MOO Resources

Before visiting a MOO, learn MOO netiquette and become familiar with some simple commands.

The basics on netiquette are:

  • read the basic policy information most MOOs offer you when you first log on
  • if classes are meeting or students are collaborating on a project, don't interrupt them
  • if you see other players in "common rooms" it is polite to say hello
  • if you plan to visit a MOO regularly, you should request a character
  • if you wish to speak to a group or persons you chance upon, ask first if now is a good time for them to chat
  • when you are finished exploring, ALWAYS use the @quit command to leave

    Simple MOO Commands


    Generally, to enter a MOO type: connect guest

    Commands once you have entered a MOO are fairly simple. Type:

  • look to look around for other people, exits, things, room descriptions
  • help for instructions on how to do things
  • @quit to leave
  • say x if you wish to speak, with x being what you wish to say
  • @who to find out who else is visiting the MOO right now
  • to go from room to room, just type a direction, e stands for east, etc.
  • sometimes you will encounter "objects" in the MOO, you can read them, or sometimes pick them up and manipulate them in certain ways

    Enter a MOO

    If the computer and web browser you are using now to read this has a working telnet program affixed to the brower as a helper application, you can telnet to:

    Educational MOOs (and a MUSH):
    Connections,U of Florida site for alternative teaching environments telnet connections.moo.mud.org 3333 Connections web site--needed directions abound
    Millikin's MOO Experimental Moo-just starting moo.millikin.edu
    Lingua MOO, a Dallas based educational MOO telnet lingua.utdallas.edu 8888 Lingua MOO website
    TAPPED IN 2, The Teacher Professional Development Institute, or TAPPED IN, is a shared teacher professional development (TPD) workplace patterned after a real-world conference center. Teachers with diverse interests, backgrounds, and skills can share experiences, engage in mentoring and collaborative work, or simply meet their colleagues. telnet tappedin.sri.com 7777 TAPPED IN web site
       
    LinguaMOO telnet lingua.utdallas.edu 7777 Lingua MOO Website
    Diversity University telnet moo.du.org 8888 Diversity University Website
    MOO Central Web Resources -----------------------------------------> MOOCentral Website
    MediaMOO The Web Site telnet purple-crayon.media.mit.edu 8888
    Tecfa MOO, a virtual space for Educational Technology, Education, Research and Life at TECFA, School of Psychology and Education, University of Geneva, Switzerland telnet tecfamoo.unige.ch 7777
    CollegeTown telnet galaxy.bvu.edu 7777 CollegeTown web page.
       

    Foreign Language and EFL/ESL MOOs

    MundoHispano telnet admiral.umsl.edu 8888 MundoHispano home page, a veritable wealth of information about MundoHispano and MOO related topics.
    ArdaMOO, a Spanish language social MOO. telnet lince.las.es 7777
    VCR MUSH: Virtual Classrooms MUSH This MUSH consists of German, French, Spanish and English sections. telnet risky1.ssg.comp.uvic.ca 6250
    Le MOO Francais, French langauge MOO telnet admiral.umsl.edu 7777 MOOfrancais Web Page
    "LittleItaly", Italian language MOO telnet little.usr.dsi.unimi.it 4444 LittleItaly home page
       
    MOOsaico, Portuguese language MOO telnet moo.di.uminho.pt 7777
    SvenskMud, Swedish language Mud telnet svmud.lysator.liu.se 2043
    schMOOze University (an EFL/ESL MOO) telnet schmooze.hunter.cuny.edu 8888 The schMOOze University home page
     

    Social MOOs

    AquaMOO telnet aqua.king.net 2345
    Strange Brew telnet 206.161.77.144 8888
    MOO Canada telnet moo.ca 7777
    BayMOO telnet mud.crl.com 8888
    ChibaMOO telnet chiba.picosof.com 7777

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