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L5RMux: Kishi Kaisei - kishikaisei.net : 2860

Kishi Kaisei is a Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) Mux using the 4th Edition rules by AEG. It is a game of swords and samurai, of deadly intrigue hidden behind paper fans and fake smiles, and of magic, where priests beseech the elemental spirits for aid. The Great Clans struggle both against one another for influence throughout the Empire, and against the eternal threat of the Shadowlands, a literal land of evil, while individual samurai must weigh ambition against honor.

Set after the internecine conflict of the Clan Wars, the Empire is currently adjusting to the reign of a new Imperial dynasty while recovering from the wounds of war. A new generation of ambitious leaders chafes against the authority of an aging Shogun, and the clans, once forced into peace by sheer exhaustion, now look toward flexing their influence and power once more.

The game is set in Sunda Mizu Mura, a port city held by the gruff Crab Clan, defenders of the Empire against the nearby Shadowlands. It is city where ancient martial tradition is increasingly eclipsed by the growing power of the merchant class. While samurai gather to face the evils beyond, another war is fought amongst the dockside gangs, smugglers and merchant patrons who value wealth above honor.

So join us today (telnet): kishikaisei.net / 162.217.250.73 port 2860

Webpage: kishikaisei.net

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Now my little addendum:

First off, I am just a player, not a staff member.

For those of you who have a minor interest in it but don't know how to get involved with a text based game, don't fret, I'll be adding a post shortly (within a day of this post) that will hopefully guide you through the process of setting yourself up within this environment.

For those of you who have never heard of MUX/MUSHes... Well, it's sort of like a big chatroom with a bunch of different rooms in which players can roleplay in the runs 24/7. Sort of like a play by post but instead of making 1 or 2 posts a day/week/month, you're actively participating with other players by the second (much like sitting around a table with a bunch of your friends). Both staff and players are encouraged to run plots. If you have an agenda that you want to push your character, pitch the idea and have someone run it for you!

I'll be around this forum and others actively spreading the word of this game. Again, I'll be posting up a sort of mini-how to in order to ease people who may have never tried this sort of medium out into it. It's really pretty easy.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
As promised, a sort of guide for connecting to the game. IF anyone has issues with figuring things out, just PM me on here and I'll make sure to get back with you as soon as possible.

First off, we'll want to set ourselves up with a client. There are is one particular web application available, but hasn't been implemented yet. It can be found on www.mudconnect.com (look on the left for the L5R advertisement). Anyhow... Client:

For Windows, Mac, and Linux users, I highly recommend Potato MU It's about 6MB and free (I love free things):

http://www.potatomushclient.com/

https://code.google.com/p/potatomush...Downloads?tm=2

If you want to download an app for your Android device, do a search for MuClient or Blowtorch.

Okay, I'll assume you've downloaded PotatoMU and you are now itching to figure out what to do next. Well, first click on it. It should bring up a big black screen with a couple of links to click on.

Click on Add New World. A little box should come up with three boxes to fill:

Name: L5R (or anything you want to name this)
Host: kishikaisei.net
Port: 2860

Click Ok.

Next, the basic settings will come up. For now, we'll ignore all of that. You can mess around with those settings all you want as you get more accustomed to your new life as a text based gamer. Click Ok again.

Now there should be a new listing on that big black screen called Existing Worlds

Click on L5R

Now you'll be on the splash screen for L5R: Kishi Kaisei. At this point, you'll have a couple of options.
First, you can type WHO to see who all is online (not many of us at the moment, but it will grow!).

Next, you can type 'connect guest guest' (without the quotes) to connect as a guest player to check things out.

Finally, you can type 'create name password' where name and password are what you want to name your character and password being, well, your password.

Once in the game, there are a couple of things to try out.

First, try 'pub Hello!' (without the quotes). Most likely people are going to be around and will respond back to you. You can then go on to ask all the questions you will ever want to ask.

Next is an extremely helpful command: +news

This will show you most of the helpful files that will get you through character generation as well as a few custom theme portions that the staff have developed for the game (like +news goals or +news goals Crane).

Finally, if you decide to connect as a guest, you can talk on the guest channel by typing 'g Hello' without the quotes.