Take the time to read room and mob descriptions carefully.
There are often hints which give clues about hidden items, quests or warnings about particularly dangerous areas. - Riviat
We now have our own page for Avatar MUD on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/AvatarMUD
(or https://www.facebook.com/AvatarMUD if you use the secure version.)
It's still a work in progress but at least it gives us an official presence.
If you use Facebook, please consider Liking the page.
Liking the page will mean that by default ,you'll get notifications when things are posted to the page but it's possible to disable these if you find them annoying.