Legal Issues

locke · 06-18-2009, 01:32 AM

After a 7 year hiatus, Nimud.org is back! The domain was originally lost to one of those 'domain extortion companies' back in 2002, when the site was being transferred from Network Solutions to Godaddy.com

However, by a stroke of luck, the domain was no longer registered and I was able to snatch it up and re-hang the NiMUD shingle at

prof1515 · 06-18-2009, 12:19 PM

Godaddy is notorious for that sort of thing. I highly recommend avoiding them whenever possible.

locke · 06-19-2009, 02:03 AM

It's actually not Godaddy but the middleman company that did it. Anyway, there may be new legislation or, perhaps, it was simply overlooked. Back in my hands for the time being.

prof1515 · 06-19-2009, 11:07 PM

Godaddy lied to me regarding the old rpimud.com domain, claiming that the old owner still had an option on renewal while simultaneously telling him that his time had expired. It was inaccessible to either of us for weeks until it ended up as a crap-ad site.

Milawe · 06-20-2009, 07:19 PM

Yeah, that's incredibly annoying. I tried going to RPIMud.com and RPMud.com recently. Neither gave me what I was looking for. At least RPMud.com is about ATV wheels, so it's actually somewhat relevant to mud.

Parhelion · 06-21-2009, 12:34 AM

The guys who do GoDaddy spent a weekend playing laser tag with select Super Kewl guys from my school as part of their "come work for us, we're cool" hiring program.

See, your dollars at work.

locke · 06-23-2009, 02:50 PM

Yeah I'm no longer suckered by "we're cool, work for us" myself. I never really liked college except for the T-shirts, booze and, of course, the lovelies.

06-18-2009, 01:32 AM	#1
locke Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Home MUD: nimud.divineright.org 5333 Posts: 195	The surprise return of NiMUD.org! After a 7 year hiatus, Nimud.org is back! The domain was originally lost to one of those 'domain extortion companies' back in 2002, when the site was being transferred from Network Solutions to Godaddy.com However, by a stroke of luck, the domain was no longer registered and I was able to snatch it up and re-hang the NiMUD shingle at

06-18-2009, 12:19 PM	#2
prof1515 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 791	Re: The surprise return of NiMUD.org! Godaddy is notorious for that sort of thing. I highly recommend avoiding them whenever possible.

06-19-2009, 02:03 AM	#3
locke Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Home MUD: nimud.divineright.org 5333 Posts: 195	Re: The surprise return of NiMUD.org! It's actually not Godaddy but the middleman company that did it. Anyway, there may be new legislation or, perhaps, it was simply overlooked. Back in my hands for the time being.

06-19-2009, 11:07 PM	#4
prof1515 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 791	Re: The surprise return of NiMUD.org! Godaddy lied to me regarding the old rpimud.com domain, claiming that the old owner still had an option on renewal while simultaneously telling him that his time had expired. It was inaccessible to either of us for weeks until it ended up as a crap-ad site.

06-20-2009, 07:19 PM	#5
Milawe Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: USA Home MUD: Threshold RPG Home MUD: Stash Home MUD: Archons of Avenshar Posts: 653	Re: The surprise return of NiMUD.org! Yeah, that's incredibly annoying. I tried going to RPIMud.com and RPMud.com recently. Neither gave me what I was looking for. At least RPMud.com is about ATV wheels, so it's actually somewhat relevant to mud.

06-21-2009, 12:34 AM	#6
Parhelion Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Name: Sarah Location: Tempe, AZ Home MUD: Ethos Posts: 71	Re: The surprise return of NiMUD.org! The guys who do GoDaddy spent a weekend playing laser tag with select Super Kewl guys from my school as part of their "come work for us, we're cool" hiring program. See, your dollars at work.

06-23-2009, 02:50 PM	#7
locke Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Home MUD: nimud.divineright.org 5333 Posts: 195	Re: The surprise return of NiMUD.org! Yeah I'm no longer suckered by "we're cool, work for us" myself. I never really liked college except for the T-shirts, booze and, of course, the lovelies.

Legal Issues

The surprise return of NiMUD.org!