Acquiring an Account

To get your own account on DolphinMUD, you can apply by filling out the form here. Once you have an account, you will be able to make your own places and things in DolphinMUD.

All responses to the form are reviewed manually by real humans, so don't necessarily expect an instantaneous response. As soon as possible, an email will be sent to the provided address; the email will contain your new username and a randomly-generated password.

A few notes about the application form: we do collect your email address and real name. This is done to prevent spambots from making accounts, and to help encourage responsible behavior. We do not sell your address or real name (or anything else, for that matter).

Regarding username: your in-game name does not have to be your real name. In fact, it's best if it is different. Pick something interesting, memorable, and easy to type.

Please do not labor unnecessarily over the "Why do you want to join DolphinMUD?" question; the briefest of sentences - "This looks fun and I have an idea for a room", for example - is completely sufficient. Again, its main purpose is to try to discourage spambots.

Once you have created your account, it's time to log in for the first time. Connect to DolphinMUD as usual, but instead of typing @guest to enter the game as a guest character, type @login and press Enter. You will be prompted for your username and password, after which you will enter the world as usual.

The first command you should run after you have logged in is the @password command to change your login password:

@password <newpassword>

Put your new password in place of <newpassword>. Be sure to select a secure password. Also, do not reuse a password from another site! If you connect to DolphinMUD without using SSL, your password is transmitted in cleartext over the network; this is one of the unfortunate compromises of the Telnet protocol. If you use SSL, your password will be encrypted, but just in case you ever forget one day and log in via a non-SSL-encrypted connection (and then have a run of magnificently bad luck in which a hacker targets you and takes your password), make sure to only use this password with DolphinMUD.