Hesperia MUD - [telnet hesperia-mud.org:7000]

Creator:
- Fletchez
Implementor:
- Randall
- Saibot
Staff Member:
- Nyx

Fletchez
The Immortal
Name	Fletchez
Titles	Lord of Light; Ancient One; Old Man
Rank	Creator
Religion	Covenant
Cult	General
Base	Paradise
Controls	Eastern part of Hesperia
Servants	All over the world, forces concentrated on own territory.
Quote	` Ideals are a burden we have to bear together. `
The Person
Name	Jan Lambregts
Age	31 (15-May-1977)
Country	Holland
Employment	Student-Assistant at Tilburg University; Student
Education	General Economics at Tilburg University, Holland
Hobbies	Several role-playing games, most prominently among which are Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play and Vampire: The Masquerade.
In January '96 I was introduced to the world of MUDs. After having played fanatically for a number of months, it was in October '96 that I was discussing my addiction with Randall on the birthday party of a mutual friend. Then already Randall and I had been real life friends for 6 years. As with most games I play fanatically I felt the urge to improve and shape a world in my own vision. Though at that time Randall had no MUD experience, he offered to handle the code. Thus the project took off. In the two years that followed I meticulously wrote down all the changes that had to be made and Randall implemented them. It proved to be two years of hard work, perseverance and most of all endless patience. Saibot joined us December '97 as a positive input. With the Staff formed things evolved quickly. In the summer of '98 we tested extensively for 3 months in a row. October 1st 1998, we opened for the public, together with an expansion of our Immortals to accomodate new players. The vision had solidified. Though only partially, for most of the Hesperian Realm is still shrouded by mist. As Earthlings rise in rank, they may one day stand up and claim Independence. It appears like some of the tasks have just begun.

Randall
The Immortal
Name	Randall
Titles	Dark Lord; His vicious Majesty; Exalted One
Rank	Implementor
Religion	Dark Alliance
Cult	General
Base	Dark Fortress
Controls	Western half of Hesperia
Servants	All over the world, armies concentrated on own territory.
Quote	` No gain without sacrifice... surrender to me! `
The Person
Name	Roman van der Krogt
Age	31 (24-October-1976)
Country	Holland
Employment	Ph.D. Student at Delft University of Technology
Homepage	http://roman.vanderkrogt.org
Education	Technical Computer Sciences at Delft University of Technology, Holland
Hobbies	Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play, Coding
As Fletchez told, he 'dragged' me into Hesperia beginning October 1996. Before, I hadn't spent much time on muds, but it all sounded pretty interesting, so I decided to download some stuff, and started coding. Since then, I spent most my computer time with Hesperia in one way or another. First adding lots of various things like aliasses, monitors, abbreviation of items, a complete rewrite of the areaformat, the MUDProgs and a lot of other things, later more structurized by the specifications Fletchez wrote down for me. After two years of hard work, the code is now some 133000 lines, compared to 37000 of standard Envy 2.0. Still, there is a lot more to do: bugs to fix, new features to add. So, chances are big you'll find me (AFK). Just beep me when you need me.

Saibot
The Immortal
Name	Saibot
Titles	The Grey Wanderer
Rank	Implementor
Religion	Neutral
Cult	General
Base	Harhaken
Controls	The centre of the world
Servants	Sparsed all over the world, greatest is the Harkanian Emperor
Quote	` Do as you wish as long as it improves yourself. `
The Person
Name	Stephan Pirson
Age	31 (22-April-1977)
Country	Belgium
Employment	Computer Scientist
Education	A bit of computer science and engineering at the University of Liege, Belgium
Hobbies	Astronomy, reading and mudding
I joined Fletchez and Randall in the creation of Hesperia around December '97. First to create areas and then to think along with them. They both offered me a `Staff Member` position in Hesperia (Which was at that point only a commitment to work harder) that I accepted with pleasure. From them on, I have been creating areas, a tool to ease my creation and others' (HAC) and thinking about features, balance and the decisions that were to be taken. I have also taken up to coding lately among other things in fact, I now have little time left to do anything else but work for Hesperia but the result is so great that I never have remorses (my girlfriend does at times though ;) ).

Nyx
The Immortal
Name	Nyx
Titles	Fluxweaver; Immoral; Nomoral
Rank	Staff member
Religion	Neutral
Cult	n/a
Base	n/a
Controls	The orange sky
Servants	I'm working on that...
Quote	` afk Error: Unhandled SleepException in Nyx.Brain.stayAlive(null):342 (yes, I'm crashing) `
The Person
Name	Christaan Hees
Age	26 (08-March-1982)
Country	Netherlands
Employment	Student
Homepage	http://chees.info
Education	Computer Science (soon to be MSc)
Hobbies	Hesperia, coding, watching movies, messing around
Somewhere in 2000 I started with Hesperia as a silly newbie and decided after a while that I wanted to become an Immortal. Arminius snickered at me and told me I should learn the mud a little better first. Bwah... well ok, so I made 3 new dragons and tried to solve every quest I could find. In 2004 I applied again for Immortality and I've been bugfixing Hesperia ever since. Other than coding I also like to create custom quests once in a while.

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