<s>
ifMUD	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
MUD	B-Application
associated	O
with	O
the	O
rec.arts.int-fiction	O
newsgroup	B-Application
accessible	O
via	O
telnet	B-Protocol
or	O
a	O
MUD	B-Application
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Every	O
year	O
,	O
the	O
XYZZY	O
Awards	O
are	O
hosted	O
on	O
ifMUD	B-Protocol
during	O
an	O
online	O
ceremony	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ifMUD	B-Protocol
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1997	O
by	O
Liza	O
Daly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
Perl	B-Language
computer	O
programming	O
language	O
making	O
use	O
of	O
an	O
extensive	O
hack	O
of	O
the	O
earlier	O
PerlMUD	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
additional	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ifMUD	B-Protocol
is	O
organized	O
into	O
areas	B-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
distinct	O
area	O
usually	O
the	O
work	O
of	O
a	O
particular	O
contributor	O
or	O
group	O
of	O
contributors	O
and	O
having	O
its	O
own	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
plot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
tradition	O
of	O
SpeedIF	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
short	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
works	O
,	O
created	O
around	O
story	O
prompts	O
,	O
are	O
developed	O
and	O
shared	O
in	O
a	O
two-hour	O
timeframe	O
,	O
was	O
originated	O
on	O
ifMUD	B-Protocol
by	O
David	O
Cornelson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
major	O
bots	O
exist	O
on	O
ifMUD	B-Protocol
,	O
Alex	O
and	O
Floyd	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
named	O
after	O
a	O
fictional	O
character	O
from	O
the	O
Planetfall	B-Application
game	O
by	O
Infocom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alex	O
,	O
a	O
"	O
parrot	O
"	O
bot	O
named	O
after	O
Alex	O
Pepperberg	O
,	O
keeps	O
track	O
of	O
memos	O
on	O
any	O
topic	O
,	O
editable	O
by	O
anyone	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
a	O
wiki	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Dan	O
Shiovitz	O
and	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
Perl	B-Language
infobot	O
Purl	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ifMUD	B-Protocol
has	O
,	O
at	O
times	O
,	O
simultaneously	O
been	O
praised	O
for	O
its	O
service	O
to	O
the	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
community	O
and	O
criticized	O
for	O
fostering	O
an	O
excessively	O
self-referential	O
,	O
socially	O
impenetrable	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
