<s>
Elendor	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
free	O
online	O
text-based	O
multi-user	O
game	O
that	O
simulates	O
the	O
environment	O
of	O
J	O
.	O
R	O
.	O
R	O
.	O
Tolkien	O
's	O
Middle-earth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
purposes	O
of	O
consistency	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
accepts	O
The	O
Lord	O
of	O
the	O
Rings	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Hobbit	I-Application
and	O
The	O
Silmarillion	O
and	O
to	O
a	O
lesser	O
extent	O
the	O
other	O
works	O
of	O
Tolkien	O
as	O
canonical	O
materials	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
run	O
on	O
a	O
MUSH	B-Application
server	O
using	O
a	O
variant	O
of	O
PennMUSH	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
established	O
in	O
October	O
1991	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
called	O
"	O
the	O
original	O
Tolkien	O
Middle-Earth	O
MUSH	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
noted	O
for	O
its	O
large	O
player	O
population	O
,	O
and	O
at	O
its	O
height	O
during	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
and	O
early	O
2000s	O
,	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
production	O
and	O
release	O
of	O
Peter	O
Jackson	O
's	O
film	O
trilogy	O
,	O
Elendor	B-Protocol
was	O
regarded	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
text-based	O
worlds	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elendor	B-Protocol
comprises	O
twenty-one	O
factions	O
known	O
within	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
cultures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
may	O
play	O
an	O
Orc	O
from	O
Moria	O
,	O
an	O
Elf	O
from	O
Mirkwood	O
,	O
a	O
mortal	O
Man	O
from	O
Dunland	O
or	O
a	O
Hobbit	B-Device
from	O
the	O
Shire	O
and	O
other	O
creatures	O
and	O
species	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Above	O
the	O
+rulers	O
is	O
a	O
council	O
of	O
"	O
royals	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
"	O
wizards	O
"	O
,	O
who	O
are	O
MUSH-wide	O
administrators	O
who	O
have	O
wide-ranging	O
responsibilities	O
that	O
range	O
from	O
code	O
and	O
server	O
maintenance	O
to	O
user	O
arbitration	O
and	O
game	O
theme	O
oversight	O
.	O
</s>
