Posted By Titania Hrothgar On Friday, April 27th At 7:37 AM Okay, it's been quite a while, and I love this thing.. So here we go again. ;) Mind you, this has gotten quite long over time... You know your an addict when... 1) You turn down a beer run for a Sand Dragon run. 2) You download megamud in your english class to check your script. [i've done it, so have you] 3) Your 'g' 'o' 's' keys are the most worn on your Keyboard. 4) You type 'gos' 'br' or 'bg' while chatting in icq, aim, or e-mail. 5) If someone names a monster, u can name the module - without thinking. But if someone names a state capital - your stumped. 6) You signed up for a credit card - for the sole reason that sending a check just takes to long. 7) You have a [or multiple] folders designated to MUD in your C:\ drive 8) You try to tell your family/friends about what happened in the snake pit last night, depsite there lack of interest in anything involved with "mud" 9) You buy a pack of cigarettes on the way home - for the sole purpose of a phoenix run that night. 10) You thought that 'chimera' is a monster that drops a kickass mystic weapon NOT a disease in MI:2 11) Titania and Oberon Are SHAKESPEARE characters? Just trying to get a laugh - you know you've all done some of these - i have :) Feel free to elaborate on the topic. Jinx [email protected] **************** You know your an addict when... 12) You become a forum op. Lute **************** You know your an addict when... 13) you delay your cousins wedding by 40 minutes becuz your busy dieing on the phoenix run. 14) you sleep at the keyboard all nite, and have dreams that your dieing..and when u wake up your not sure whats real and whats imagined. 15) you get off the chair (or bed) to remove all the rubbish once a week.. since there is no more room for drinks. 16) school is like a hobbby compared to ur mud hours. 17) when you go outside, sunlight is so bright you cant open ur eyes without ur hands shading ur face. 18) you use the mad wizard to test new spells/weapons on. lil mage **************** You know your an addict when... 19) When typing on a keyboard on something totally unrelated to mud, you loose your train of thought, and try typing 'stat' or 'exp' to try and figure what you were waiting for. 20) When your girlfriend comes up behind you and asks 'what are you doing up so early'...and you actually haven't gone to sleep yet. 21) When the amount of paper that you have used for maps and notes about mud far exceeds the amount you used to take notes in school. 22) When your reading major mud forums at 12:30am on a work night and have to get up in less the 6 hours...g'night all :) -SkyRider **************** You know your an addict when... 23) You have dreams about mud. 24) While chatting/im-ing you type 'sta' or 'exp' or 'scan' everyonce and a while out of reflex. 25) You spend thousands on a upgrading/new comp and all you do is play a text game. 26) Your expensizes for your charaters is greater then your income. 27) You have spent/bet real money for something game related. (besides access) 28) You have bought an another phone line/cable line with the sole purpose of playing mud 24/7. 29) You have tried to quit at least twice, but failed. 30) You can tell appoxamtly hp/exp/ave dam/spells cast of 50%+ of the monsters in the game. 31) You can acctually sit and stare at your sciprt run for long periods of time, and be entertained. 32) You think about your charaters while sitting at work, or during class or even when with your significant other. (****stands up**** I have done all these... I am addicted to mud. ["Hi Pax"]) ....Paxtez.... **************** You know your an addict when... Okay, there is an old txt file on something like this.. I'll try to remember as many as I can... 33) Yer takin a dump in the bathroom.. All is quiet.. You think you hear movement to the southwest. 34) You're walkin down a street and see some old dude and think "Man, that guys got 13 HP left" 35) When no ones lookin, you try to make an arcane gesture. 36) You jump out of a tree and try to cast major healing. 37) Instead of opening the door and walking in to work, you try to picklock the door and sneak in. Thats all I can remember for now.. I know I have that damned text file on a floppy disk somewhere... Delete\LuCiFeR **************** You know your an addict when... 38) Someone makes a comment or asks a question and you say "nod" or "grin" or "laugh"! Yes, i do this alot! Boy do i get some strange looks! Sentinal **************** You know your an addict when... 39) I can add one: having multiple chars on different boards and switching to a screen and wondering why that char is where it is only to remember you're on the wrong screen. Ok, maybe it's my old age memory.:) Lady Arbatru **************** You know you are a mud addict 40) When you start dreaming in text. I have. Got Prozac! **************** You know your an addict when... 41) You can type out the directions to markus without looking at maps 42) Anytime your parents ask you a question, you say you're busy even if you're staring at your script 43) You goto the bathroom with the door open, JUST incase someone attacks your script 44) You wakeup at 4:31 am ON THE DOT to relog your dialup script 45) You get caught reading the forums by your boss and then have to explain what "mud" is. 46) You are constantly talking about "the old days" 47) You blame the people around you in real life because nothing good has come out of a chest 48) You know the "Titles" to each of the mods without looking them up 49) You know all the formulas ( HARKLE ) for damage and AC 50) On your AIM or ICQ you have a 50+ list of people from mmud 51) www.mudforum.com is your startup page 52) You are late 20 minutes for any date or work because you HAD to get to your scripting spot 53) You dont understand why people laugh at a text based game 54) While sitting at work, you say to yourself "Hmm, i wonder if i can script yet" and then download megamud 55) And the number 1 reason you're a mmud addict: You find yourself picturing Meia naked in the shower! Galen Tarot **************** 56) ok you know you are a mud addict when your g/f,b/f is jealous of your character 57) you sit at work tryin to explain how you beat the crap out of some boss last night 58) cigarettes are secondary to getting your next lvl 59) you dont answer your door for fear of being pulled away from keys 60) you have friends irl that play and you refer to them by their mmud names 61) you actually consider that new girl that entered the realm to be hot and finally the worst i can think of.... 62) you actually get turned on by seein someone naked in mmud tsedow **************** You know your an addict when... 63) The word "MajorMUD" appears in your divorce papers... I literally know 3 couples that do...heh Shannon **************** You know your an addict when... 64) You have friends in MUD that are real life friends too... and you keep referring to them by their MUD handles IRL. Been there, done that, lots. Deefa **************** You know your an addict when... 65) you can't wait until the next mod is installed on your bbs. 66) you get excited over the newest version of megamud. 67) your up at 1:30am posting a you know your addited to mud when..... in forums good work Jinx keep 'em comming. just me **************** You know your an addict when... 68) A MUD friend dies and you comb all of the antique stores in town looking for a large, old, heavy key. Maybe no one else at the services knows why you left it in the casket, but YOU know that, somewhere, your buddy just might need that Rusty Iron Key. Alrighty Then! **************** You know your an addict when... 69) You say Nod to your Mom when she asks you if you heard her. LOL (done it) Joker **************** 70) I once told my boss I was "afk a sec" heh :) Alrighty Then! **************** 71) when you run outta weed in real life, so you buy some Kher grass and pretend to be high! Black Rob **************** 72) When no matter how hard you try to explain scripting, your friends still cant understand why you areinterested in a game you have your computer play for you. Djinn **************** 73) When playing basketball with mud friends.. YOU get the ball first because if not you will kill them in mud. Illuvatar **************** 74) When people are talking about the newest games(diablo 2..) you constantly bring up stories from Mud Edgecrusher **************** 75) You stand at yer desk cause yer ass hurts to bad to keep sitting 76) you miss out on sex because you had to get yer death pile and your wife/girlfriend/husband/boyfriend is to tired 77) you have 2 glasses of something to drink so you dont have to get up. 78) you keep checking the forums to see if someone posted a reply to the you might be a mud addict if posts. Kite **************** 79) You Buy a cable or DSL modem just so you can run 2 character's at once. 80) When you have more then one character. 81) You have multiple character's on multiple boards. 82) You Have a small corner refridge and microwave in the corner of your room so you don't have to leave room. Rogue **************** 83) You know your addicted when MUD is better than sex. 84) When on vacation you take your laptop to remote check your characters to make sure they are ok. oritey **************** 85) When you run 12 Megamuds at one time, 8 of those being on your own bbs. 86) When you wake up in the middle of the night while sick and instead of going back to sleep you watch your script. 87) When you get MUD withdrawl. 88) When you make up nicknames for bosses and all your friends know what you're talking about. 89) When you go out to dinner with your friends and you talk about new race/class combinations you'd like to try out. (happened to me last weekend :) 90) When you wake up, you immediately go to your computer to check your script. 91) When you admit that you play too much MUD. 92) When you ignore your significant other on the phone because you're trying to manual to where your gear is because you know mega will f****ck it up again somehow. 93) When you keep all your wrist/pocket items in/on your computer desk. 94) When you know to look for your shoes by the computer. 95) When you keep the last 2 zips of megamud on your desktop. 96) When you have MegaMUD in your startup folder. 97) When you have MegaMUD on the quick launch bar. 98) When you have MegaMUD on the quick launch bar AND in your startup folder. 99) When you miss meals just so you can watch your script. 100) When you'd rather watch your script than go to class. 101) When you KNOW you can Alt+Tab the fastest in your computer class to hide Mud. 102) When you start bitching to your friends irl about how boring your script place is. 103) When you get mad when you have to reboot your computer just because you know you'll lose that much scripting time because of it. 104) When your children irl have mud-related names. 105) When you know by heart all the #'s for the races and classes when you first create your character and use those in DnD 106) When you can think of 20+ things to add to this list. Kigalas Ionesco **************** 107) You are threatened with being kicked out of your parents house if you dont stop playing mud 108) Your computer desk looks like a party gone bad 24/7 109) You have a refrigerator installed in your room. 110) Someone stops you on the city street and asks how to get to city hall or something. You reply with from here, just go w w s s e e n n e e s e e ne e 111) Your G/F stops having sex with you. 112) You plan your week around mud. Hey, wanna go out and do something tomorrow at 8? OK no wait Ill be getting to level 40 about then, maybe some other time 113) Mud life is more important than real life. 114) You install a telnet client (not necessarily mega) at work or school to check your script. 115) Your character dies (rolled). You are upset, and figure its a good time to actually quit. 2 days later, you are back at it. 116) The sun hurts your eyes. 117) You can see the entire realm in your head in a form close to text maps. 118) If there wasnt a move delay (old memories of TA come to mind) you could run to anywhere in the realm in 30 seconds or less. Der **************** 119) You reply to normal conversation with "shrug" "nod" and "shake" Armand **************** 120) You know your an adict when you skip your lunch hour at work so that you can leave an hour early to see if you lvled Azrue **************** 121) you walk along.. see a penny on the ground... woo.. get copper!!" 122) your bedroom floor reminds you of a deathpile Stormblade **************** 123) When you got to school and some other kids name is Josef Vorpal 124) When you wake up in the middle of the night to goto the bathroom you really stop and watch your scripts then forget what you got up to do in the first place. 125) when you can't concentrate in school because you're afraid your character has died. 126) When you get extremely angry because your sialup failed while you were at work and you didn't script. 127) When your in onther country on vacation and you have to call your brother to ask if the scripts are okay. 128) When your computer locks up daily because of so many copies of megamud open. 129) When you have a stack of soda cans at your computer that reach the ceiling. 130) When you dont goto bed at night because you are afraid someone might 'gossip' something. 131) When you stare at the computer screen and someone asks you a question 3-4 times before you actually hear them. Cyptus **************** 132) When you quit playing mud and you can't think of anything to do on your computer except read the mudforums. 133) When you fail college classes probably because you were playing mud. 134) When you go to best buy and look for cd's that sound like they'd be good for accompanying playing mud. 135) When you play mud too much. hehe Meat Puppet - Fortunately I dont play mud anymore. **************** 136) When you must reply to this message. 137) When you took a hit of acid, walked down the street and realisticly fought orc rogues. LoveDrugs **************** 138) When you email this list and the follow-ups to your g/f hoping she will understand a little better about the game and the addiction!! I actually thought about doing this.. But I caught myself Nealius **************** 139) When you save this list, and even keep the names of the posters who contributed. ;) Titania -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=- You know you're an addict when... 140) When you collect TXT files of "You know you are a MUD addict when..." BA -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- You know you are an addict when... 141) You get a cell phone and have call forwarding put on your home phone, just so you can script 24/7 Azrue lvl 49 delf warlock -=-=-=-=- 142)All your pets have mud related names, either after players, or npc's. Elric Stormbringer