Turf coding : Mtf, Fastjack and formerly by Hiero
Database & areas control : Cera, formerly Zartid, and even more formerly by Hiero
Additional areas by : [darn near everyone now]
Misclands by : [just about everyone]
Title page by : Nog
Coding advice : Alasdair Kergon
Patience : Charles Wiles
Site provided by : Maxima Systems Ltd, formerly by Lynxfile, Imeid and Cyberplayce
Purple jeans : Herring
Sniping : Pelopidas
Being nice to people : Jade
Ridiculous numbers of typos submitted : Pelopidas, Anu, Karzan
Mad bombing : Jim from SKAMM, Divva, Rory from SKAMM
Plagues : Karzan
Sounding like Mtf : EdFromO
Being like Mtf : Trub
Failing to get to the point : Hiero
Failing to get the point : Fastjack
Missing it : SirHumphrey
Watching each others' web pages like hawks : EdFromO, Pelopidas
The Paxman Prize for being difficult : Mtf
Supplier of Wands of the Fire Lion : Link
Only person to lose 75,000 xp in one go : Penguin
Scarf-sharing : Trillion, Herring
Losing hats at each other's Turfmeets : Hiero, Pelopidas
Very Heavy Jackets : Herring
Supplier of Caffeine (and exploding gold bars) : Pelopidas
Look of innocence after gold bars explode : Pelopidas
Mystic auras : Raistlin
Heinously hampering hurtloam healing : Hiero
The Link Award for Hatred of Keyboards : Trillion
Using Description instead of Note: Abfab, Delta, Hfunk
Most barred/blocked/ignored person in Turf history: Menionleah
Excessive Player Advocacy (whining) : Hemlock
Pelopidas Award for Pedantry and Grammar Policing : Hemlock and Fastjack
Zartid Award for Politely Telling People Off : SirHumphrey
Most Improved Temperament : Mtf
T : Teator
Cheese : Karzan
Fruit Salad : Mango
Hot Air : Fastfox
Fatal Turf bugs beginning at August 2000
| Mtf | 6 |
|---|---|
| Fastjack | 7 |
Original game idea, concept, and design:
Katja Nyboe [Superwoman] (katz@freja.diku.dk)
Tom Madsen [Stormbringer] (noop@freja.diku.dk)
Hans Henrik Staerfeldt [God] (bombman@freja.diku.dk)
Michael Seifert [Papi] (seifert@freja.diku.dk)
Sebastian Hammer [Quinn] (quinn@freja.diku.dk)
Additional contributions from:
Michael Curran - the player title collection and additional locations.
Ragnar Loenn - the bulletin board.
Bill Wisner - for being the first to port the game successfully,
uncovering several old bugs, uh, inconsistencies,
in the process.
And: Mads Haar and Stephan Dahl for additional locations.
Developed at: DIKU -- The Department of Computer Science
at the University of Copenhagen.
Merc 2.2 was created by Kahn, Hatchet and Furey. Merc 2.2
is an upgrade from Merc 2.1, created by Furey, Hatchet and Kahn.
Thanks to ...
... Diku Mud for starting it all.
... The Free Software Foundation and DJ Delorie for kick-ass tools.
... Copper Mud and Alfa Mud for releasing their code and worlds.
... Aod of Generic for ... well, everything. You're a hoopy frood, Aod.
... Alander for many ideas and contributions.
... John Brothers of Silly for permission to use Silly code and worlds.
... Zrin for administering the mailing list.
... Abaddon for proofreading our comm.c.
... Hind, Quin, Vic, Diavolo, Oleg, and others for porting help.
... Diavolo, Grodyn, Morgenes, Da Pub, Loki, Talen, Kalgen, Sludge,
The Crew of Salems Lot, and others for code and bug fixes.
... N'Atas-Ha for MOBPrograms and the pager skeleton and Blackstar
for the improvements and ideas to the pager.
... Raff, Doctor, VampLestat, Nirrad, Tyrst, PinkF, Chris for worlds.
... Ikee, Chaos, Kraze, Maxx, Thoth, Zolstead, Zavod, VampLestat, Cyric,
Kelvin, and Jackal for extensively playtesting MERC 2.2 and providing
constructive input.
... the players and imps of Mud Dome, Final Mud, Mud Lite, Vego Mud, Rivers
of Mud, Ruhr Mud, Mystic Realms, 4th Realm, Dragon Mud, and Salems Lot
for bug reports, ideas, new code, and hours of enjoyment.
Share and enjoy.
MERC Industries
Updated, developed, and maintained by Fastjack
Cartography by Mango (most), and Cera (layout map)
Meet photos by Trillion and Mtf
Turf Graphic by Muca
Turf Sword graphic by Tyrade
Turf Banner graphic by Skywise
Thanks to Ninja and Zartid for ridiculous numbers of web page corrections