Hello! This page is under construction whilst I work out what I'm doing with this section, which I am hoping to fill with useful/useless tidbits of info about Multi-User Dungeon 2 (also known as MUD2)
I mostly play on the http://www.mudii.co.uk instance of MUD2 yes, it's HTTP://, not HTTPS://.
I personally use the mudlet client myself. (server address: mudii.co.uk, port: 23, uncheck 'secure')
I also bodged together a MUD2-specific plugin for Mudlet, called MUDKIP_Mud2, which does improve QOL a bit (installation instructions via that link).
If you can't be arsed to download any programs and just want to take a quick galavant around The Land yourself, there's a crappy web-based client at https://mudii.glitch.me give it a moment to wake up, it works
You don't need an account to take a look at MUD2 as a guest, however, to actually play the game, you will need to go to http://www.mudii.co.uk and sign up for an account there And yes, the game is completely free to play nowadays.