Why get an account?
With an account, you'll see which comments, logs, discussions which are yet unread by you. This makes it much easier seeing if any new stuff has come up.
You can also send private messages to other users (quite like the mume mails).
If you still are unsure, do a testrun in the test account.
(Login "Test", password "test").
For security reasons, the test account can't post, comment or send messages.
But accounts give admins too much power, you can see which characters I play and more.
If you want to keep characters secret and separated, make more accounts! We don't enforce people to use a single account, for all we care, make 100 accounts each!
However, each account needs to be named after a mume character you play.
But I can read logs and post without having an account, why bother?
Indeed, you're free to do pretty much without logging in. And post in any name. BUT you cannot post in the name of an existing account.
So simply creating an account will make people unable to use your name for slander or fake comments.
Since most people have many characters you can create aliases.
Account activation? I want to post NOW!
When you create an account or alias, we will send you a mumemail with an activation code. Before you have received that code, and activated
your account/alias you will not be able to post with it, merely read.
This is to make sure noone registers someone elses name.