If you choose to explore the world of MUDs, your initial MUD will be rather difficult to learn. However, once you are comfortable with the logic of MUDs, you should be able to try new ones more easily. These are users with extraordinary powers. If they use these powers benignly, MUD wizards, like BBS sysops, can help create a congenial and active electronic environment. If something in a MUD goes wrong, however, everybody enjoys blaming the wizards.
All MUDs operate a little differently.
For a great introduction, we recommend reading the three basic MUD FAQs. In combat-oriented MUDs, characters compete with each other in elaborate scenarios of sword and sorcery. Role-playing MUDs are sometimes based on popular books or TV shows, such as Star Trek or Anne McCaffrey's Pern universe. In social MUDs, the emphasis is on non-competitive interaction and communication. Fictional disguises are not always welcome.