RussellMUCK was formed when ["Akili"], desiring to work on ["MUF"] programming with greater premissions than he possessed on the ["TLKMuck"] server he had an account on, downloaded and started up a copy of ["NeonMUCK"].

Originally called ["Akili"]'s MUCK, the growing number of users (primarily ["Calin"] and ["Paw"], although others agreed) preferred ["Russell"]MUCK, and he fell to peer pressure.

["Russell"]MUCK is a [wiki:MUD MUCK] server, which has been called a Multi-User Chat Kingdom, although that may be a [wiki:Backronym backronym]. It now runs on ["ProtoMUCK"] in a [wiki:Linux Linux] operating environment.

The server has historically been by invite only, and as such is not available to the general public. Guest logins are being considered, and may be offered in the future.

It could also be said that ["Russell"]MUCK was the impetus behind the creation of SplitReflection, and the primary reason how all of its users have kept in touch, despite not living in the same physical location. In other words, it's all ["Akili"]'s fault.