Talking

Talking and posing are probably 90% of what you do on mucks, so it's essential to know how. To talk, use the command say [message]. You can also use the shorter form: "[message].

say Hello, world.

"Hello, world.

You say, "Hello, world."

Posing

Posing is how you can perform actions or guestures on the muck. To pose, use the command pose [action]. It also has a shorter form: :[action]

pose hides under a bush!

:hides under a bush!

Timothy hides under a bush!

Paging

Paging lets you talk to a player that is in a different room than you are in. To page, use the command page [name of player(s)]=[message]. You can also page multiple players at once by typing multiple player names in front of the equals sign, seperated by spaces.

page Simon=Want to RP?

You page, "Want to RP?" to Simon.

page Martin Cynthia Teresa=Want to RP?

You page, "Want to RP?" to Martin, Cynthia and Teresa.

Find

A lot of times, people will be in a different area of the muck than you are. You can get a list of who is logged in by using the find or where commands.

where

Player       Title     S Species     Stat Idle Location                       
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Brutus       Guard     M Rat         IC   6m   LV: Pavilion                   
Matthias     Stricken  M Rat         OOC  56s  LV: Pavilion                   
Tzolkin      Normal?   M Mouse       OOC  1m   LV: Pavilion                   
Xavier       Scout/Gua M Rat         OOC  4m   LV: Pavilion                   
Timothy      Student   M Mouse       OOC  1m   LV: Pavilion                   
Helios       Farmer    M Rat         OOC  58s  LV: Forest Clearing             
Vincent                M Mouse       IC   2m   LV: Forest Clearing                   
Simon        Gardener  M Rat         OOC  0s   LVC: Guardhouse                

To find an individual player, use the command find [player]

where Timothy

Player       Title     S Species     Stat Idle Location                       
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Timothy      Student   M Mouse       OOC  1m   LV: Pavilion                   

Moving

To move from one place to another, simply look at the description of the room; there will be [brackets] around the places you can go to from there.

LVC: Guardhouse
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     Rather spartan, the guard house.  It's actually two rooms, separated by 
a thick curtain barrier.  The front room, in which you stand, is clean and 
rather bare: several wooden bins rest against a wall, a weapons rack hangs 
opposite them, and the captain's desk is tucked neatly under the only window 
in the room, in the outer wall.  Beyond the curtain is a cluster of bunks 
for whoever wishes a quick nap after a long duty shift.
           
        A small, rounded [Tunnel]-entrance opens at the back wall, darkness
         obscuring what lies beyond it.
        A doorway leads [Out] to the main entry corridor.
     
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Changing Status

Your status tells other players important information about how you should be acting currently. The two important ones are IC (for In Character) and OOC (for Out of Character). When you're IC, or In Character, that indicates to other players that you are currently roleplaying, and your say's and poses are in fact your character 'acting' out a scene. When your status is OOC, or Out of Character, that means that at the moment, you're not roleplaying, and you could be chatting about anything, like your computer, other mucks, what you did last weekend at the lake, and so forth.

To change statuses, simply type the name of the status you want to change to. For example, type ic to go In Character or ooc to go Out of Character

Looking

Looking at something gives you its description. To look around a room, simply type look. If you want to look at a person, type look [player name]. For example, if you wanted to look at the player named Simon, you'd type look Simon. You can also look at objects this way by replacing the name of the player with the name of the object you wan to look at.

Room Paging

Sometimes, when you're IC, you'll want to still make some OOC comments. To do this, you use the rooc command.

rooc Gotta go... Someone wants to use my computer.

OOC> Timothy says, "Gotta go... Someone wants to use my computer."

Joining or Summoning another player

Sometimes you want to go to where another player is at without having to navigate your way around the muck. To do this, use the command meet [player name]. Or, if you'd rather summon someone else to your location, use the command msummon [player name]. The player you're joining or summoning will have to confirm that that is what they want to do before you'll actually be able to go where they are.