***********The Memoirs of P(Juston)***********

1893- I am born. MUME is not invented yet so the world sort
of sucked.

1900- Turn of the century. At 7 years old I have 
an idea for a game on the internet (a MUD, if you will) 
using modified DIKU stock and a realistic 
Tolkien environment. My ideas are quickly dashed, 
however when I'm informed the 
internet and DIKU muds have not
been invented and Tolkien hasn't 
made an environment yet. The people
all laughed at me and went back to
playing another game of "Doom II."

1904- FIRST MUME IS IMPLEMENTED. And not on a computer 
environment either. It was a game I played with my friends. MUME
was much more interesting back then. To play a **troll** 
you had to drive a Ford car and consistently run over
people to simulate unarmed combat. Trolls back then still
complained about the  new ob changes. Pukes were also
fun to play in 1904. This ancient log shows a newbie starting out.

*>who ainur

Ainur <~~~~~ these guys all got jobs from me
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[Mc] Donutello is in current 1904 fashions! (Idle) 
[Va] Phier is AFK hating you [Retired]
[Ms] Deor! (Linkless)
[ I] Juston "What's a steam engine?" Gustave the Second

*> shout newbie kit plz
Ok. 

Barnabus narrates 'Don't shout'
Juston tells you 'Use brief mode to save net-usage'
Tell Juston 'but we aren't using a net'
Juston tells you 'do it anyway'

Someone smiles as you receive some basic equipment.

*> inv
You are carrying:
A musket (brand new)
Juston's Deluxe Box o' Bullets 
Union Bayonet (brand new)
A plain shirt (brand new)
A plain pair of pants (brand new)
A plain leather belt
A large biscuit

Nar change the bayonet, the Civil War's been over for 39 years
Juston tells you 'ok'
Your Union Bayonet has changed into a backsword!

*>wear all
-----<snip>------

*> look

Osse's Well
The large fountain of Osse's is here.
President William McKinley is here, remarking on the condition of the U.S. in the next century.

*> k president
William McKinley swiftly dodges your attempt to hit him.
William McKinley hits your left arm extremely hard and shatters it.
You feel a strong ache there!
You are incapacitated and will die slowly, if not aided.

You are dead! Sorry!

*>sleep

1905- Players begin to remark that MUME is just not as fun anymore. 
I respond to those comments by ignoring them.

1910- Playerbase begins to flee from MUME rapidly. They remark that
NSL is just going to rule MUME so why bother? I tell them that NSL
 hasn't been made yet and that they won't be born for about 70 years.

1911-1950- These four decades are all a haze to me. I basically rented one day
and went to sleep for 30 minutes waiting to go on the other side and play my
BN thief but I didn't wake up for 40 years. By that time some swedish punks by the 
Names of Cryhavoc, Nada, and Manwe cleverly usurp MUME from me, and delete
Juston. They also are admitting their cronies to management. I also hear that we fought
two wars during this time. Anyone know anything about that?

1950-1992- Another long coma. I stay alive because the computers in 1904
emitted so much radiation that you are perfectly perserved. I heard a bunch of stuff
 happened in this time with some really fantastic events. The ones that greatly 
appealed to me was Star Wars Trilogy (1977,1980,1983), 
Kinder Eggs (1974) and the Rubik's Cube.In 1992 I found 
that MUME is no longer played with sharp sticks, guns, and Presidents.
They actually have plans to put MUME on 
a computerized 'web' in sweden. At a tender 99 
years old, I can't really do much. When I 
tried to complain Dain, Ghostly, and Manwe kicked
my walker down and told me in swedish to go watch "Matlock." 
Bad changes erupt.

2000- When I was only 106 years old, Juston became the level 28 
Cantankerous Beorning Battlemaster he is today. I have become
Increasingly more bitter and grizzled because MUME was stolen from me.
I felt I had to show my memoirs to the world.

As a final note, respect your elders, b/c I might get real big
from the radiation of my 1904 computer and I'll come crush your
house.