best mud ive ever come across. All the other ones are like youre sailing a battleship in your bathtub.
This was my first mudding experience also, was tough to get started but after a bit, you will learn much faster. A while back I tried a few other muds out there and i realized i got lucky stumbling upon CF first.
Dont get discouraged if you get killed. When you learn and get better you can dish out 10 times the pain you received. Before you learn to kill, learn to run. It will save you a lot of time and anguish.
RP is mandatory here and its great that way. Dont talk about cars/women/real life in the game, or assholes will realize you're a total newbie and kill you just for kicks. Immortals will also get on your case if you go OOC a lot in the game.
Use the newbie channel.
As for a Mud Client, get Zmud or Gmud. Dont use telnet. Download them and set it up for Carrionfields. That will save you a lot of headaches as well.
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