you can do a lot with lord.

Indeed!

I think the thing that's missing at present is what a good LORD setup with only good IGMs looks like. It reminds me of that scene in Borat where he's at the supermarket with all the different kinds of cheese...that's the world of LORD IGMs. So many of them are shit, and so many of them break core game mechanics. I'd love to find an installation of LORD that expands on the core game mechanics in the most fun and fair ways to keep the game interesting without going too far. Yet I haven't really seen that :/ But if something like that existed in, say, a doorgame server, with maybe the mzk addon, it would be an awesome game that people would likely play very competitively in.

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Re: Re: Lord Door Game
By: esc to MRO on Wed Jan 11 2023 08:33 pm

I think the thing that's missing at present is what a good LORD setup with only good IGMs looks like. It reminds me of that scene in Borat where he's at the supermarket with all the different kinds of cheese...that's the world of LORD IGMs. So many of them are shit, and so many of them break core game mechanics. I'd love to find an installation of LORD that expands on the core game mechanics in the most fun and fair ways to keep the game interesting without going too far. Yet I haven't really seen that :/ But if something like that existed in, say, a doorgame server, with maybe the mzk addon, it would be an awesome game that people would likely play very competitively in.

well some times the fun is in having a crazy game with lots of cheating.
so you have that game and then you have a clean game.

you can also do different menusets, different creatures and get some great igms. there was one igm where it was a doorgame made into an igm just to get the word out. that was very interesting. you can also write lord scripts and essentially have a game inside a game in that manner, too.

Seth was not a fish out of water when writing that game. he had a natural affinity for games and he understood what makes them work.

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Re: Re: Lord Door Game
By: Jimmy Anderson to Nightfox on Sat Jan 07 2023 09:55 pm

BBSes these days than there used to be.

Yeah - I was specifically referring to why LORD is not full of players
like in the old days... Cause the BBS is not full of users. :-)

also before this big loss of users sysops thought it was a great idea
to install hundreds of doorgames. that's absolutely not how you help
user interaction. seth himself said how to get user interaction in the docs.

sysops thought making things complicated was a good idea.

Yeah, less is more, sometimes, but where I lived back in the heyday
sysops wanted several style of doors to attract different people. :-)



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Re: Re: Lord Door Game
By: Jimmy Anderson to Wormwood on Thu Jan 05 2023 11:13 am

Wormwood wrote to All <=-

Pretty sure I found a way to game LORD. Not sure if its a bug or not. I think I could probably be number 1 forever now but theres only like 3 players. Why don't people play this anymore?

I blame people not having local BBS's to log in to and we don't
'know our neighbors' anymore...

... Where quality is just a word we like to use.

I see a lot of guys playing it on the BBS I use. I have been playing it for 30 years now. Love me some LORD.

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John O'Rourke wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

Re: Re: Lord Door Game
By: Jimmy Anderson to Wormwood on Thu Jan 05 2023 11:13 am

Wormwood wrote to All <=-

Pretty sure I found a way to game LORD. Not sure if its a bug or not. I think I could probably be number 1 forever now but theres only like 3 players. Why don't people play this anymore?

I blame people not having local BBS's to log in to and we don't
'know our neighbors' anymore...

... Where quality is just a word we like to use.

I see a lot of guys playing it on the BBS I use. I have been playing it for 30 years now. Love me some LORD.

I enjoy it. What's the BBS?



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Re: Re: Lord Door Game
By: Nightfox to Mickey on Wed Jan 11 2023 10:45 am

Re: Re: Lord Door Game
By: Mickey to MRO on Wed Jan 11 2023 09:36 am

That and every BBS has exactly the same games on their boards. No matte where you go, Bran the Warrior WILL get ya!

I don't really see the issue with some door games being common on many BBSes I think that could actually be a good thing - That means if a user runs out turns in the game or runs out of time on one BBS, it doesn't mean they have wait until the next day to play it again. The user could go play the game o another BBS that has that game installed.

Nightfox

I play L.O.R.D. on 3 different BBS's. I have do this for many years and really enjoy it.

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I don't really see the issue with some door games being common on many BBS I think that could actually be a good thing - That means if a user runs ou turns in the game or runs out of time on one BBS, it doesn't mean they hav wait until the next day to play it again. The user could go play the game another BBS that has that game installed.

Nightfox

I play L.O.R.D. on 3 different BBS's. I have do this for many years and reall enjoy it.

I have several door games installed here, but the only three that seem to
draw any players are LORD, Yankee Trader, and OOII.
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Re: Re: Lord Door Game
By: MIKE POWELL to GARY GORDON on Sat Jan 31 2026 10:22 am

I don't really see the issue with some door games being common on many BBS I think that could actually be a good thing - That means if a user runs ou turns in the game or runs out of time on one BBS, it doesn't mean they hav wait until the next day to play it again. The user could go play the game another BBS that has that game installed.

Nightfox

I play L.O.R.D. on 3 different BBS's. I have do this for many years and reall enjoy it.

I have several door games installed here, but the only three that seem to draw any players are LORD, Yankee Trader, and OOII.

Speaking of doors, I have a new one I've just about finished and it is vastly different than any other door ever created, sounds pretentious I know, but it's true. Ok, maybe that was a little much, but it is pretty darn cool. I call her Quantasia and she is an Agentic AI Chat Assistant. Its a door you can spend hours inside of, you can literally loose track of time. She contains multiple AI models, up to 32, that are trained on various subjects, and are all configurable by the sysop as to how they behave. It has an easy menu system to import and config each assistant. I have her to the point where she is writing her own code that is used to write her.

I know there are a lot of AI naysayers out there, but just try it before you dismiss it. Its not a hokie toy, its a serious tool that may take the BBS scene to the next level. Even though the bots love to play games too, they are equally adept at discussing and teaching quantum mechanics, writing source code or helping you set up your BBS. So, if you take a little time to put Quantasia through her paces, I think you'll be converted to the dark side. But seriously, all kidding aside, its a pretty cool experience and is configurable to the point where it will be unique on each BBS.

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I know there are a lot of AI naysayers out there, but just try it before you dismiss it. Its not a hokie toy, its a serious tool that may take the BBS sce to the next level. Even though the bots love to play games too, they are equally adept at discussing and teaching quantum mechanics, writing source co or helping you set up your BBS. So, if you take a little time to put Quantasi through her paces, I think you'll be converted to the dark side. But seriousl all kidding aside, its a pretty cool experience and is configurable to the point where it will be unique on each BBS.

The system I run my door games on -- this one -- is a DOS BBS with c1994
BBS software. Not sure it'd work here. ;)

Mike
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Re: Re: Lord Door Game
By: MIKE POWELL to LONEWOLF on Thu Feb 05 2026 08:14 am

dark side. But seriousl all kidding aside, its a pretty cool experience and is configurable to the point where it will be unique on each BBS.

The system I run my door games on -- this one -- is a DOS BBS with c1994
BBS software. Not sure it'd work here. ;)

Very cool, love the retro stuff. I also run a DOS based Renegade on a HP Thin Client under FreeDOS as well as a Synchronet system a Win 32 bit machine.

lw
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Re: Re: Lord Door Game
By: MIKE POWELL to LONEWOLF on Thu Feb 05 2026 08:14 am

dark side. But seriousl all kidding aside, its a pretty cool experience and is configurable to the point where it will be unique on each BBS.

The system I run my door games on -- this one -- is a DOS BBS with c1994
BBS software. Not sure it'd work here. ;)

Mike

I forgot to mention in my previous reply that if you want to check the AI Chat Bot door out, telnet to firesidebbs.com:23231, select (X)Doors at the Main Menu and then select Quantasia Chat Assistant on the next menu.
I think its pretty awesome.

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I forgot to mention in my previous reply that if you want to check the AI Ch Bot door out, telnet to firesidebbs.com:23231, select (X)Doors at the Main Me and then select Quantasia Chat Assistant on the next menu.
I think its pretty awesome.

Thanks. I still need to check out that weather door in action sometime,
too.

Mike
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MIKE POWELL wrote to LONEWOLF <=-

I forgot to mention in my previous reply that if you want to check the AI

Ch

Bot door out, telnet to firesidebbs.com:23231, select (X)Doors at the Main

Me

and then select Quantasia Chat Assistant on the next menu.
I think its pretty awesome.

Thanks. I still need to check out that weather door in action
sometime, too.

It's worth your time and you won't be disappointed (on both).




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