Speaking

Speaking

The whole goal of a MUSH is communication and interaction, right? The first step is talking to those in the same room as you. Whatever you say with this command is displayed to everyone else in the same room as you. For the purpose of the examples, assume your @name on the game is 'Bob'.

say <message>

Displays <message> as something your character says. This command
may be abbreviated as a double-quote: ". Example:
> say Hi there!
Bob says, "Hi there!"
> "How're you doing, everybody?
Bob says, "How're you doing, everybody?"

When you are in an in-character room, interacting with other characters, then things your character says with this command are considered in-character. When you're in an out-of-character room, then it's perfectly okay to use this command for OOC content.

Posing

It would get pretty boring if all you could do was 'say' things. For that reason, you can also 'pose' things. A pose gives you a chance to describe what your character looks like or does or appears. Think of it as 'striking a pose'.

pose <message>

Displays <message> as something your character does. This command
can be abbreviated as :. Example:
> pose walks to the table and sits down.
Bob walks to the table and sits down.
> :scratches his nose.
Bob scratches his nose.

When you are in an in-character room, interacting with other characters, then things you pose with this command are considered to be in-character. When you are in an out-of-character room, then it's perfectly okay to use this command for OOC content.

Posing Without A Space

There are times that you don't want a space after your name. Like, for example, if you want a comma there, or you want to make a possessive. For that reason, the option shown below is available.

pose/no <message>

Displays <message> as something your character does without putting
a space after your name. This command may be abbreviated
as ;. Example:
> pose/no 's nose itches.
Bob's nose itches.
> ;, who doesn't understand a bit of this, simply stares at Joe.
Bob, who doesn't understand a bit of this, simply stares at Joe.

Just like the regular pose command, things said with this command are intended to be taken IC when you are in an IC room and interacting with other players.

Emitting or Spoofing

There are times you don't want your name to appear within a command at all. This command serves that purpose.

@emit <message>

Displays <message> with no other information. This command may be
abbreviated as \\. In some contexts, it may instead
by abbreviated with the pipe-symbol |. Examples:
> @emit Suddenly, the room explodes.
Suddenly, the room explodes.
> \\This is news to Bob, who is still not sure what's going on.
This is news to Bob, who is still not sure what's going on.

In in-character rooms, this command is useful for presenting IC information about yourself or about NPC's. Spoofing of other players — that is, typing emits that look like poses they did — is a violation of MUSH etiquette. It's also relatively easy for people to figure out who's doing it. Don't.

Whispering

Sometimes, you want to communicate with another player who's in the same room, but you don't want others to overhear. In that case, you can 'whisper' it.

whisper <person>=<msg/pose>

Sends your message only to <person>. <msg/pose> indicates that you
may put a colon (:) or a semicolon (;) in front of your message
to make it appear as a pose with or without space, respectively.
> whisper joe=Hey there.
Bob whispers, "Hey there.
> whisper joe=:smirks. "Hey, this is gonna be great!"
You sense that Bob smirks. "Hey, this is gonna be great!"

When you're interacting in-character, whispers are considered to be in-character communication.

OOC Chatter

Sometimes, during an IC conversation, it's helpful to be able to say something out-of-character to others in the room. For example, announcing that you have to log off. Or asking an OOC rules question. This is the purpose of the OOC command.

+ooc <msg/pose>
ooc <msg/pose>

All three forms do the same thing: announce your message to others in the same room with a note that it's OOC. <msg/pose> indicates that you may begin your message with a colon (:) or a semicolon (;) to make it appear as a pose with or without space, respectively. Examples:

> +ooc Could somebody describe what's going on, please?
«OOC» Bob says "Could somebody describe what's going on, please?"
> >:waves. Got to go.
«OOC» Bob waves. Got to go.

Paging

The previous communication techniques were all for communicating with people in the same room, and were all IC. Paging is a method for communicating with people who are anywhere on the game. Pages are always considered to be OOC unless everyone agrees and understands it to be IC in nature. Pages only work to players who are currently connected to the game.

page <person>=<msg/pose>

Sends your message to <person>, wherever that person might be. You can send to multiple people by using multiple names separated by spaces in place of <person>. <msg/pose> indicates that you may put a colon (:) or semicolon (;) in front of your message to make it appear as a pose with or without space, respectively. This command may be abbreviated as the letter 'p' instead of the word 'page'. Example:

> page Alpha=Hi there!
Bob pages: Hi there!
> page Alpha=:grins. "I like this place!"
From afar, Bob grins. "I like this place!"

Channel Chat

A channel is like a chat-room, so to speak — everything you say gets displayed to everyone who is on the channel, no matter where on the game they are. Most of the time, channels are considered OOC. When you first create your character, you will have two channels available to you: Public, accessed by the pub alias, and Newbie, accessed by the new alias.

pub <msg/pose> Send a message to the Public channel.
pub off Turn the Public channel off.
pub on Turn the Public channel back on.
pub who Show a list of people listening on the Public channel.

These commands allow you to use the Public channel. To work with the Newbie channel, use new instead of pub. <msg/pose> indicates that you may begin your message with a colon (:) or a semicolon (;) to pose with or without a space respectively.

> pub What's going on?
[Public] Bob says, "What's going on?"
> pub :waves to everybody.
[Public] Bob waves to everybody.

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