Editing BatMUD (section)

{{Infobox video game
| title = BatMUD
| image = [[File:BatMUD logo.png|BatMUD Logo]]
| developer = Project community
| engine = [[LPMud]]
| platforms = [[Cross-platform|Platform independent]]
| released = 1990
| genre = Fantasy [[Multi-user dungeon|MUD]]
| modes = [[Multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]]
}}

'''''BatMUD''''' is a [[medieval fantasy]] [[Multi-user dungeon|MUD]], established in 1990.<ref name="bartle">{{cite book
 | last = Bartle | first = Richard | author-link = Richard Bartle
 | title = [[Designing Virtual Worlds]]
 | publisher = New Riders
 | year = 2003
 | isbn = 0-13-101816-7
 | page = 48
}}</ref><ref name="dog">{{cite book
 | last1 = Mulligan | first1 = Jessica
 | last2 = Patrovsky | first2 = Bridgette
 | year = 2003
 | title = Developing Online Games: An Insider's Guide
 | publisher = New Riders
 | isbn = 1-59273-000-0
 | pages = 452–453
 | quote = 1990 [...] ''BatMUD'' opens.
}}</ref>  ''BatMUD'' is Finland-based<ref>{{cite book
 | last1 = Shah | first1 = Rawn
 | last2 = Romine | first2 = James
 | year = 1995
 | title = Playing MUDs on the Internet
 | publisher = John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
 | isbn = 0-471-11633-5
 | page = 159
 | quote = For example, BatMud in Finland has peak hours during the middle of the night relative to the U.S.
}}</ref> and operated and owned by a non-profit organization, Balanced Alternative Techniques ry ("B.A.T. ry"), officially registered 1994 in [[Helsinki]], Finland.<ref>The official site of B.A.T. ry [http://www.bat.org/batry/], accessed 2008-12-31</ref>

By 2006, over 100,000 players had frequented the game, making it one of the largest text-based multiplayer games on the Internet. In the beginning of 2008, it had over 30,000 subscriptions. At the end of 2011, number of subscriptions was similarly over 30,000 giving BatMUD a flat growth (number of new players equal those who no longer frequent the game). It has been called a "very popular and complex game".<ref name="benediktciskowski">{{cite book
 | last1 = Benedikt | first1 = Claire Lisette
 | last2 = Ciskowski | first2 = Dave
 | year = 1995
 | title = MUDs: Exploring Virtual Worlds on the Internet
 | publisher = BradyGames
 | isbn = 1-56686-246-9
 | page = 222
}}</ref>