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''BatMUD'' is a medieval fantasy MUD, established in 1990. ''BatMUD'' is Finland-based and operated and owned by a non-profit organization, Balanced Alternative Techniques ry ("B.A.T. ry"), officially registered 1994 in Helsinki, Finland.〔The official site of B.A.T. ry (), accessed 2008-12-31〕 By 2006, over 100,000 players had frequented the game, making it one of the largest text-based multiplayer games on the Internet. In the beginning of 2008, it had over 30,000 subscriptions. At the end of 2011, amount of subscriptions was similarly over 30,000 giving BatMUD a flat growth (amount of new players equal those who no longer frequent the game). It has been called a "very popular and complex game". ==History, Legal and Development== ''BatMUD'' was one of the first LPMuds〔〔 and has been online with only a few, if any minor breaks since 14 April 1990. The game was initially set-up by a wizard who named himself Jaf, followed by many volunteer coders, all becoming wizards in the process. The MUD's name comes from the name of the server the game was first hosted on, batman.cs.hut.fi. Since then, BatMUD has relocated several times, at one point residing in Oulu, Finland. As of November 2007, the main ''BatMUD'' servers are co-located in the two data centers of Nebula in Helsinki, Finland. Despite its phenomenal age as an Internet community, the MUD is constantly evolving which makes it both challenging and entertaining to new and old players alike. Due to the rich set of features, ''BatMUD'' may be a bit overwhelming for a newcomer, but more experienced players often help if asked politely, and registered newbie helpers are available to guide fresh players. Like most other active MUDs, ''BatMUD'' is also constantly developed. Over the years there have been over 200 coders contributing to the codebase. It is expected on ''BatMUD'' that a coder will actively work on development of the MUD, with newcomers who have not been productive enough to a level being periodically purged. All coders agree to an intellectual property rights agreement in order to secure the legal-aspects of the modern day world, even though coding is done volunteer-based. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「BatMUD」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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