Intro to MU*ing Event
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It’s also a hobby that’s friendlier to neurospicy folks than many others. The percentage of players who have autism or ADHD or any combination thereof is surprisingly high.
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@Jihgfed said in Intro to MU*ing Event:
And it looks like we have more votes for “mooing” than against, so there we go, now I’ll be able to feel a little less silly saying it onstage (though still silly). Thanks!
I feel like such a yokel for it but I’d always said “Muh.”
it made sense to me! there was only one “oo” codebase, but now I’m questioning everything. do y’all say “moods” and “mooshes”?!
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@Wizz That’s the same feeling I had when I discovered people pronounce Nutella “Nootella.” Even more flabbergasted to discover that’s the way it’s apparently meant to be pronounced.
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I reFUSE. it’s made from nuts!!! come on
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@Pacha Huh! I hadn’t known that, but of course it makes sense. I’ll make sure to mention that there are non-English MU* communities around.
@Pavel and @L-B-Heuschkel Yes! Thanks for mentioning that, that’s an issue I had been planning to get into. As a hobby, not only is it (usually, standard online messiness withstanding) welcoming to all kinds of folks, because it’s text-based it works really well for people with some kinds of disability or neurodivergence, and because it’s semi-anonymized RP you can use it as a kind of prototyping for self-actualization, a way for people to explore and invent who they are and want to be. I’ve got so many trans friends for whom MU*s were a safe space in which to figure themselves out, that’s probably the angle I’d come at it from mostly since it’s the one I’m most familiar with, Absolutely a point I think it’s important to hit on.
Saying that, there’s also a dark side to MU*ing (not exclusive to it of course) which I feel it’s a duty to bring up at the event, so anyone who does take up the hobby will be equipped to respond in case they’re playing and, you know, someone get weird, as someones sometimes do.
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While I’m sure there are some recent articles that touch on the darker side of MU*, I always look to this one (written by Julian Dibbell) outlining an atrocious event that happened on LambdaMOO:
TW: sexual assault - http://www.juliandibbell.com/texts/bungle_vv.html
I’m terrible at summarizing so I won’t really try, but it does a fine job of sharing a terrible event, how it affected people, and the changes that happened after. It also touches on what it means to make a society and shape a culture in this shared hobby; for as terrible as the event is, it’s also heartening to see how things can grow and change through player influence.
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Just thought I’d mention this is happening in two days, Fort York Public Library, Toronto, 7:00 p.m., as part of https://torontogamesweek.com/
If you know a Torontonian whom you want to educate on MUSH ways, send them thence; and if you don’t, np, just know it’s happening and the hobby is getting some love! -
@Jihgfed Er I should’ve specified: two days means June 11, 2026.
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@Jihgfed
Greetings…Did you have the event cancelled on you?
I happened upon the event listed on Toronto.com, but it was taken down later, thinking that it was cancelled.Imagicka
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