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December 2002: We got ourselves a nice gold wyrm =)
November, 2000:
Mentioned in the Rough Guide to the Internet, the UK's top-selling internet
guide book.
 
November, 2000:
Reviewed by the mudconnector.
"I did enjoy this mud, and I thought they had several innovative
concepts. I would like to spend even more time on here, then try the more
advanced race and class combination, and see how that goes. I would say
that if you are interested in player killing and look for large player
bases, then this mud might be for you. They have been open since 1993,
and Wheel of Time seems a very polished product. On the other hand, if
you are strictly into role-playing, or do not enjoy player killing or
for that matter do not like huge hordes of players, then you might very
well find Wheel of Time somewhat intimidating. This mud has a great deal
going for it, and as proof, just look at how they have accrued several
awards and a huge fan base. I would say they are doing something very
right, but that it is a taste that will not suit all comers."
August, 2000:
WoTmud.org was named as one of the top 100 sites of the web for 2000
by surfer's
choice.
Libertysurf
made us one of their featured muds.
 April,
2000
29 February: The guys at Wotmania
were sufficiently impressed with our wottishness to make us their site of
the month for March 2000, and wrote up this:
"I have featured a number of sites in this section
before, but never a WoT mud. So this month I am featuring one of
the best mud's around - the Wheel of Time mud (WoTmud). The site
itself is at http://wotmud.org. It is a sharp looking site, and
has enough information to get you up and running in the mud. It
is the only WoT-oriented mud to be featured by The Mud Connector,
one of the definitive mud sites on the Web. Over one hundred people
are often playing the game on any given evening. If you are interested
in getting involved in a WoT-oriented mud, WoTmud would certainly
be a great place to start!"
Overnight, on 25 February 110,000 people suddenly heard
about the Wheel of Time thanks to the "Cool
Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter". This is what they said:
"Many of us have heard of the game Dungeons and
Dragons. For those of us who were not a part of the generation who
took part in the role-playing phenomena, the whole experience remains
a bit of a mystery. If you've ever wondered how our youth could
squander their weekends locked in a friend's room, armed with nothing
but dice, character sheets, books, Domino's pizza, good banter and
their imagination, this site may make you a believer.
The Wheel of Time MUD (multi-user dungeon) is a game
based on the Dungeons and Dragons of yesteryear. Armed with your
newly generated character, submerse yourself in a mythic land of
trolls, halflings and griffons set amidst the adrenaline rush of
a race war. No 3D graphics or torso-twisting sounds are to be found
here, just a black screen, white text and a drop of imagination."
We were given Gamezworld's
Gold Medal on February 14, 2000
 "When
we were given Gamezworld's Gold Medal, they added that "...this
is the best site the award has yet been given to, be sure to check
it out!". That's rare praise indeed...
We were covered in Netsurfer
magazine, a weekly no-frills ezine about www happenings. Check out
what they had to say on February 11, 2000:
"Playing in a multi-user dungeon (MUD) gives
a real feel for the Good Olde Days of the Internet, when men were
men and trolls were non-player characters that got killed a lot.
No graphics, no sounds - just a black screen, white text, and a
touch of imagination. Although no longer a mainstream activity with
the advent of first-person shooters, MUDs retain a charm and attraction
all their own and thousands of people still play. The Wheel of Time
MUD, based on the books by Robert Jordan, nestles within a stunningly
designed site which uses Flash, Java and the latest bleeding-edge
techniques to provide detailed and friendly instructions and background.
Despite testing it at peak times, we found minimal lag and the denizens
friendly and eager to help, a characteristic of all well run MUDs."
Freelaunch.com,
which looks at some of the free things that are around on the net, gave
us a very nice writeup indeed and featured us during the week of January
23, 2000:
"Long before the advent of Web browsers, like Explorer
and Netscape, there existed a vast community of online gamers. They
accessed the Internet using "telnet" clients, rather than browsers,
and established a broad network of MUDs (Multi-User-Dungeons). MUDs
are still quite popular, and there are thousands of active MUDs in
operation today. In Time-Out this week, we feature an outstanding
MUD, the Wheel of Time, established in 1993. The site offers a thorough
tutorial for the beginner, and boasts more than 6,000 active played
characters. Give it a try - it's exciting and showcases the Internet
at it's best!"
The old website was featured on games.net on 15/1/99 as
their
website of the day.
"Let's face it, muds are a lot of fun. You may
not get shiny graphics, or forsaken-style lightning. But you definitely
get several hundred hardcore roleplayers, all out to have a good time.
And did we mention that WoTmud IV is the bee's knees?
Great content: Yes
Great Layout: Yes
Great Graphics: Yes
Great Links: Yes
Will you let you pet its Rancor? No
Total Score: 4 out of 5!"
Review at MiningCo.com, December 1998
"Sometimes there's nothing better than a good mud
- especially one built upon a killer world - that of Robert Jordan's
"Wheel of Time" series. WoTmud IV combines over 9,000 rooms, 800 mobiles
and locales and characters taken directly from the books. WoTmud IV
was one of the first, and is one of the oldest WoT muds out there.
The site contains much information, for both beginner and veteran.
Play Dreadlord or even a dreaded Myrdraal, using Telnet or JAVA!"
Review at Medaille d'or, November 1998
"This extremely good looking site is focused on an online mud. As much thought has been given to presentation as content, and the overall effect is highly effective.
Other people that have covered us...
The
Mud Connector
giga
- use babelfish to translate it
Games Network
Gamespy and Gamespy again
Games World
Atlanta Network
Unreality.org
WoTmud IV web queries and webmaster contact: ingleslenobel@btinternet.com
Please be so kind as to inform me before doing so if you intent to feature
us in any way, so that I can prepare the groundwork.
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