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FurryMUCK is the oldest and largest anthropomorphic MUCK. It is popular among the furry community, although also used by others. It is owned/operated by Furry Enterprises, a collective organization of its wizards and admins.

• Addresses:
  • MUCK server: muck.furry.com, port 8888 -> 66.154.101.42:8888
  • Current website: http://www.furry.com/
  • MUCK status LJ: http://www.livejournal.com/community/fm_status/
  • FurryMUCK Webstation (old): http://www.furry.com/old_site/main.html
  • FurryMUCK Maps (1998 to 2002): http://www.stormpages.com/published/furry/maps/
• Running from/to: August 1990 - current
• Motto: The first 99 & 44/100 anthropomorphic/Furry TinyMu*

History

A pretty good History of FurryMUCK was prepared by Jahangiri, covering 1990 to 2000:

1990 - 91 - 92 - 93 - 94 - 95 - 96 - 97 - 98 - 99 - 2000 - max user counts Sep 1992 - Dec 1997 - FurrySpace

Here is a summary:

• August 1990: FurryMUCK is founded at North Carolina State University (or more specifically, at the Furry Home at Squirrel Hill) as a successor to Islandia when the previous idea (DisneyMUCK) fails to work out, with original wizards Drew, his housemates Ashtoreth, Shaterri, Centaur, and Erych, Abigail, Ryuuko and Bluemage - Revar, Lynx and Tugrik arrive shortly after the launch
• Spring 1991: FurryMUCK outgrows the resources and moves to the University of California at Irvine. Siegfried became a wizard, as did Lionman, Carelia, and Tugrik; Erych left soon after. Archteryx was made a wizard for a few days by Drew without approval and was dewizzed shortly after.
• April 1991: The original taxi, the Cafe Rose, and Lynx's truffel program are installed; 10,000 objects reached
• October 1991: 20,000 objects reached
• November 1991: FurryMUCK is forced to move to Carnegie-Mellon University (Shaterri's workplace) by the actions of a user called Bruce
• 1992: Helpstaff formed; Lynx, Revar, Mishael, Kimi and Riss are made wizards, while Ashtoreth, Carelia, Lionman, and Siegfried resign - Revar resigns later in the year
• August 1992: 50,000 objects reached
• September 1992: FurryMUCK is deleted, but mostly restored from Revar's backups; relaunched at the University of Toronto with Chris Siebemann administering
• New Year's Day 1993: The Quicksilver virus written by Targhan infects the MUCK, diverting all conversation to Yozduk, who posts the log on rec.games.mud.tiny
• Spring 1993: The Demons vs Angels role-play takes place
• April 1993: 75,000 objects reached
• Summer 1993: A PG-13 rating is enforced in the Park
• October 1993: S'A'Alis begins hosting FurryMUCK, becoming a wizard shortly afterwards
• March 1994: Wired publishes Johnny Manhattan Meets the Furry Muckers, and FurryMUCK gets a deluge of sex-seekers
• July 1994: 100,000 objects reached
• Mid-1994: Triggur is elected as Mayor of FurryMUCK
• 1995: Data corruption on the move to a new server causes FurryMUCK to finally implement proper backup procedures; Kimi retires from the wizcorp, Nightwind replaced her, and K'has, O'Nara and Slipstream joined too, while AJWolf "acquires" the mayorality
• July 1995: 125,000 objects reached
• Late 1995: Lumpy the Squirrel, the primary source of urine in the FurryMUCK park pond, is finally toaded once and for all; the pool is thoroughly cleaned afterwards
• Febuary 1996: The passing of the CDA causes FurryMUCK to implement age restrictions on certain areas for people below 18 years of age
• March 1996: Vulpine, one of several who has falsely declared his age to pass the restrictions files an affidavit with the ACLU - the result was his permanent banning, after much discussion on alt.fan.furry.muck and elsewhere
• November 1996: Chip Unicorn and Points join as wizards at ConFurence 7 in 1996, while Frang takes over as Mayor
• 1997: Mishael retires as wizard
• July 1997: 175,000 objects reached
• October 1997: Toast is elected as Mayor
• 9 February 1998: FurryMUCK records 500 simultaneous users
• June-August 1998: Debate over the use of the wixxx flag pedophile causes it to be pulled and replaced with WhatIsz (retaining the same global 'wixxx' command) and the watered-down, politically correct euphamism "ageplay"
• August 1998: Inari is elected as Mayor
• 31 October 1998: FurryMUCK temporarily becomes FurryMORGUE, the last 99 & 44/100% gangrenous Furry TinyMu*
• February 1999: Points and Slipstream retire from wizarding
• April 1999: Brenda added to wizcorp as coder, while Riss is dewizzed due to lack of time, leaving amicably
• 11 April 1999: FurryMUCK moves to a dedicated server
• June 1999: Silent Red resigns as a wizard
• July 1999: Aragh becomes a PR wizard
• June 1999: Rosa de Stitches is elected Mayor, only to step down a few months later amidst controversy
• October 2000: @shout is removed over age concerns and abuse. A private version called "Scream", written by Sarusa, fills the void left by @shout. Being outside of wizard control, it is not censored and becomes a community of its own.

Places

In general, all public areas of FurryMUCK are officially PG-13, although conversation has a habit of straying into more mature topics. Private areas, and areas specified for the purpose, may have a higher rating.

West Corner of the Park

The West Corner of The Park (t park) is the center of the FurryMUCK universe. New players appear from under the Bandstand in this corner of the park. It is also the location of the Bulleten Board. As a result, it is usually the most popular place on FurryMUCK.

West Corner Of the Park is also a comic based around this location, and FurryMUCK in general.

The Purple Nurple

The Purple Nurple (t tpn) is FurryMUCK's gay/lesbian/bisexual nightclub and meeting place, although straight people are welcome as well. Created by Slinky and Cargo, and operated by Cargo and later Rigel for several years, after an extended series of controversies and headaches in 1999-2000 it is now owned and operated by Bohor. Above it lies the Nurple Apartments, a popular form of accommodation for those who can stand the heavy dance music that thumps up from below.

Beneath The Purple Nurple lie the cellars, the topic of several rumours - these are owned by Cargo but are now basically unmaintained.

Hermaphrodite Haven

The Hermaphrodite Haven (t hh) is a place for those of both genders to feel at home . . . where both means "both at once". Founded by Tulip, it is now operated by Shadow. Most activity actually takes place in the clubhouse grounds, although there is a truth or dare room inside. Nearby is Lake Hermy, and adjacent to the Haven are the Hermaphrodite Estates, a set of strictly herm-only residences.

Libertyville Nude Beach

Libertyville Nude Beach (t lnb) is a hangout for those who wish to . . . well, hang-out.

The Emerald City Tavern

An adult rated area for casual discussion and socialisation. Similar to the West Corner of the Park, but with no conversational age limit. Maintained by Sorien and Cuprohastes.

Regular events

• The Owlhaven Literary Lounge has weekly story readings every Tuesday night at 7pm CST (GMT-6)
• Artist's Ambush occurs every Monday in the Studio de l'Artiste at 10pm EST (GMT-5)

Programming

FurryMUCK offers two types of programming:

• MPI, a Lisp-based text-replacement language used by most regular players for simple scripts
• MUF, typically used for more complex operations and to implement system actions - apprentice access typically granted on request

Organization

FurryMUCK is run by its wizards, those responsible for keeping it up and running smoothly.

Current Wizards

• Drew - @age registration / Player Relations
• Tugrik - Site Administration / Builder Wizard / Quota
• Aragh - Player Relations / Character Creation
• Mishael - Assistant @age registration and character creation
• Lynx - Server Problems and Restarts
• Nightwind - MUF/MPI / Helpstaff / Idle Purges / @age assistant
• Shaterri - Player Relations
• K'has - Player Relations
• Chip_Unicorn - Player Relations
• Frang - Player Relations
• Lisa_Lynx - Player Relations

Revar is not a wizard, but is responsible for many of FurryMUCK's scripts and helps Tugrik with administration.

Previous Wizards

Players who are no longer wizards for one reason or another include:

• Centaur - Recycling
• S'a'alis: Character Creation / Site Adminstration (Oct 1993 - stepped down Jul 2001)
• O'nara: Assistant to S'a'alis
• Silent Red (? - June 1999)
• Slipstream: MUF/MPI Asst. / Globals Maintenance (Nov 1996 - Feb 1999)
• Points (1995 - Feb 1999)
• Riss - MUF Wizard / Asst. Character Creation / Zombies (1992 - Apr 1999)
• Kimi (1992-5)
• Revar (1992)
• Archteryx (1991)
• Erych (1990-1)

Note: This list is probably incomplete.

Mayors of FurryMUCK

FurryMUCK has historically also had a Mayor, typically elected, although the mayorality has been known to pass hands for as much as $1.37, and little as the wag of a tail.

The post is almost entirely symbolic, the only responsibility of the Mayor being to change the currency. Toast explains:

A good mayor changes the currency frequently, no less than every other day, RL permitting.

Past Mayors and how they lost their title include:

• Triggur (mid-1994 to February 1995) - position bought out in a shady deal with Tugrik
• AJWolf (February 1995 to January 1996) - sold for loose change at ConFurence 7
• Frang (January 1996 - October 1997?) - lost in a corrupt election where the votes could be bought
• Toast (October 1997 - August 1998) - delivered to a god by material sacrifice
• Inari (August 1998 - July 2000?) - lost in a contentious election
• Rose de Stitches - (July 2000 - August 2000?) - dethroned after protests, the wizards got annoyed and declared the Mayorality suspended

While players have asked for the Mayorship contest to return, so far the wizards have not re-approved the event.