HellMOO - SS13 as a Text-Based Apocalyptic RPG (May be NSFW)

[Frances]

Horatio hands JercHoff a coat hanger.
Horatio says, "in case you ever knock a ho up"
JercHoff says, "awww right"
Horatio says, "it has been good use to me"
Horatio says, "You know what they say..."
Horatio puts on his sunglasses.

Disclaimer: HellMOO is a game where you spend most of your time killing orphans and cutting off other players' body parts with the intent of force-feeding them back to them.

You're basically looking at Goonstation with RPG elements. HellMOO is a MUD (basically, SS13 without as much as a graphical interface) which leaves the player to fend off in a post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies, giant lobsters, inflatable sheep, and all other sorts of creatures looking to kill you. The game platform is incredibly extensive, and has been built to support all sorts of hilariously trolly shit, from pissing on players to hunting them down, cutting off their asses, embalming them, and putting up an entire rack of preserved, disembodied butts inside your house. The community, surprisingly, is friendlier than on goonstation and the like.

Needless to say, it is wildly inappropriate and politically incorrect. The first grinding area of the game involves repeatedly murdering orphans to bring up your skills. Hell, it even includes a fetish list for your characters, that you level up complete with its own XP system.

Now, I figured that because we're all playing SS13, and despite being on a heavy-rp server, some of us did have an original/continued interest in how silly SS13 can be as a game, I figured there might be some overlap of interest between these two games. So if you think things such as dead orphans, exploding corpses and fishing for crank-addicted sealife might be down your alley, download a client such as [ur=http://simplemu.onlineroleplay.com/l]simpleMU[/url] and come on down to http://hellmoo.org/ to check out the game, and we can arrange a playing session sometime.

Second disclaimer: Yes, HellMOO includes some overly sexual themes (thus why this thread is marked NSFW). I trust anyone interested in playing a game with the description of "killing orphans" wouldn't get very offended by those, but they do exist. So just a warning. And let's try to keep the discussion of these to a minimum on this thread (unless they're absolutely hilarious, but still then, try not to overdo it.)

[Rusty Shackleford]

So what you're saying, is that it's basically Rusty: The Game.

[Carver]

I remember this game being good fun, yet, incredibly grindy at times. Might actually be decent with a group (And groups might also make support builds viable), so I'd certainly be up for joining you folks.

[Valkrae]

Can you beat people with the disembodied butts of your enemies?

[Frances]

Can you beat people with the disembodied butts of your enemies?

You can. It's not very effective, but there is a thing called a "penis flail" that is an actual craftable (?) weapon.

I'll let you figure out what it's made out of.

[Farcry11]

Can you beat people with the disembodied butts of your enemies?

You can. It's not very effective, but there is a thing called a "penis flail" that is an actual craftable (?) weapon.

I'll let you figure out what it's made out of.

 

And so began a thousand years of darkness.

Also, this game sounds fucking hilarious.

[Chaznoodles]

>HellMOO

PLEASE

NOT THIS

ANYTHING BUT THIS I BEG YOU

NO MORE RAPING DEAD ORPHANS

...I'd be happy enough to start playing again if other people will.

[hivefleetchicken]

.......i'm in.

[Farcry11]

I'm gonna make a character named "Maxx Ryder", get him a bunch of leather clothes and a sawed-off shotgun.

No one will be safe.

[incognitojesus]

So what you're saying, is that it's basically Rusty: The Game.

[Farcry11]

So, I started playing...

My god, the things I've done...

[Wer6]

Wanna all start a corp?

[Frances]

Wanna all start a corp?

A corp filled with entirely newbies in a game where most groups' activities consist of repeatedly griefing each other is not prone to go badly at all.

In other news, I've started looking at InfernoMOO, which is a HellMOO clone (seriously, it's literally the same game) with balance reworked towards a lot less grinding (you can actually get some actual combat skills within the first few days of playing, and not weeks). It also has reportedly less insane admins, and removes any underage references and murderable orphans (which might be a good or bad thing depending on the outlook you have on life.)

Would we (returning and new players) perhaps be more interested in playing there?

[Carver]

On one hand, less grinding, on the other hand, less abortions/child killing.

Though is combat/grinding much of an issue if we set up a get-together and just run through everything as a group? I remember one rule of this game was that you were generally fucked if you were outnumbered.

Although, I'd imagine InfernoMOO is generally more up-to-date and well-maintained. That's certainly a plus. Though I checked their wiki and they seem to be missing certain mutations.. Shame.

[Carver]

From my short few hours with it, I'd say InfernoMOO is definitely a vast improvement in the "Getting your character somewhere within a reasonable amount of time" department. Have myself set up to where I could probably pick up a few cheap weapons/items for folks needing them, or where I could assist in combat now and then with new characters.

Hit me up via PM if anyone's interested in playing this soon.

[Ryfer]

This is for rusty, mostly.

Shimoji Kikoman reaches into his pocket and throws a handful of sand into Scrub's face. "Pocket sand!"

Shimoji Kikoman swings his katana wildly in Scrub's direction

Blood trickles from Shimoji Kikoman's back.

Blood trickles from Shimoji Kikoman's back.

Shimoji Kikoman crumples to the ground, gasps out his last breath, and dies.

[Chaznoodles]

There's a bunch of us on LLA who've been playing InfernoMOO. It's a big improvement over HellMOO, in my opinion. I'd definitely be happier to set up Aurora shop over there.

Keep an eye out for characters called Chaznoodles, Kainen and Hawtcrab.