August 8th, 2007

The official website for Return of the Shadow MUD has been changed from the fan-operated community site RotSMUD.org to here. We are in the process of constructing a new and more dedicated RotS webpage to service our community of players.

July 15th, 2007

The completion of Vinyanost marks the beginning of a large and long term plan for the development of RotS. Geared extensively towards unexperienced players, the city provides a new and exciting environment for those wishing to learn how to play RotS.

June 11th, 2007

After long years without a strong, Implementor-led upper management, Azriya has been promoted and given the reigns of the MUD. Due to his new leadership initiative, we can all look forward to new and exciting developments in the near future.

June 22nd, 2002

Added 7 logs to the log archive.

March 8th, 2002

The RotS Class Designer is now online, you can now create and view classes on the RCD page.

March 1st, 2002

Added 13 logs to the log archive. The UEM story and an updated map of Mirkwood have also been added to the mythology section. (Link removed)

December 30th, 2001

The website is active once again. Send us your logs and webpage links to have them put on the site. Also any ideas for the site are welcome. Just email them to us.

Added 4 logs to the log archive.

The ezboard link has been removed because it has become a site dedicated to criticizing RotS and does not reflect the views of RotS management.

December 17th, 2001

The Lord of the Rings movie is coming out on December 19th! Be sure you are the first one to see it in your country. Release dates are listed below:

September 7th, 2001

The rots.org machine was disconnected from the network due to reorganizations within MIT. Unforunately, MIT did not notify the RotS administrators and the problem went undetected for longer than usual. As of now, the problem has been resolved and the MUD is back up and running.

Our new IP address is 18.98.3.14. Note that this IP address may change; however, next time it will be without drastic downtime.

June 10th, 2001

Added 3 logs to the log archive.

Updated the RotS Class Designer.

May 1st, 2001

Added 9 logs to the log archive.

Added 2 more stories to our Book of Arda. (Link removed)

April 3rd, 2001

Added 3 logs to the log archive.

RotS.org has logged 20,000+ unique visitors!

February 19th, 2001

RotS Player Contest final standings posted. (Link removed)

February 1st, 2001

Complete RotS Player Contest rules have been posted. (Link removed)

January 2nd, 2001

The log archive has been updated with 3 new logs.

December 8th, 2000

Death's Log Page, the largest RotS player log archive, is now part of the rots.us website. Thanks to all who have contributed to his page, not the least of which is Death himself. New logs are always welcome!

Visit the log archive here.

December 6th, 2000

The website's color scheme has been redesigned.

RotS Player Survey results are now available. (Link removed)

November 7th, 2000

Added a link to a new name generator on the links page.

September 7th, 2000

Our online library has grown again. Please read all the new additions to our mythology. (Link removed)

September 6th, 2000

Thanks to the folks at ezBoard we now have a real discussion board.

Click here to join in the discussions. (Link removed)

Please be advised, if the message board is abused or filled with flames, it will be removed. Otherwise, have fun!

September 1st, 2000

The complete manual and help files have been converted to HTML and are now available on www.rots.us. Please use the online help (either on the MUD or on the web) as your first resource when answering questions.

June 20th, 2000

I've been away for awhile, but am back now, and have managed to add some depth and color the appearance of the site. Keep an eye out for content changes on the horizon.

The Java Applet has been removed due to abuse.

March 10th, 2000

RotS.org has undergone a renovation for Netscape users. The site should now be 100% compatible with Netscape 4.0.

Also, thanks to Matso and Khronos for cranking out a new mythology page full of the stories from our players. Grats to them and keep an eye out for more updates to that page! (Link removed)

February 15th, 2000

The Barad-dur clan page is available on our links page. (Currently removed)

Also, we've joined the Tolkien Web Ring. Now's a great time to beef up on all your Tolkien Lore and use it to role-play your character on RotS! (Since removed)

Febraury 4th, 2000

Added the RotS Builder and a link to a Tolkien name generator to the links page.

January 19th, 2000

A Java telnet client as been integrated after many requests for it.

January 10th, 2000

The WebBuilder application is complete. Now, all guidance pages can be generated from MUD files automatically.

Also, the guidance page is alphabatized and searchable. (Link removed)

January 4th, 2000

New front page, guestbook and discussion pages added. (Links removed)

January 1st, 2000

Auto URL Submit Form added to Resources Page. (Link removed)

December 30th, 1999

Additions:

• The News Page
• More Resources
• Telnet Link
• Some minor modifications to the site appearance.

December 12th, 1999

The new official RotS website has opened! Subscribe to this page to keep on top of updates to the site.