'__`\  \ \ \  \ \ \   /'__`\/' _ `\  /'_ `\  /'__`\
    \ \ \L\ \\ \ \ \ \/\ \L\.\_ \_\ \_ \_\ \_/\  __//\ \/\ \/\ \L\ \/\  __/
     \ \____/ \ \_\ \_\ \__/.\_\/\____\/\____\ \____\ \_\ \_\ \____ \ \____\
      \/___/   \/_/\/_/\/__/\/_/\/____/\/____/\/____/\/_/\/_/\/___L\ \/____/
                                                               /\____/
                                                               \_/__/
  
  
     Diku Mud was created by Hans Henrik St{rfeldt, Katja Nyboe, Tom Madsen,
  Michael Seifert, and Sebastian Hammer. 08/01/93 Merc 2.1 Furey, Hatchet, Kahn
  
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  *** THERE IS A QUEST IN PROGRESS ***
  *** Quest scheduled to end in: 13hr 30min  (2026-09-10 21:36:41) ***
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What changed
  2026-08-22  capability.mssp.measured changed from false to true (handshake)
  2026-08-22  capability.mssp.measured changed from true to false (handshake)
  2026-08-21  capability.mssp.measured changed from false to true (handshake)
  2026-08-18  endpoint recorded as finalchallenge.net 4000 (handshake)