Original game idea, concept, and design:

Katja Nyboe [Superwoman] (katz@freja.diku.dk)
Tom Madsen [Stormbringer] (noop@freja.diku.dk)
Hans Henrik Staerfeldt [God] (bombman@freja.diku.dk)
Michael Seifert [Papi] (seifert@freja.diku.dk)
Sebastian Hammer [Quinn] (quinn@freja.diku.dk)

Additional contributions from:

Michael Curran - the player title collection and additional locations.
Ragnar Loenn - the bulletin board.
Bill Wisner - for being the first to successfully port the game,
uncovering several old bugs, uh, inconsistencies,
in the process.

And: Mads Haar and Stephan Dahl for additional locations.

Developed at: DIKU -- The Department of Computer Science
at the University of Copenhagen.

This mud is based on Merc 2.2, created by Kahn, Hatchet, and Furey. Merc 2.2
is an upgrade from Merc 2.1, created by Furey, Hatchet, and Kahn. Merc 2.2
is available as Merc_22.tar.gz from ferkel.ucsb.edu (most files moved to
ftp.tcp.com), ftp.math.okstate.edu, marble.bu.edu, zen.btc.uwe.ac.uk
E-mail to 'merc-l-request@webnexus.com' to join the merc mailing list.

Thanks to ...
... Diku Mud for starting it all.
... The Free Software Foundation and DJ Delorie for kick-ass tools.
... Copper Mud and Alfa Mud for releasing their code and worlds.
... Aod of Generic for ... well, everything. You're a hoopy frood, Aod.
... Alander for many ideas and contributions.
... John Brothers of Silly for permission to use Silly code and worlds.
... Zrin for administering the mailing list.
... Abaddon for proofreading our comm.c.
... Hind, Quin, Vic, Diavolo, Oleg, and others for porting help.
... Diavolo, Grodyn, Morgenes, Da Pub, Loki, Talen, Kalgen, Sludge,
The Crew of Salems Lot, and others for code and bug fixes.
... N'Atas-Ha for MOBPrograms and the pager skeleton and Blackstar
for the improvements and ideas to the pager.
... Raff, Doctor, VampLestat, Nirrad, Tyrst, PinkF, Chris for worlds.
... Ikee, Chaos, Kraze, Maxx, Thoth, Zolstead, Zavod, VampLestat, Cyric,
Kelvin, and Jackal for extensively playtesting MERC 2.2 and providing
constructive input.
... the players and imps of Mud Dome, Final Mud, Mud Lite, Vego Mud, Rivers
of Mud, Ruhr Mud, Mystic Realms, 4th Realm, Dragon Mud, and Salems Lot
for bug reports, ideas, new code, and hours of enjoyment.

Share and enjoy.
MERC Industries

This mud is based on EnvyMud 2.2, created by the EnvyMud Staff. EnvyMud
is based on Envy 2.0, created by Kahn, Thelonius, Kith, and Hatchet.
Envy 2.2 is available as Envy_22.tar.gz from ftp.envy.com,
ftp.solace.mh.se, ftp.tem.nctu.edu.tw, ftp.game.org, and
ftp.goodnet.com under /pub/mud/servers. The file is about 963835
bytes long. E-mail to 'merc-l-request@webnexus.com' to join the merc
mailing list.

Thanks to ...
... Zrin for administering the mailing list.
... the many implementors and contributors on the merc mailing list

... D'Sai, Elwyn, Averon, Fusion, Canth, Maniac, Vego, Rassilon,
Cyanide, Judson Knott, LordROM, Kenneth Dugas, JKallie, Erwin A.,
Derek Snider, Picard, Evii, Mystro, Dave Kaupp, JohnPaul, Zeke.
... AND the many players of EnvyMud for which this mud was created.

Share and enjoy.
The EnvyMud Staff