:rules
This is a set of guidelines of expected behaviour on the program.
1. No ^Rdrug^N discussion - I don't think I need to tell you what a
"drug" is, do I? (if I DO, then type ^Rhelp drugs^N)
2. No ^R^Kharassment^N. Don't be abusive. If you're abusive to someone,
don't expect the SU's to give you any slack.
-=> read ^Bhelp harass^N for more info on this one ...
2a. By the way, attacking peoples personal beliefs on contriversial issues
such as abortion, religion, etc, is seriously frowned upon, and it
is also against the rules.
2b. The decision on what is and is not "harassment" is up to the individual
superuser. If they tell you to knock it off, knock it off!
(if you want to argue 1st ammendment rights, read help first)
3. Speaking of language - the official language of this talker is
English. Feel free to speak whatever you want in private
rooms. However, in the public discussions, we ask that you
speak english.
4. Most people find all words typed in all CAPITAL letters annoying.
For this reason, we ask that you keep capitalizations to a
minimum. Realize that the program scans for capital letters
and "symbols" in shouts, and automatically limits your ability
to shout - so it's in your best interest to keep the caps to a
minimum as well :)
Also note that excessive use of colors in shouts can result in having
shoutting priveleges removed too.
5. NO MULTIPLE CHARACTERS - if we see that you have a multiple character,
ALL characters will be nuked (^Rdeleted^N) with no notice.
6. Thats the basics.. One more, just to be clear. The job of interpreting
these rules is that of the superuser. Therefore, the decisions of
a superuser in interpreting these rules is beyond argument.
For more, read HELP ^BHARASS, ADS, HACK, SPAM, M-RULES, B-RULES and C-RULES^N
:sex,sexual,harass,harassment,women,men
Simply put ....^RWE WILL NOT PUT UP WITH HARASSMENT OF ANY SORT.^N
If we find that you or someone from your site is guilty of harassment
of any sort ... we _will_ ban your entire site. That includes any
Superusers, and/or Admin from your site as well.
In other words - ^RNO EXCEPTIONS.^N
(and we're REALLY sure that the other people from your site would
just LOVE you if you caused your site to be banned... and your site
admins would just love to hear which of their users has been being
abusive...)
If YOU are the one being harassed, you can send the last 5 tells you
recieved to any superuser with the REPORTTO command (help reportto)
:0,general,newbie,help
Easiest way to use "^Bhelp^N" is to go through the help pages -
help 1, help 2, etc...
help can be found also on various topics, and on specific
commands. If you think a help page might be "missing" then
post mail to traP explaining what is needed :)
:index
0 - general help 9 - room commands
1 - communication 10 - MORE room commands
2 - information 11 - editor
3 - customization 12 - pager
4 - movement 13 - miscellaneous
5 - list 14 - pipe
6 - news 15 - channels
7 - mail 16 - color
8 - check commands 17 - aliases
:1,com,comm,communication,communicate
General Communication
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command abbrev Description
======= ====== =======================================================
^Csay^N ' ` " say a message to people in the same room as you.
^Cemote^N : ; emote an action to people in the same room.
^Cpemote^N ;; :: possessive emote to the room (adds 's to your name)
^Cthink^N ~ does a . o O ( think ) to everyone in the room.
^Cecho^N + does an "echo" to everyone in the room.
^Csing^N ) does an o/~ sing o/~ to everyone in the room.
^Btell^N . > tell something to a particular person(s).
^Bremote^N , < an emote , but to a particular person(s).
^Bpremote^N <: <; a pemote, but to a particular person(s).
^Bwhisper^N = whisper to a person(s) in the same room as you.
^Brecho^N - like echo, but to a particular person(s).
^Brsing^N ( a private sing to someone.
^Brt^N * a think to specific person(s).
^Byell^N & yell at some person(s).
^Greply^N ] handle "multi-tell" situations with this command.
^Gereply^N [ like reply, but you emote instead
^Gpreply^N [; possessive ereply
^Gtreply^N [~ rthink reply
^Gsreply^N [) rsing reply
^Gyreply^N [& yelled reply
^Goreply^N [+ echoed reply
^Yshout^N ! say something to everyone on the program.
^Yyemote^N !: !; an emote to everyone on the program.
^Ypyemote^N !:: !;; a pemote to the entire program.
^Yythink^N !* !~ a think to everyone on the program.
^Yyecho^N !+ !- echo to the entire program.
^Yysing^N !) !( sing to everyone on the program
:2,information,info
Information
-----------
^Bwho^A (w)- lists who is currently on the program. (who 2 etc)
^Cswho^A - a brief version of 'who'
^Bfwho^A - show which of your friends are on and listening.
^Cqwho^A - shows all your friends on, blocking or not.
^Btwho^A - does a 'who' with titles, not session messages.
^Cwhere^A - lists where everyone (or a particular person) is.
^Bwith^A - lists who a particular person is with.
^Chide^A - make it so no-one will know where you are.
^Bidle^A - shows when someone (or everyone) last did something
^Cidlemsg^A - set a message to say why you're idle.
^Bexamine^A (x)- show info about a person who is logged in
^Cfinger^A (f)- show info about someone who isn't logged in.
^Blook^A (l)- show the room you are in, and who is in it.
^Ctime^A - show the local time
^Bcommands^A - a list of every command you can do
^Cprivs^A - a list of abilities you have.
^Bgrabable^A - lists who you can grab.
:old3,customise,customisation
Customisation
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^Gtitle^A - change the message after your name.
^Cprefix^A - change the message before your name.
^Gdescription^A (desc)- write a little description of yourself.
^Cplan^A - a message for when you're not on the program.
^Gprompt^A - set the normal prompt to something.
^Ccprompt^A - set the prompt as seen in converse mode.
^Gpassword^A - set your password
^Cemail^A - set your email address
^Gtoggle^A - Toggle privacy level on your email & site
^Cgender^A - change your sex
^Gentermsg^A - change the message people see when you enter a room
^Cghome^A - toggle whether you get transferred to your home
when you log in.
^Grecap^A - change the capitalisation of your name
^Cage^A - set your age (0 turns off)
^Gbirthday^A (bday)- set your birthday (0 turns off)
:4,moving,move
Moving Around
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^Ygo^A - move to an adjacent room.
^Btrans^A - move to any room (if you know its i.d.).
^Yhome^A - go home.
^Bvisit^A - visit a person in their home.
^Yleave^A / ^Cmain^A - leave to the main room.
^Bexits^A - find out where you can 'go'
^Ycheck room^A - find out the name/id of the room you are in
^Bgrab^A - grab someone into the same room as yourself.
^Yjoin^A - join someone in the room they are in
:5,list
Your List
---------
^Glist^A - view your list
^Cclist^A - clear entries in your list
^Gslist^A - set particular flags in particular entries
^Crlist^A - reset particular flags in particular entries
^Gtlist^A - toggle particular flags in particular entries
^Bnoisy^A,^cignore^A,^Binform^A, }
^cfriend^A,^Bgrabme^A, } toggle, set or reset flags according to which
^cbeep^A,^Bblock^A,^cbar^A, } command is used on a particular person or
^Bfriendblock^A, } persons in your list
^cmailblock^A,^Bshareroom^A, }
^cnofriend^A. }
:6,news
Using News
----------
^Ycheck^A ^Cnews^A - see what news there is
^Ynews^A - do a news command, or enter news mode
Via the news command, or whilst in news mode
^Cread^A - read a news article
^Cview^A - view all articles
(^Ga^A)^Creply^A - reply to a posting (via mail) (prepend 'a' for
anonymous reply)
(^Ga^A)^Cpost^A - post an article
(^Ga^A)^Cfollowup^A - post an article referring to a previous article
^Cremove^A - remove one of your posts
^Cend^A - exit sub command mode
:7,mail
Using Mail
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check mail - see what's in your mailbox
mail - do a mail command, or enter mail mode
Via the mail command, or whilst in mail mode
read - read a piece of mail to you
view - view the mail you have received
(a)post - post mail to a person or persons (prepend 'a' to
post anonymously)
(a)reply - reply to a piece of mail
delete - delete mail you have received
inform - toggle whether you get informed of new mail for you
sent - show what mail you have sent.
remove - remove mail that you have sent
noanon - toggle whether you will be able to receive anonymous
mail
end - exit sub command mode
:8,checking,check
Checking things
---------------
check mail - view your mailbox
check news - view the news
check exits - view the exits in the room
check autos - see the automessages in a room
check room - list info about a room
check rooms - list your rooms
check email - see what your email address is set to
check wrap - check the line/word wrap stats
check entry - check the entry for your name, on someone else's list.
:9,room
Stuff for Rooms
---------------
lock - lock the room you are in.
room - do a room command, or enter room mode
Via the room command, or whilst in room mode
edit - edit the description for the room.
sethome - make this room your home
lock - lock a room
lockable - make your room lockable by others apart from you
open - make it so anybody can enter a room
entermsg - set the message that other people will see when
someone leaves a room to enter this room
exitmsg_con - Determine whether or not exitmsgs may be used instead
of room entermsgs.
[+-]exit - add or remove an exit to another room (+ to add, -
to remove)
Continued on 'help room-more'
:10,room-more
More Room Stuff
---------------
Via the room command, or whilst in room mode
id - set the id of the room
name - set the name of the room
info - give some info about the room
check - info about all your rooms
soundproof - toggle whether shouts can get in/out of room.
isolate - toggle whether tells can get in/out of room.
chamber - toggle whether sings can get in/out of room.
[+-]auto - add or remove an automessage (+ to add a message, -
to remove one)
speed - change the speed of the automessages
autos[on/off] - automessages, or turn them on or off
delete - delete a room
create - create a room
end - end sub command mode
:11,editor,edit
The Editor
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Lines not starting with / or . are inserted into the text.
.del <x> - delete the current line (or x lines)
.- - go back a line
.+ - go forward a line
.view - see what you've written
.l - view the current line
.g - goto a line
.top - goto the top
.bot - goto the bottom
.wipe - completely clear the buffer
.stats - show some stats about the buffer
.quiet - toggle whether you go into 'quiet' mode when editing
.end - quit the editor and KEEP the changes
.quit - quit the editor and THROW AWAY any changes
.sr "search" "replace" --- replace all occurances of search with replace
for example, the line:
Marry had a Yello cat!
.sr "Marry" "Mary"
changes Marry to Mary
The quotes allow you to replace spaces & stuff too.
i.e. .sr "Yello cat!" "little lamb,"
now the line reads: Mary had a little lamb,
.s <searchstring> -- finds the next global occurance of the string
:12,pager,page
The Pager
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b or p - Back 1 page.
f or n - Forward 1 page.
t - Go to the top of what is being paged.
q - Quit.
Anything else will just re-print the same page.
(the pager is a pain to use...)
:13,misc,miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
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blocktells - ignore any tells to you.
blockfriends - block the "spam" caused by friendtells to you.
earmuffs - ignore any shouts.
quiet - go quiet, ignore shouts and tells
linewrap - turn off, or set the width of your terminal
wordwrap - turn off, or set the largest word that will
trigger wrapping
show - show what sort of command, some text has originated
from.
hitells - high-lights any personal messages for you.
quit - leave the program
:14,|,pipe
A way of directing text to several different people.
Format: <emote/shout/say/echo> <msg> | <user list>
(see 'help ulist' for help on <user list>)
Example emote smiles at you. | alice,astyanax
You will see :
You Emote : traP smiles at alice and astyanax.
alice sees (as a personal message)
traP smiles at you and astyanax.
astyanax sees (as a personal message)
traP smiles at alice and you.
Everyone else in the room sees (as a room message) :
traP smiles at alice and astyanax.
:say,',",`
SAY - 'tells' everyone in the same room as you something.
format: say <something>
if <something> ends with a ! then it becomes an "exclaim"
if it ends in ? then it becomes an "ask"
if it ends in anything else, it's a "say"
eg: say hi people! traP exclaims 'hi people!'
say where are you from? traP asks 'where are you from?'
say that's cool. traP says 'that's cool.'
-=> SAY is _aliased_ to " ' `
eg: " hi traP says 'hi'
' hello traP says 'hello'
:think,~
THINK - puts your thoughts into a "thought bubble" and tells it to everyone
in the same room as you.
format: think <thought>
eg: think hope we dont crash... traP thinks . o O ( hope we dont crash... )
think ooooooooookay... traP thinks . o O ( ooooooooookay... )
-=> THINK is aliased to ~
eg: ~ this is easier =) traP thinks . o O ( this is easier =) )
:emote,;,:
EMOTE - this is the most "general" type of communication. It simply puts
whatever you say after your name with no "extras" added on =)
EMOTE tells the message to everyone in the room.
format: emote <action>
eg: emote giggles traP giggles
emote blinks at you. traP blinks at you.
-=> EMOTE is aliased to : and ;
eg: ; runs away! traP runs away!
: laffs traP laffs
Also note. If your "action" begins with a ' symbol, the program assumes you
want to "squeeze" the line together...
eg: emote 'll be right back. traP'll be right back.
; 'z computer is broken traP'z computer is broken
:pemote,::,;;,:;,;:
PEMOTE - just like EMOTE, except it puts 's at the end of your name.
format: pemote <possessive>
eg: pemote dog is cool trap's dog is cool
(if your name ends in s, then it does this..)
pemote cat rules chains' cat rules
-=> PEMOTE is aliased to :: :; ;: ;;
eg: ;; car is flooded again traP's car is flooded again
:no_prs
NO_PRS - toggles whether people can play paper rock scissors with you
(type help prs)
:no_propose, no_proposals
NO_PROPOSE - toggles whether or not you can be proposed to (only if unwed)
:whisper,=
WHISPER - sends a private message to 1 or a group of people in the same
room as you.
(as opposed to tell, which sends the message regardless of what
room the recipient is in)
format: whisper <player(s)> <message>
-=> WHISPER is aliased to =
You type You see
=alice hi You whisper 'hi' to alice
player(s) see rest of room sees nothing..
traP whispers 'hi' to you.
:echo,+
ECHO - sends a "semi-anonymous" message to everyone in the room.
Format: echo <msg>
-=> ECHO is aliased to +
you type You see People with seeecho off/on see
+Boo! You echo: Boo! + Boo! + [traP] Boo!
echo hi. You echo: hi. + hi. + [traP] hi.
(the '+' symbol means that the text was an echo. whether the + is seen or
not is controlled by the 'show' command)
:sing,)
SING - sing something to everyone in the room
-=> SING is aliased to )
Format: sing <song>
eg: sing do re mi traP sings o/~ do re mi o/~
:tell,>,.
TELL - private communications. You can tell anything to anyone on the
program, and only you and the people you "tell" to will hear the
message.
-=> tell is aliased to > and .
Format: tell <player(s)> <message>
eg: tell alice what's goin on? =) traP tells you 'what's goin on? =)'
(see help chantalk for more info...)
:rt,*,rthink
RT - short for 'REMOTE THINK' - it's just like think, except it goes
to a specific list of people instead of the room that you're in.
-=> RT is aliased to *
format: rt <player(s)> (thought>
*trap huh? erland thinks . o O ( huh? ) (only trap sees it)
(see help chantalk for more info...)
:remote,<
REMOTE - sends an EMOTE to a specific list of people.
-=> REMOTE is aliased to < and ,
Format: remote <player(s)> <action>
,snowie giggles traP giggles (only snowie will see this)
(see help chantalk for more info...)
:premote,<:,<;
PREMOTE - sends a PEMOTE to a specific list of people.
-=> PEMOTE is aliased to <: <; ,; ,:
Format: premote <player(s)> <message>
<: astyanax disk drive crashed =( traP's disk drive crashed =(
(see help chantalk for more info...)
:recho,-
RECHO - sends an ECHO to a specific list of people.
-=> RECHO is aliased to -
Format: recho <player(s)> <message>
- erland mooooo + [traP] mooooo
:rsing,(
RSING - sends a SING to a specific list of people.
-=> RSING is aliased to (
Format: rsing <player(s)> <message>
(astyanax yeah yeah yeah traP sings to you o/~ yeah yeah yeah o/~
(see help chantalk for more info...)
:converse,end
CONVERSE - you enter a different mode EVERYTHING you type gets "said"
unless you type a / first.
(most people dislike this mode...
END - actually, should be /END - takes you out of converse mode.
:exclude
EXCLUDE - like a SAY, except you say something to everyone EXCEPT
a list of people...
Format: exclude <people who WON'T get the message> <message>
eg:
exclude trap hey everyone! it's trap's birthday! Shhhhh...
everyone but trap sees:
astyanax says to everyone but trap 'hey everyone! it's trap's
birthday! Shhhhh...'
trap sees:
astyanax tells everyone in the room something about you.
(if you abuse this, be ready - cause the sus will be watching =) )
:reply,ereply,treply,sreply,preply,yreply,oreply,],[,[;,[~,[),[&,[+
reply ] handle "multi-tell" situations with this command.
ereply [ like reply, but you emote instead
preply [; possessive ereply
treply [~ rthink reply
sreply [) rsing reply
yreply [& yelled reply
oreply [+ echoed reply
:ef,rf,pf,rtf,sf,ft,yf
These are the "friends channel" commands. They send private messages to anyone
who is logges on, and is on YOUR list as a friend.
ef - echo to your friends
tf - tell your friends
rf - remote to your friends
rtf - remote think to your friends
sf - sing to your friends
pf - premote to your friends
yf - "yell" at your friends (by unpopular demand =) )
eg:
tf hi traP tells its friends 'hi'
:shout,!
SHOUT - kinda like a SAY, except that it goes to everyone in the program
who isn't wearing EARMUFFS.
format: shout <message> or !<message>
!! if you shout too much, the program might tell you that your throat is
just a bit sore...
:yemote,!:,!;,eshout
YEMOTE - kinda like a EMOTE, except that it goes to everyone in the program
who isn't wearing EARMUFFS.
format: yemote <message>
-=> YEMOTE is aliased to !: and !;
!! if you yemote too much, the program might tell you that your throat is
just a bit sore...
:pyemote,!::,!;;
PYEMOTE - kinda like a PEMOTE, except that it goes to everyone in the program
who isn't wearing EARMUFFS.
format: pyemote <message>
-=> PYEMOTE is aliased to !:: and !;;
!! if you pyemote too much, the program might tell you that your throat is
just a bit sore...
:yecho,!+,!-
YECHO - kinda like a ECHO, except that it goes to everyone in the program
who isn't wearing EARMUFFS.
format: yecho <message>
-=> YECHO is aliased to !+ and !-
!! if you yecho too much, the program might tell you that your throat is
just a bit sore...
:ythink,!~,!*,ethink
YTHINK - kinda like a THINK, except that it goes to everyone in the program
who isn't wearing EARMUFFS.
format: ythink <message>
-=> YTHINK is aliased to !~ and !*
!! if you ythink too much, the program might tell you that your throat is
just a bit sore...
:ysing,!),!(
YSING - kinda like a SING, except that it goes to everyone in the program
who isn't wearing EARMUFFS.
format: ysing <message>
-=> YSING is aliased to !) and !(
!! if you ysing too much, the program might tell you that your throat is
just a bit sore...
:main,leave
MAIN - takes you back to the main room
:go
GO <exitname> - takes you to the adjoined room exitname
:trans
TRANS <owner>.<ID> - takes you to the room id owned by owner
:exits
EXITS - see all exits from the current room
:invites
INVITES - see who has invited you to enter their rooms.
:visit
VISIT <player> - go to players 'home' room
:join
JOIN <player> - go to the room that <player> is currently in.
:where
WHERE <player> - shows you where a specific person is.
WHERE friends - shows you where your friends are.
WHERE - shows you where EVERYONE is.
:with
WITH <player> - shows you who is in the same room as <player>
:bounce
BOUNCE - takes you to a random room.
:hide
HIDE - toggle whether people can find out where you are with the WHERE
and WITH commands.
:look,l
LOOK - see the room description and a list of people in the room.
LOOK - - see just the list of people in the room.
-=> LOOK is aliased to l
:f,finger
FINGER <player> - get info about any user of Playground, whether they are
logged on or not.
FINGER has been aliased to f
:examine,exam,ex,x
EXAMINE <player> - get more info on a player currently logged in.
EXAMINE is aliased to x
:who,w
WHO - shows you who is on the program.
On the who listing
+ means that a player can set their own colors (syscolor & color)
S means that a person has syscolor turned on only.
C means that a person can see other's colors
- means the person has no colors turned on. (bummer)
type help color and help syscolor for more info.
WHO is aliased to w
:lsu,list_su
LSU - list all super users who are on-line
LSU is aliased to LIST_SU for those of you used to the "old" commands =)
:swho
SWHO - a shorter version of 'who' - just shows you people's names and
prefixes.
SWHO - - shows you same list, with no prefixes =)
:twho
TWHO - shows you a list of people on, and their titles.
:idle
IDLE <player> - shows you how long it has been since player last hit return.
IDLE - shows you how long EVERYONE has been idle.
:privs
PRIVS - shows what you are allowed to do.
:su_privs
PRIVS <name> - shows what privs someone else has
:time
TIME - displays the local time, and some program stats.
:grabable
GRABABLE - shows who you are allowed to 'grab'
:version
VERSION - shows some info about the program, the last time updated, etc.
:prefix
PREFIX <pretitle> - sets the title before your name.
:title
TITLE <msg> - sets the title after your name.
:desc,description
DESC <msg> - sets a little description of yourself =)
-=> DESC is aliased to DESCRIPTION - some people LIKE the longer commands =)
:entermsg
ENTERMSG <msg> - sets the message people will see when you enter their room.
:logoffmsg
LOGOFFMSG <msg> - sets the message people will see when you type 'quit'
:logonmsg
LOGONMSG <msg> - sets the message people see when you logon.
:blockmsg
BLOCKMSG <msg> - sets the message people will see when you are are in
BLOCKTELLS mode or BLOCKFRIENDS mode.
(this might be something like I'll be right back )
:plan
PLAN <msg> - sets your "PLAN" when other people "FINGER" you.
:age
AGE <years_old> - sets your age.
:birthday,bday
BDAY <mm>/<dd>[/<yy>] - sets your birthday...
e.g. BDAY 03/14/74 sets your birthday (and age) to March 14th, 1974.
BDAY 06/15 sets your birthday to June 15, doesn't touch age.
-=> yes, BDAY is an alias of BIRTHDAY in the never ending quest for shorter
commands =)
*Known bug: If you want to set a BDAY of 2/29, you must use the year
as well to make it work. There is no fix to this bug yet, sorry.
:gender
GENDER - change your gender
(in a program like this, you can be a "man" or "woman" in real life, but
be an "it" or even be "plural" in the game =) )
:idlemsg
IDLEMSG <msg> - set a short message saying why you're idle..
:email
EMAIL <email>@<address> - set your email address.
for example email trap@ucla.edu
:public,toggle
TOGGLE EMAIL <friend/public/private>
Toggle your email address to be viewable only by friends,
publically viewable, or hidden from everyone.
TOGGLE SITE <friend/public/private>
Toggle your site, just like your email address.
TOGGLE BOTH <friend/public/private>
Toggle email and site at the same time.
(the command 'public' has been removed, as it is now redundant)
:recap
RECAP <name> - change the capitalization of your name.
eg: recap traP
(you can only recap your own name! =) )
:cls
CLS clears the screan. Doesn't work on every terminal.
:prompt
PROMPT <prompt> - set your prompt.
PROMPT - clears your prompt.
:cprompt
CPROMPT <prompt> - set your converse mode prompt.
:hitells
HITELLS [termtype/off] - set if you want private messages to you to be
hilighted or not.
if you don't know your termtype, vt100 is USUALLY a good guess.
:iacga
IACGA - Someone tell me cause i don't know...
:jetlag
JETLAG (#) - sets your local time relative to the "talker" time.
:nopager
NOPAGER - toggles if you will use the pager or not to read news, mail,
help, etc.
if you have a good MUD client like tinyfugue or tintin, you'll
want this off, because the pager is a pain to use =)
:linewrap
LINEWRAP [columns/off] - set the width of your terminal.
:wordwrap
WORDWRAP [size/off] - set the size of the word that you want to "break up"
rather than just shove it to the next line.
:noprefix,noeprefix
NOPREFIX - this is the default. you will not see other peoples prefixes.
type NOPREFIX to see prefixes again =)
NOEPREFIX - controls if you will see prefixes on EMOTES. this also is "on"
for new users.
:password,passwd,pw
PASSWORD - change your password.
PG ->password
(If you are changing your password you see this)
Please enter your current password: (enter your old password here.)
(otherwise it will just say this)
You have no password.
(Now, you enter a password twice.)
Now enter a new password: (pick a password and type it here)
Enter password again to verify: (type it exactly the same way)
Password has now been changed.
:show
SHOW - shows what kind of command something came from...
Show tells
----------
> tell to you
* friend tells
& replys
Show Shouts
-----------
! shout or a tell 'everyone'
!+ yecho or a recho everyone
Show echos
----------
+ echo
Show room
---------
- message displayed to people in the room with you only
Show Autos
----------
# Automessage
Show Logins
-----------
] Loginmsg
[ Logoutmsg
% Reconnection
:seeecho
SEEECHO - toggles if you'll see who echos what.
:seetitle
SEETITLE - toggles if you'll see session comments or titles with the 'who'
command.
:seesess,comments,lss
SEESESS- see EVERYONE and their session comment if they have set one.
LSS - see only those people who have set a session comment
-=> LSS is aliased to COMMENTS for those still used to the "old" commands.
:showexits
SHOWEXITS - toggles if you'll automatically see the exits to a room when
you enter it.
:noisy
NOISY - you allow the person to break through ignores, blocks, blocktells,
and blockfriends.
:ignore
IGNORE - you don't see what the ignored person says or does. if they try to
talk to you they see your ignoremsg.
:inform
INFORM - you get a message when the 'informed' person logs on or off
:grabme
GRABME - you allow the specified person to 'grab' you at will into other rooms
:friend
FRIEND - you declare the person to be a friend. They will begin to recieve
your 'friend tells'
:bar
BAR - you forbid the specified person from ever entering any of your rooms.
:invite
INVITE - the person has a standing invitation to enter any unlocked room you
own.
:beep
BEEP - when the person logs on or off, you will get a "beep"
:block
BLOCK - you prevent the person from sending tells to you, but you can still
see what they say, shout, etc. Think of it as a "lesser ignore"
:friendblock
FRIENDBLOCK - you prevent the person from sending 'friendtells' to you.
(but the person can still send regular messages)
:mailblock
MAILBLOCK - prevents the person from sending mail to you.
:shareroom
SHAREROOM - you give the person the right to edit your rooms. Basically,
the person becomes a co-owner of your rooms =)
:key
KEY - you give the person a key to your rooms. They can lock and unlock your
rooms, make links to your room, and boot people from your rooms =)
:find
FIND - you allow the person to find you, even if you are hiding =)
:fwho,qwho
FWHO - lists your friends on.
Friends who are blocking friendtells will be displayed in ()'s
:clist
CLIST - clear a name from your list
:flist
FLIST - FORCE a list toggle
e.g. say 'trap' is on your list as Friend and Inform
flist trap friend,beep,grabme <=- this changes your list entry for trap to
friend, beep and grabme (but turns inform off)
:rlist
RLIST - RESETS a list toggle... in other words, always turns off.
rlist trap inform
If you have trap on your list as inform, this erases that flag.
:slist
SLIST - SET a list toggle.
slist astyanax friend,inform
This makes astyanax friend and inform, regardless of what else you already
set that to.
:tlist
TLIST - TOGGLES list entrys
so if Nogard is friend & grabme, and i type tlist Nogard friend,inform
Noggie's new entry becomes 'grabme,inform' (friend was turned off by tlist)
:blank_list
BLANK_LIST - completely DELETES your list... be careful!
:home
HOME - takes you to your home room
:ghome
GHOME - toggles if you will go home automatically on login.
:boot
BOOT - kick someone out of your room.
:lock
LOCK - lock the room if you own it or own a key to it.
:mindseye
MINDSEYE - check who's in your home room.
:connect_room
CONNECT_ROOM - TRY to set the current room as the room you will logon to.
:session
SESSION <whatever> change the session topic to <whatever>
SESSION see who set the current session, and when it can be reset
:comment
COMMENT <whatever> set your 'answer' to the session question.
:marry
Marry <1> <2> - declare 1 and 2 to be man and wife.
Both people must be logged on or this will fail.
*** and it works now *smile*
:divorce
Divorce <player> - annul net.marry. This also divorces the person that
<player> WAS married to.
** yes, this works too now... you may now marry and divorce away =)
:grab
GRAB <player> - grab a player on your GRABABLE list into the same room as you
:earmuffs
EARMUFFS - block all shouts
:blocktells
BLOCKTELLS - block all forms of private communication directed at you.
:blockfriends
BLOCKFRIENDS - block FRIEND TELLS only.
:idea
IDEA -- officially log an idea for this place =)
:quiet
QUIET - go quiet... it toggles BLOCKTELLS and EARMUFFS
:login_fwho
LOGIN_FWHO -- neato trick! =) THis automatically gives you a list of what
friends are on when you login (right after the room desc)
This defaults to off, you can turn it on with this command =)
:emergency
OK. You're being harassed? No sus on? Here's how to use EMERGENCY.
emergency <reason> - YOU MUST SET A REASON for starting emergency scripting
(and the reason better be really good.)
:script
Script reason - to begin scripting,
script stop - stops the script.
Use with discression please =)
:motd
MOTD Displays the MESSAGE of the DAY
:bug
BUG report an error in the program. Please be as specific as possible.
if the description of the bug won't fit, then send mail here to trap
or send email to trap@ucla.edu and I'll take a look at it
:commands
COMMANDS a list of every command you can use
You must give an argument such as comm, room, misc. You will get
only commands that are of that "type" -- this is to keep the
commands list from becoming too big.
-If you like the "long" list, use "COMMANDS ALL"
:save
SAVE SAVE your character. Playground automatically tries to save you when
you quit if you are a resident.
:quit
QUIT Logoff the program.
:lsn,list_new
LSN lists all newbies, what site they are from, and who has assisted them.
:lsg
LSG Lists all current gits on, who gitted them and why.
:lst
LST Lists all current tweedles on and their sites.
:lsr,list_res
LSR <x> lists all residents who's name begins with the letter <x> and their
hash and permissions.
The permissions are these
1 Base
2 No sync (will not be saved)
3 Echo
4 No timeout (will never be deleted for not logging in enough)
5 banished
6 system room
7 mail (can send mail and news)
8 list (can have a list)
9 build (can have rooms)
0 session (can set sessions)
1 spod (appears on lsp as a spod)
2 forest_chan (uses s' s: s~ on the su channel)
3 regular_chan (uses su se st on the su channel)
4 (unused)
5 psu can see the su channel
6 warn can give official warnings
7 (unused)
8 house just a silly useless priv admins have (does nothing really)
9 full_su is a full superuser
0 (unused)
1 dumb can turn people into morons (like they aren't already)
2 (unused)
3 script can script stuff
4 coder can program the hell outta the place
5 (unused)
6 lower admin
7 hard coded admin
8 protected (no su can do anything to a protected resident)
9 tsu (su in training)
0 admin
1 git (don't blame me - chris put this in)
:extend,xtend
EXTEND <player> - lengthens a player's list by five up to a maximum of 50.
Past that point, an admin must be consulted for a list
extension.
:dibbs,call
DIBBS <player> - Call "dibbs" on a player. Used on newbies that are
experienced users and you don't wish to spam with the
obligatory "assist" message. Only su's see the "call".
:mode
MODE (player) - tells you what mode a player is in.
:on_duty,off_duty
ON_DUTY - you are an SU, can use your ucommands, and talk on the channel
OFF_DUTY - you become just a normal ressie - you can't use su commands.
:pstats
PSTATS - lists current program stats.
:se,st,sp,ss
SU su channel say
SE su channel emote
ST su channel think
SP su channel pemote
SS su channel sing
:site
SITE (player) - shows you all players from similar sites as (player)
SITE (ip_addy) - shows all players from ip address
:snews
The old snews and spost system has been deleted.. here is the new, better,
replacement =)
Only staff -- psu and above -- can read and post to this
snews post <subject> -- post on a subject
snews apost <subject> -- post anonymously
snews xpost <subject> -- post with no timeout (admins only)
snews (a/x)followup -- works like news followup
snews (a/x)reply -- works like news reply
snews read (#) -- read a spost
snews nto -- admins only -- promote an article to no timeout
snews remove (#) -- delete an article you wrote
snews check [page #] -- list all articles
:su_hi
SU_HI - toggles hilighting of the su_channel.
:sumotd
SUMOTD - displays the super user message of the day.
:warn
WARN (player) (message) = send an official warning to (player). This is logged
and echoed to the su channel.
You can warn one person, a group of people (with commas) or a "room."
:yoyo
YOYO (player) - toss someone around like a yoyo... they get spammed by room
descriptions before landing back in the main room with a
loud *THUMP* =)
:drag
DRAG (player) (reason)
This kicks a person off the program. (like forcing them to type 'quit')
:assist
ASSIST (player) - inform newbie that you're an su and will help em =)
:blank
BLANK (something) (player)
type blank with no arguments to see what you can blank.
Use this to blank an offensive comment, desc, entermsg, etc.
:confirm
CONFIRM (player) - check if a new ressie has set an email and a password
:nuke
NUKE (player) (reason) - completely DELETE someone's existance...
Use this on a NEWBIE and I'll personally kill you. It FROGS the program if
you do that! =P
:rename
rename (oldname) (newname)
change the name of a NEWBIE.
:res,resident,vres,vresident
RES (player) grant residency to a newbie.
VRES (player) grant residency to a newbie who has no email address...
:reset_sneeze
RESET_SNEEZE (player) reset the sneeze (no-login) time on a player
:reset_session
RESET_SESSION set the session timer to 0.
:rm_sing,rm_shout
RM_SING (player) [time] take away someone's right to shout or sing for a
RM_SHOUT (player) [time] few minutes.
if you set the time on RM_SHOUT to -1, this will take away their shouts
forever. Setting time to '0' will allow them to sing or shout again =)
(By the way, the numbers 0 and -1 will work on people, even if they're not
logged in at the time you do the command.)
:sneeze
SNEEZE (player) [for time] kick someone of the program, and prevent them
from loging back in for a few minutes.
:unconverse
UNCONVERSE (player) - take some poor clueless newbie out of converse mode.
:banish
BANISH (player) - banish a player or a name from being used on this program
:blankpass
BLANKPASS (player) [new_password]
change someone's password. Make SURE you're doing it for the right
person...
:jail,unjail
jail (player) [time] Haul their ass into jail. -1 is forever.
unjail (player) Release them from prison.
:newbies
newbies [on/off] allow / forbid newbies from using this program.
:newbie_ban
NEWBIE_BAN (ip site) (reason) ban an entire site to new users.
IP site means the NUMBER address (like 44.66.91.23) NOT the name address.
:splat,reset_splat
SPLAT (player) (fortime) - sneeze player and ban ALL logins from their site
for a few minutes.
RESET_SPLAT (player) - remove the SPLAT on a site
:ignoremsg
ignoremsg : sets your ignoremsg : It doesnt ignore anyone unless you type
ignore <player>. But when you do type ignore <player>
they will see your ignoremsg when they try to talk to you.
format : ignoremsg <message>
example : ignoremsg astyanax doesn't want to see you atm.
ignore traP
traP sees 'astyanax doesn't want to see you atm.' when he tries to tell
astyanax something. astyanax is not told anything.
:trace
TRACE (player) - see where a saved player last logged on from.
:ae,at,as,ap,ad_hi,lad
AD admin chan say
AE admin emote
AP admin pemote
AT admin think
AS admin sing
AD_HI toggle hilites on the admin_chan
LAD list all "admins" (people who can see the admin channel)
:shutdown,abort
SHUTDOWN (time) (reason) time is in seconds. Reason is WHY the shutdown
ABORT abort a shutdown.
:bump
BUMP (player) - this was an experiment - it's a "force quit"
There is no message to the player - they just suddenly disappear.
It'll be removed probably... or improved upon *grin*
:wall,ewall,twall
wall Scream an announcement
ewall Emote an announcement
twall Think an announcement
Lets go easy on the walling - my speaker is still on =)
:recount,recount_snews
RECOUNT - if the news count gets frogged, try this command.
RECOUNT_SNEWS - same thing for snews.
:lag
LAG (player) (fortime) Lag that git for a few minutes =)
(you can lag them forever (!) with lag -1)
:rm_move
RM_MOVE (player) (fortime) Doesn't let player move for a while...
:site_ban
SITE_BAN (ip address) (reason) BAN a site to ALL players.
:vlist
VLIST (player) [entry] check someone elses list (optionally just one
entry on their list)
:barge
BARGE (player) break into players home room
BARGE (room.id) break into any room.
:bedit
BEDIT enter the banished sites editor... it's a PAIN to use...
only reason to use it is to UNDO a site ban.
:aecho
AECHO <arg> sends a completely anonymous echo to everyone. Undetectable.
Don't overdo it =)
I mean it.
Really.
Yes this means you too.
If this is abused i *will* remove it.
(yes, it's a toy. but like any toy, if you use it wrong it may break)
:grant,remove
GRANT (player) (priv)
REMOVE (player) (priv)
give or take permissions away.
type grant or remove with no arguments to see a list of grantable/removable
privs.
:list_notes,relink,rm_note,view_note
LIST_NOTES, RELINK, RM_NOTE, VIEW_NOTE
don't mess with it unless you ALREADY know what it does... here's a HINT...
it has to do with the mail / news system. DON'T FUCKIN mess with it unless
you know what you're doing =)
:backup,crash,defrag,dfcheck,dfstats,port,sync,syncall
sync, syncall - frogs the program worse than its worth.
backup - Manually backs up the program.
crash - crashes the program.
defrag,dfstats - dynamic room shit - don't mess with it.
port - loads old player files... *shrug*
dfcheck - more dynamic room shit.
:edtime
EDTIME - edit someone's login time. (time in hours)
:on_lsu/off_lsu
ON_LSU go onto INVISIBLE duty... you can also force another su onto
this state (they can undo themselves with on_duty)
OFF_LSU return from invisible duty, or force someone back to visible duty
:repeat
repeat <name>
allows you to redirect a mistell to the right user.
-=> REPEAT is aliased to re
:yell,&
yell <player> <msg>
Send a "loud tell" to your friends, or to other users.
:nobeep
toggles whether or not yells and wakes will send a "beep" to your
terminal.
:exitmsg
EXITMSG <str>
This sets your 'exitmsg.' - it only works when you go to a room that
"allows" exitmsgs, or has not set an entermsg for the room yet.
(in other words, the room entermsg has priority over your exitmsg)
:blank_email
BLANK_EMAIL <player>
blank a players email address.
Use caution, this could cause a player to be deleted.
:validate
VALIDATE <player>
this sets a player to have NO email address - ask an admin
before using this, if possible.
:rm_list
RM_LIST <player>
This command removed you from someone elses list.
(it only removes "good" entries like friend, not "bad" entries like
bar or ignore)
it doesn't tell the other player what you've done.
:forcehelp
forcehelp <player> <help file>
use carefully... don't force help for a command that you have but they don't.
:spod_class
spod_class <spod class title>
Sets your spod_class for the spodlist (lsp)
:res_count,rescount
List the count of the total number of residents of this program.
:su,super,superuser
One of the most frequently asked questions here is
'how can I become an su?' Because of this, this help file has been
created to answer this question.
First off, the candidate must realize what the su position entails
(this does not mean that you must be an su elsewhere to become an su
here, but rather that you learn what it means to be an su before you
are actually granted the su privleges/responsibilities)
Being an SU does NOT mean that you can just sneeze, boot and frog at will
The admins here take these things very seriously. Such commands are to be
used only as a last resort for dealing with those who would cause chaos and
anarchy here. It is MUCH better, both for the su, and for the player, to
be able to resolve an issue without having to resort to the threat or use
of the su commands. People who are able to "explain" that 'such behavior
is frowned upon, and should not be continued' are much prefered to the
people whos automatic answer to any situation is to boot or sneeze.
Being an SU means, quite frankly, that you have to put up with whatever
others on the talker dish out. This ranges from the Admins and their
quirks and insanity (all admins are insane. Don't let anyone tell you
differently) to residents who hate your guts because of jealousy of your
position, to newbies asking the silliest questions imaginable, like "how
do i talk?" and "what is a title?"
As an SU, part of your job is teacher. Everyone on the program will come to
you first with any questions they have, from simple commands like seeecho
and earmuffs, to complex commands (like the dreaded room edit commands) to
non-talker related questions (like 'how do I ftp' or 'how do I finger a
site' or even 'what is the command to compile a program in c++?')
Note that, while you are expected to handle the simple and complex talker
commands, a knowledge of the non-talker related stuff, while helpful, will
not affect your chances of getting a position as an su here. But, you
should know who on the talker (staff or otherwise) CAN answer such
questions, and be able to direct the questions you cannot answer to the
appropriate person.
You should be familiar with all the resident commands, and be able to
explain the quickly and clearly to others. You can't let frustration
show when a newbie says 'i don't get it' or 'that's not what i meant.'
I can guarantee from experience that you'll have people who simply have
no business using a computer, who somehow stumble on the 'telnet' command,
asking you questions and then never understanding the answer. You just have
to wear a fake smile and try again.
You'll have to deal with people who are just really stupid, who all they
want to do is cause troubles for everyone else, and especially you. People
will hate your guts, and you'll just have to deal with it with your
therapist (you DO have a therapist, dont you?)
You'll have to be an example to the other users, never bending the rules
yourself, and remember that, as long as you are a su here, you represent
the entire talker with every action you take.
However... if you think you can handle it, then that's great. Here's some
advice on how to become one, from someone who's been there. Never harass the
admins .. they have to deal with this 'can i be an su' question more times
in the day than they can count, and the last thing they wanna hear is another
variation of that question. Try never to break the rules. Be friendly to
other users, su's and newbies alike. (being a friendly person is a big plus)
Always be helpful. But don't stress too much about being helpful... you'll
just look like a kiss-up.
If you REALLY REALLY have an interest in being an su here, however, I
suggest you send an email to (talker@s195_13.resnet.ucla.edu) telling the
admins why you think you'd make a good su here.
** written by traP on 1/13/95
:spod,spodess,spodo,spods,spodz
-=*> The Spoddy world that spods spodily spod in <*=-
Spod (noun) (feminine:Spodess) (plural individual: Spodz) (Neuter: Spodo) -
A sad, sometimes fluffy, sometimes not so fluffy, computer nerd.
A spod is easily distinguished by the following characteristics:
1. Extraordinarily long login times to talkers and/or Muds
2. Knows a dangerous amount of info about the internet - more than any
person should.
3. Often known to break into computer labs after hours just to telnet.
4. Sometimes name their favorite terminals
5. Often witness beautiful sunrises and/or sunsets... from a computer
terminal.
6. Spod Eyes syndrome - Eyes feel as if they will budge after long hours
spent at a terminal.
Spod (verb) - To act or behave as a spod. (traP spods all night, doesn't
he?)
Spoddy (adj) - Fitting the behavioral patterns of a spod. (traP, you
spoddy spoon!)
Spodily (adv) - Acting in the manner of a spod (traP spodily types away.
What else is new?)
Spodaholic (n) - A spod who is obvoiusly addicted to the spodding experience.
Spodders - A spod support group-Before every meeting (It's true that
Anonymous (n) they are meetings on talkers) One says the lines like so:
"Hi, I'm traP, and I'm a spodaholic."
Spoddom (n) - The world available for spods to spod in. The exact
oppisite of so-called "rl" (real life)
See help spod-classes for the subclasses of spods
"The spoddy world...", and all the subclass names are (c) traP aka M.
Bourdaa 1995. You are free to use these terms to describe others,
or yourself, but this may document may not be published
(written or electronically) or althered without the official permission
of the author. All rights reserved. And other legal mumbo jumbo too !!
:spod-classes,spod.classes,spod_classes,spodclasses,spodclass
-> How many pests would a pestispod pest if a pestispod could spod pests? <-
There are 15 basic subdivisions of the Spod class: These include -
Antispod - A spod who enjoys tricking and hurting newbies. These spods
are very dangerous to newbies.
Minispod - These spods often sit idle for minutes and hours at a time,
often because they are also multispods.
Multispod - Spods who can and do multi-task so they can log on to several
talkers and muds simultaneously
Superspod - Spods who are also superusers (or equivalent)
Pestispod - Spods who always ask "Can I be an SU?" As this class is very
large and diverse, the pestispod has several classical
subdivisions of it's own.
Grabypestispod - Spods who try to become an su by making a big deal
about bringing new people into the talker.
Helpypestispod - Spods who make a big deal about helping newbies (some
will only be "helpful" if an admin is in the room!)
Assitipestispod - Spod who makes a big deal about helping the admin
(giving ideas, volunteering to make system rooms, etc.)
Megaspod - Spods who outspod spods :) To be a true megaspod is the
ultimate complement, and the ultimate insult :)
Hermospod - Hermospods spend an inordinate amount of time (over 70%) of
their time in their own home room.
Publispod - Publispods spend 70% or more of their time in public (usually
the main) rooms
Scitzospod - Special class of spods. Scitzospods usually have multiple
characters (usually on different talkers... see help rules if
you're thinking about using different names on the same talker)
Spatulaspod - (derived from the 'your.name' is you, you spoon! message).
Spatulaspods are either absent-minded, or just stooopid.
Transvispod - These are the crossgender spods : male pretending to be female
& vice versa is not the only form, this can be used in jest
with people who set their genders to plural or "it"
Vampispod - Spods who prefer to do their spoding when the sun is down.
Solarspod - Spods who do their spodding during daylight hours.
Adminospod - All admins are spods. If they weren't they wouldn't set up a
talker, would they? :-)
Anonyispod - A spod who is a member of Spodders Anonymous.
Most spods belong to more than one of these classes: for example
Someone exclaims 'Trap, you lousy MegaMultiSuperPubliVampiSpatulaspod!'
"How many pests...", and all the subclass names are (c) 1994 to traP
aka M. Bourdaa. You are free to use these terms to describe others,
or yourself, but this may document may not be published
(written or electronically) or althered without the official permission
of the author. All rights reserved. And other legal mumbo jumbo too !!
:ressie,residency
One of the more common questions we get is "What does it mean to be a
resident?" There are many advantages to gaining residency, among them :
You dont have to go through all those annoying validation procedures every
time you enter the program.
You get to have your own list, and with that comes friends lists, informs
(notify you when someone connects to the program) and the like.
And most importantly, you get a room of your own!! You can make your
own description for it and have all your friends over for a chat (and
keep annoying gits out of it as well).
Gaining residency is simple. Just look around for the friendly
neighborhood SU (or type lsu if you dont see any in the room youre in)
and tell <su's name> you would like to become a resident. Generally
there are two requirements : 1. A valid email address and 2. Agreement to
follow help rules (type help rules to see them). Thats all there is to
it :) Enjoy your newgound residency :)
=astyanax (4/6/95)
:decap
DECAP <user>
removes / grants the ability to use upper case letters -- use this to force
people who constantly insist on all caps to use all lower_case letters.
Affects all says, shouts, echos, sings, tells, remotes, and gossip channel.
by traP on 10/6/95
:whois
Format: whois <player>
If you have enough login time, or you get permission from an admin, you
may have a "whois" page here. The only limits are that the page cannot violate
any rules, and it must be smaller than 20 lines (the 20 line limit may be
negotiable under special circumstances)
:idling,truespod
From now on, when you idle for a sufficient amount of time, the program
will catch this, and will deduct time from your total login time. This means
that, now, everyone has two "total login" amounts.. total login (which includes
idling) and truespod, which penalizes idlers, and is therefore a more
accurate measurment of how big a spod you are.
Also, a friendly warning: people who get kicked off by the program for idling
for an hour -- you may notice your adjusted spod time plummet...
:suicide
SUICIDE will DELETE your character from this program. To confirm your
desire to die, you must enter your password to prove you are who you
are. You must also give a reason for ending your life.
If you need any help with this, just ask an su.
:15,chan,ch,ce,ct,cp,cs,cwho,ch_hi,lci
Playground now has dynamically allocated resident channels that you can access
use and manipulate with the following commands
ch - channel say ct - channel think
ce - channel emote cp - channel pemote
cs - channel sing
chan create (name) -- create a new channel with the name of (name)
chan join (#) -- join an existing channel
chan list (or lsc) -- list all active channels (see help lsc)
chan join (#) -- join an active channel
chan who (#) (or cwho #) -- list people on a given channel
chan quit (#) -- leave a channel
chan nograb -- stop channel ops from grabbing you on their channel
chan hitell (or ch_hi) -- toggle channel hitells
see help chanop for operator commands.
see help chanrules for channel rules
see help chantalk for more on how to talk on channels
:chanop
These added commands work for channel operators only.
chan invite (player) -- invite a player to join your channel
chan uninvite (player) -- revoke an invitation to join a channel
chan nuke -- destroy your own channel
chan xfer (player) -- transfer the operator powers to player
(a channel can only have ONE operator)
chan grab (player) -- grab a player onto your channel
chan topic (topic) -- set the channel topic
chan boot (player) -- kick someone off your channel
chan nonewbies -- ban/allow newbies from the channel
chan nosing -- ban/allow singing on the channel
chan private -- ban/allow others to join the channel
(you can still grab people onto a private channel)
If you have any problems, ask an su. if you find bugs, log with BUG command
:c-rules,chanrules
1. You cannot be an operator on more than one channel
2. No channel can have more than one operator
3. Any channel that is unused for 10 minutes is destroyed.
4. Any channel that has less than 3 people may be destroyed.
5. If you set a vulgar channel name or topic, the staff will destroy
your channel.
6. What goes on on a channel itself is considered private. If you are
offended by whats happening on a channel, leave.
Thats about it. Oh, there is a maximum of 30 channels (0 to 29)
If you have any problems, ask an su. if you find bugs, log with BUG command
thanx. --traP
:chantalk
This applies to all the channel talk commands (ch, ce, cp, ct, and cs)
if you are on only one channel:
Simply use the correct channel command and your message. The
message will be directed to the correct channel automatically.
If you are on more than one channel:
The first word of your message must be the number of the channel
you want the message to go to.
If you forget, it will attempt to send your message to channel 0
Also. If you are more used to "multis", there is support for that type of
useage.. simply use the tell, remote, etc commands, and tell the # of the
channel -- your tell will go to the channel you request.
Note that if you use this option, that when you're only on one channel you
must still use the number of the channel.
:lsc
LSC -- lists active channels
if the Channel ID has a star after it, you cannot join that channel.
if there is a + sign, you're already on the channel.
If there is nothing, then you are allowed to join.
:propose,accept,reject,cancel
PROPOSE (player) -- ask another person to marry you.
ACCEPT (player) -- agree to marry another person.
REJECT (player) -- refuse to marry the person.
CANCEL -- This command will cancel your net engagement.
If you are net.engaged, it will appear on your "x"
:anul
ANUL (player) -- clears all marital data. Gives no messages. Use with discresion
:nofriend
NOFRIEND (player) (on/off) -- toggles whether or not someone can send tells
to your friends.
:blocklist
BLOCKLIST (on/off) -- Toggles if your friends can send messages to all your
friends or not.
:to,ro,po,so,eo,rto,yo
These commands are for telling to other peoples friends
(see HELP FRIENDTELL for more info)
TO <player> <msg> -- Tell to other players friends
RO <player> <msg> -- remote to other players friends
PO <player> <msg> -- premote to other players friends
SO <player> <msg> -- sing to other players friends
EO <player> <msg> -- echo to other players friends
YO <player> <msg> -- yell to other players friends
RTO <player> <msg> -- think to other players friends
:friendtell
Now you can send tells to the friends of your friends.
Here's an example..
A and B are friends of each other.
A types:
to B hi
All of B's friends (including A) sees
B tells A's friends 'hi'
A sees
B tells your friends 'hi'
A can stop B from doing this with NOFRIEND and BLOCKLIST (see the help files
for these commands)
:flirt
FLIRT -- changes your net status from bachelor to net.flirt and back.
Being engaged or married overrides this setting.
:blockfmail
BLOCKFMAIL -- Blocks all friend mail.
:xref
XREF <name> -- check for similar names in saved files..
The use for this is to check if a newbie wants to ressie a name that
might be too similar to a name already taken by someone else.
If it is too close, just politely ask the newbie to pick a new name..
99 times out of 100, they will pick a new name and you can rename them
and ressie them then.
:toggle_chan
Switches you from normal channel commands [su se st ss] to
the "clanland" channel commands [s' s; s~ s(]
:hometown
HOMETOWN (place you're from)
Sets your hometown on your "x" file
:homeview,mindseye
HOMEVIEW / MINDSEYE -- lets you see who's in a room you own.
:tf,tinyfugue
TINYFUGUE (tf) is a Telnet "client" -- and is the BEST client in existance
today. You can get it via ANONYMOUS FTP from magic.infomagic.com, or from
ftp.tcp.com
:hack,hacking
Hacking is defined on the Playground as anyone who tries to login as
someone else. You may have one, and ONLY one, saved resident character
on playground. You cannot "borrow" someone elses account, with, or without
their concent.
Any person who attempts to hack the Playground, whether the talker account
or any residents account, will be COMPLETELY site banned - meaning that
no one from your domain (for most of you, this means your entire school
or your entire service provider) will ever be allowed to logon to the
Playground again. In addition, if we know what account you used to hack
from, we WILL report this information to your system administrator, and
ask that your internet accounts be permenantly removed.
Simply put, we will not tolerate illegal access attempts, and we will take
any and all actions that we can to stop them from occuring.
-traP
:spam,spamming,piping
Spam/Spamming
Spamming and/or piping is repeating the same thing over and over,
otherwise known as "piping" text into the buffer and then filling
a person's screen rapidly. This is very impolite and is grounds for
being booted, yoyoed, jailed, sneezed, etc... if the spamming party
does not cease.
:ad,ads,advert,advertize,advertizing
Advertizing other talkers here:
*Don't*
This is an example of "acceptable" advertizing here:
Ask an admin to list you on help talkers.
do a friend tell.
Everything else is not appreciated, and will be handled severely. This
is because we are a new talker ourselves, and don't appreciate being
"raided" by other talkers.
Advertizing our talker on other talkers:
Do tell your friends about this place.
Do ask to have us listed in a help talkers
Don't shout addresses. Its rude.
Don't post news without explicit admin permission.
Advertizing our talker elsewhere on the internet:
Newsgroups: Try and stick to "appropriate" groups
Gopher/WWW: DO try and get us listed on gophers and WWW pages
that link to talkers
(if you want to link it to your home page, do this:)
<A HREF = "telnet://site.ext:port/"> Link to PG </A>
Email: Mail your friends, not random people ;)
Other: your own best judgement, based on these guidelines.
-- Written by traP on 18/11/95
:16,color,syscolor,colorize,fingerpaint,colour,syscolour,colourize
Playground now offers ^Ccolor^N.
To use this, you should be on a terminal that supports ansi color codes.
More help on getting color to work may be made available later.
But for now, try it by typing ^Hfingerpaint^N
If you see colors, then you will be able to use and view colors. Even if some
colors don't seem to work, others may, and you may want to activate it, even
if its only for a few shades.
Color related commands:
COLOR - activate ^Hstandard color mode^N -- you will see the colors others
create in their rooms, in help files, in descriptions, practically
everywhere.
SYSCOLOR - This enables ^CActive Color Mode^N -- where you can set the colors
of certain types of input by using the COLORIZE command. So your
tells can be white while your shouts are dark blue and your
friend tells scream in blinking text.
COLORIZE - Without an argument, it will show you your current system colors.
With arguments, it will change your color settings for one type of
command.
Good luck, and any questions should be relayed to traP.
:17,aliases,define,undefine,lsa
Playground now supports aliases. An alias is a substitute for a longer
set of commands.. for example...
define idin idle indiefan
This creates a "pseudo-command" called idin. If i type idin, I will see how
long indiefan has been idle.
PG ->idin
indieFan has just hit return.
PG ->
You can also list your aliases.
PG ->lsa
You are using 1 out of 10 maximum aliases.
idin = idle indiefan
PG ->
Also, it is easy to remove an alias you no longer need.
PG ->undefine idin
Alias deleted...
PG ->lsa
You are not using any of your 10 aliases.
PG ->
See help advanced for more info on what can be done with aliases.
:advanced,%
These "variables" can be inserted into an alias you create.
%0 - This means to list all arguments and insert here.
e.g. define sillysay emote sez -=> %0 <=-
sillysay red doofus
sillysay bouncey bouncey bouncey :-P
sillysay .
%1 %2 - These mean to take this word in the list of arguments.
e.g. define bop remote %1 bops you with a %2
bop traP spoon
(you bop traP with a spoon)
define flip emote tackles %2 and %1.
flip traP Nogard
(you tackle nogard and trap)
%-1 %-2 This is a special case. You can list all argunments AFTER the first,
second, etc, word.
define tickle remote %1 tickles you all until %-1.
tickle friends the end of the day.
(you tickle your friends until the end of the day)
define telltwo tell %1,%2 %-2
telltwo traP nogard hello silly coders.
(you tell traP and nogard 'hello silly coders')
%; This is a very special case. This can be used to perform multiple
commands with one alias. The %; seperates the commands from each
other.
define getinfo x me%;lsu%;swho%;qwho
When you type getinfo, you will x yourself, do an lsu, a swho, and
a qwho in that order.
%{@@} This is the most recent addition. You can insert random phrases
into your aliases.. Pay careful attention to the format.
define cast_spell emote chants as %{red@green@blue} smoke swirls.
This will choose a random word (red, green, or blue) and use
that in the phrase.
This is not allowed.
define random_arg say %{1@2@3}
You would randomly say the numbers rather than using that word.
However, this may change in the future.
One word of warning. If you abuse aliases they will be removed from you.
If an alias you write crashes the program, don't use the alias again. Also,
report it to traP so he can fix the bug.
And, be careful about doing stuff like this...
define oy say oy %1, that hurt.
PG ->oy
Funny things may happen when you forget an argument..
:etrace
trace an email address against a the reslist.
:y
an SU examination of a ressie
:git,ungit
Tell the sus why someone's a git, or clear the git status.
Message will be saved in the players 'y' file.
:z
Admin examination of an su's activity and stats.
:deflogon,deflogoff,defrecon,logon,logoff,recon
These are special aliases you can define for what happens just before you
logon, reconnect, or logoff -- do NOT give these aliases arguments, because
they will not be sent any arguments by the program.
DEFLOGON -- change the script before you logon
DEFLOGOFF -- change the script after you logoff
DEFRECON -- change the script after a reconnection.
-traP
:val
view someone elses alias list.
:newstuff
blockdesc --- blocks all room descriptions when you use 'look'
isolated, chambered & soundproofed rooms
isolated - no tells can enter
soundproofed -- no shouts can enter
chambered -- no singing.
exitmsgs now active.
:library,liblist,libexam,libcopy
Playground now has a modest library of useful and/or fun aliases that you
may freely copy into your own private alias list.
liblist -- lists all aliases currently in the library
libexam <alias> -- get more info on a specific alias.
libcopy <alias> [<your name for it>] -- copy a library alias into your
alias list. You may optionally use a different
name for the alias, or you can use the same name
as the library version.
We are looking to add a lot more to our small library. Please send your ideas
and/or favorite aliases by internal mail to the admin
:basics
These are the 10 most important commands to know about on Playground.
' <what you want to say> -- talk to everyone in the room (help say)
; <what you want to do> -- do an action to everyone in the room (help emote)
> <someones name> <what you want to tell them>
-- talk privately to someone (help tell)
join <someone> -- go to someone elses room (help join)
leave -- go to the main room (help leave)
commands <section> -- see what stuff you can do (help commands)
lsu -- see who the super users who are on are
who -- see who everyone on the program is
x <someone> -- get info about someone else on the program
f <someone> -- get info about any user of the program
(10 commands, and you won't look like a total moron.. but you should learn
the others too, if you want to be a REAL user of the playground)
:history
See the last 8 tells, remotes, rsings, and other private messages you recieved.
** This command was given to us courtesy of Jyld from Resort **
:reportto,rpt
this sends a copy of the last 8 tells you recieved to the superuser of your
choice..
This is a tool to combat harassment -- the info is taken from your history
buffer, and will only be sent by you: the superusers and admins cannot see
this info unless you specifically give it to them.
If you have any questions about this, ask the admins
** This command was given to us courtesy of Jyld from Resort **
:of,ox
of -- the "old" finger command
ox -- the "old" examine command
:favorite,favourite
FAVORITE allows you to set some stuff in your new examine file --
FAVORITE LIST -- list what you set for your favorites.
FAVORITE <#> BLANK -- delete a favorite
FAVORITE <#> <topic> <answer> -- set or change a favorite.
the first two formats should be easy, the third however requires some
explanation:
here are some examples, and the results you'll get with them...
favorite 1 cereal cheerios
You set your favorite cereal to be: cheerios.
(in examine file)
Favorite cereal : cheerios.
favorite 2 girls name susan
You set your favorite girls to be: name susan
(the problem here is that a topic can only be one word)
favorite 3 star
You set your favorite star to be: .
(you gotta give an answer, but the program isn't smart enough yet to
realize this yet)
favorite Antidisestablismentarian BoB
You set your favorite Antidisestab to be: BoB
(The topic can only be 12 letters long max, in order to fit)
:first
It always happens. Someone breaks the rules, then complains when they get in
trouble that the punishment is a ^Hviolation of their first ammendment rights^N.
So, for your enjoyment, (or lack thereof) -- here IS the first ammendment to
the constitution of the united states:
^HCongress^N shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or
abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right
of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the
Government for a redress of grievances.
Nowhere, not one word at all, refers to Playground. When you agreed to the
disclaimer, you agreed to follow our rules. Playground is not the Congress.
It is not an agency of the US Government. You have full rights as a citizen
to have whatever opinion you want, but as the owner of the Playground, I
have the rights to say what does and does not go in ^Kmy^N home.
In other words - if you feel like your right to be offensive and annoying is
being violated, ^Ktough shit^N. I have the right, as the owner of the playground,
to set the rules. The rules are extremely liberal, all I ask is that you do not
harass people, and that you do not violate the very basic minimum of the rules
of nettique. The rules are made for the benifit of the community, not because
I want to push some agenda or restrict your rights.
Remember -- your right to swing your fists around ends at the tip of my nose.
To those of you who do follow the rules, I thank you, and hope that you
continue to enjoy the program.
--traP (5/1/96)
:disclaim
DISCLAIM <player>
Makes a person have to agree to the disclaimer again -- useful for email
registrations -- log em in, ressie em, set their email & a temp password,
then disclaim them -- so that they'll have to agree to the disclaimer to
use the program.
:playground96,deathtrap,ew3,ew-three,summink,new,updates,ew2,ew-too,ew-two,ew4,ew-four,ew-for
EW-TOO: The first talker of this kind. Written by Burble (Simon Marsh)
(sometimes known as EW2)
SUMMINK: Ew-too "version 3" Based on Burbles code, updated by Grim and
Athanisius. (Playground is based on Summink and Ew-too)
EW-THREE: An "aka" for summink.
Playground 96: The name for a beta release for "Playground" source code
EW-for (EW4): An approved "aka" for Playground 96.
You can get a copy of them at ftp: toybox.infomagic.com /pub/sources/Servers)
The following is a list of features that appears in neither Summink, nor the
older EW-too codes that were released to the public, but do exist here
on the Playground, and will be in any release of Playground 96
Builders (create, destroy items, lsb, lso)
Items (inv, wear, weild, buy, sell, eat, play, give)
Monetary system (pennies)
Seperate SuperUser news-board for inner-staff notes
Marrage (marry, propose, accept, reject, divorce, anul, ministers, lsm)
Aliases (define, undefine, lsa, deflogin, deflogout, defrecon, blank_alias)
Colors (^^*, color, syscolor, colorize)
Friendmail (mail post friends, blockfmail)
friendtell blocking
Tell to other ppls friends (to, ro, eo, yo, so, rto, po)
Dynamic resident channels (chan, ce, ct, ch, cs, lsc, cwho)
url's in examine, finger
Typo/shortcut aliases.
Full set of reply, shout commands (yemote, preply, etc...)
pinfo
logonmsg, logoffmsg, exitmsg
isolated, soundproof and chambered rooms
spod listings
whois
library of aliases
logon_fwho (origonal PG idea, btw -- no matter what others say :-P)
rescount
history, reportto (courtesy of jyld)
sing commands and singblock
Allow friends/everyone/noone to see your site and email address.
New editor commands .s and .sr
Pager redone and updated
Sessions no longer can be set and left by people
Blockdesc -- ignore all room descriptions
Mail forward, aforward
Shareroom, mailblock, friendblock, nofriendlistaccess list flags added
Massive bug fixes
And, of course, lots of SU level and admin level "toys" added too.
(this is just a partial list, last updated 3/29/96 by traP)
:ckban
CKBAN <IP address>
Check if a site is banned, and why, and to what extent.
Here are some examples of its use..
->ckban 0.0.0.0
Site is totally banned.
Banned by: traP
Reason: # Constant harassment of other users.
->ckban 255.255.255.0
Site is banned to new users.
Banned by: vallie
Reason: # people keep shoutting addresses to other talkers
->ckban 128.58.99.69
That site doesn't appear to be banned.....
NOTES:
1) you can't use * wildcards -- sorry, but I haven't implemented that.
2) if a site is banned twice, only the first listing will show up.
This is a bug in the implementation, and will be fixed soon.
3) You can't scan name addresses.. i.e. ckban s195_13.resnet.ucla.edu
This is because all bans are stored internally as IP's -- eventually,
it may be possible to scan a name address -- but not yet.
Any ?'s -- ask an admin
:prs,game,games
You can now play paper-rock-scissors against a friend.. here's an example
game between traP and astyanax:
(traP types)
prs astyanax paper -- Play prs against astyanax, and pick paper
(astyanax sees)
traP wants to play paper-rock-scissors with you.
(astyanax decides to play)
prs trap paper
(both trap and astyanax see)
You tied!!
(if astyanax decided not to play against trap, he could have typed)
prs clear
oooooooooooo Rules ooooooooooooooooo
1. You can only play against one person at a time.
2. Paper beats Rock, Rock beats Scissors, scissors beats paper.
----------- tips -------------------
1. If you get errors that you're "not playing against that person"
then use "prs clear" to reset your game status
2. If you find a bug, report it with the bug command
:room_edit,room-edit,rooms_edit,rooms-edit
You want to decorate your room? Then, read this carefully and make sure
you _understand_ it before you start!
Naming your room:
-To name your room: type room name <name you want>
-Example: room name in the forest.
-Now, when people type where, they will see '<name>
is in the forest.'
-Tip: you need to use the word "in" before the name of your
room. Otherwise, it will look like '<name> the forest.'
Room identification (different from room name):
-To give your room an id: type room id <name>
-Example: room id forest
-This changes the id from <name>.room1 to <name>.forest
-This is a name that allows people to go to your room from any other.
Setting an enter message:
-To set an enter message: type room entermsg <msg>
-Example: room entermsg enters the forest.
-When someone enters that room, it will show up as
'<name> enters the forest.'
Decorating (editing) your room:
Step 1: Getting into the editor to decorate your room.
-type: room edit
-If this is done correctly, you will see the description of your
room show up as:
A bare room belonging to (your name).
Isn't it time to write a description?
Step 2A: Deleting the entire room description with one command.
-If you want to just delete the entire room that you currently have,
type: .wipe (making sure the period is in there.)
-This is only if you want to start from scratch. You will
lose everything that you currently have! This can be used
at any time. (If yo do this you can skip step 2B)
Step 2B: Deleting the description already there.
-Part A: You need to move back two lines within the editor.
-type: .- (make sure you put the period in there, or it
will be assumed that the - is part of your room design)
-Do this two times. Each time you move back a line
the editor will show you what line you have moved
to.
-Part B: Now, you need to delete the line.
-type: .del (again, make sure the period is in there.)
-This will delete the line that you are currently on.
-The editor will not show you what line gets deleted
however, so make sure you know exactly where you are.
-To make sure you know where you are, play with the
.- and .+ functions. (.+ will move you forward one
line.)
-Parts A and B are also ways of making any corrections to a specific
line in your description.
Step 3: Designing your room.
-Type whatever you want your description or design to be at the +
(prompt).
-After you hit return, the line you have just typed will appear again.
-Please be aware, if you are doing a design, that the prompt does not
take up an actual space in the design. (You will learn what I mean
when you hit return, as everything will be shifted over one space.)
-This editor is a line by line editor.
-This means that you need to hit return when you get to the
end of a line (80 characters) in order to make sure that it
turns out the way you want it to. The editor will continue
each line if you do not hit return, and the design or
description may not turn out the way you had planned.
-One tip, especially for those doing designs, is to draw what you want
on graph paper. This will help you with your spacing.
Step 4: Saving your room.
-type: .end (Make sure that the period is in there.)
-This will QUIT out of the editor, and SAVE all changes that
have been made by you.
Notes and Tips:
-_Quitting Without Saving_
-If you are unsatisfied with the room you've created, and
DON'T want to save the changes (and don't want to work on
your room anymore due to frustration):
-type: .quit (Make sure the period is in there.)
-If you are using Tiny Fugue:
-Leave a space between the prompt (+) and slash (/), if that
is the first character in the line.
-Also, be aware that the above means that you will have to
shift the entire design over one space. Not just the line
with a slash at the beginning.
indieFan (7 Feb, 1996)
:gag,ungag,blank_gags,gwho
GAG <player> -- ignore a player without taking up a list space
UNGAG <player> -- undo a gag
GWHO -- list everyone you've gagged
BLANK_GAGS -- reset your gaglist
gags work just like ignores, except that they don't take up a spot on
your list.. the price for this, however, is when you (or they) quit the
program, they get ungagged, because gags aren't saved. However, gags are
useful to protect yourself against harassment from newbies, and if you are
a newbie, from harassment in general.
They also tend to send a message of "geez, chill out" -- people generally
don't like to be gagged, and may take the hint when a few people gag them.
~traP (2/24/96)
:drugs,drug,pot,marijuana,cocaine,heroin,alcohol,caffeine,illegal
A DRUG is defined, for the purpose of the Playground rules,
as ANY substance that is illegal to either make, use, buy, sell, or
possess in the United States of America, without the specific prescription
of a Doctor of Medicine. This includes substances such as cocaine,
marijuana, heroin, PCP, LSD, as well as many others. Discussion of
these items, even mentioning them, in any tell, say, shout, sing, mail,
news, or any other sort of communication at all is completely illegal
on the playground. The continued existance of the Playground comes
before your "right" to free speech (incidently, if you haven't yet
read it, read "help first")
The following are technically drugs, but are not illegal to
discuss, because their posession, use, purchace and selling are not
illegal: caffeine, nicotine, aspirin, etc.
Alcohol and any alcohol containing substances are in a special
intermediate category. Discussion, mentioning of them, etc, is LEGAL,
however EXCESSIVE discussion of alcohol will not be tolerated. The
decision as to what is and is not "excessive" is up to the individual
superuser.
These rules exist so that the Playground can continue to exist
in the face of the drug paranoia that prevails in most of America.
Sorry, but thats just the way it is. As I said before, the continued
existance of the Playground comes before anything else.
~traP
:items,item,obj,object,objects
Items are dynamic objects that can be created, destroyed,
bought, sold, and used.
For more info on items, consult the individual files for
each command
:all_delete
Deletes ALL lso items.
DON'T use this unless you ABSOLUTELY have to.
Its hard coded to only allow me (traP) or dabot to do it.
If you HAVE to do it, make dabot admin, and have him do it
by remote control.
This command will NOT restore money for purchased items, so
expect irate ressies if you use it.
:blank_items
This command will make all your items vanish. It will NOT
give you the money that would have otherwise been given for
selling the items.
Use this command only if your inventory is totally screwed up.
:bop
Bop a person with your WEILDed item.
Format: bop <person>
i.e. bop traP
if <person> is in the same room as you, the room will see you bop
the sad spod.
If the item has a special effect associated with it, that effect
MIGHT be bestowed on the victim .. heh heh heh
:buy
BUY an item from the LSO list
format: buy <object>
i.e. buy spork
You can only buy an item if you have enough PENNIES to buy it.
:builder
Make someone a builder: same format as minister
:create,setbit,setval,delete
** These commands are available only to BUILDERS **
CREATE <item name> <item description>
SETBIT <item name> <flag>
SETVAL <item name> <cost>
DELETE <item>
type HELP BITS for the possible arguments to setbit
type help creation and item deletion for more information
:bits
SETBIT flags:
food -- make something edible
drink -- make something drinkable
wear -- make something wearable
weild -- make something weildable
bag -- make something openable (open not yet implemented)
toy -- allow people to PLAY with item
unique -- Only allow people to own ONE of these at a time
:creation
SO you want to create an item
First, you have to be a builder
If you are..
Decide what you want to build. Lets say, I
decide to create a can of spam. Since spam
can (technically) be eaten, I'll make it a
food item. Also, since spam is such a part
of internet culture, I'll make it cheap
I type (in this order)
create Spam A can of rubbery mystery meat
setbit spam food
setval spam 25
This makes spam, at a cost of 25 pennies, available as an
edible item.
*** NOTE ***
if spam already exists, then it will fail to create spam.
After you SETVAL an item, you can no longer edit it, so
make sure your SETBIT stuff is done FIRST.
Item names and descriptions cannot be too long
Item names cannot start with $, -, +, or a number
:deletion
To delete an old item, simply delete it with the delete command.
Anyone who still owns one of them will have their item vanish,
but will recieve a full refund for that item.
:eat
EAT <item>
Note: some items cannot be eaten
some items do special things when eaten
EVERYONE in the room will see you try to eat the item
Once an item is eaten it is gone, and you do not get
a refund for the cost of the item.
:give
GIVE <money> <player> <amount> -- to give someone money
GIVE <item> <player> -- to give someone an item
NOTE: you cannot give items or pennies to newbies
you cannot give items or pennies to people who are
blocking charity (see nogift)
:nogift
This is a toggle that determines whether or not people can
give you stuff. Default is OFF (people can give you things)
:i,inv,inventory
This command allows you to view what you're carrying.
The entries look like this:
[item id] (special flags) #pennies item_name -- item_description
Also can see how many pennies you have::
[-1 ] ##### pennies -- dirty copper coin
:ix
ix <item>
examine an item
:lsb,list_builders
lsb -- list all builders online
BUILDERS can create and destroy objects, and are chosen carefully
by the admins.
:lso,list_obj,list_objects
lso -- list all available items
Arguments:
!(other args) -- list items, but ignore desc line
$-<amount> -- items that cost LESS than <amount>
$+<amount> -- items that cost MORE than <amount>
(any letter) -- items whose name starts with the letter
* -- ALL items
+<bit> -- all items with a given bit
-<bit> -- all items except those with a given bit
Bits at the end are fWBwTDU for:
food, wear, bag, weild, toy, drink, unique
i.e.
lso !$+500 -- list all items costing more than 500,
and block descriptions
lso !* -- list all items, no descriptions
lso d -- list all items beginning with letter d,
WITH descriptions
lso !+food -- all food items, no desc's
:sell
SELL an item you don't need anymore
You get the full value of the item in pennies in return
:wear
WEAR a wearable item
What you are wearing appears when someone examines you.
Certain items have special effects when worn
To remove a worn item, wear it again and you'll get it off of you.
You may wear as many things as you want.
The room will see you put the item on / take the item off
:weild
WEILD a weildable 'weapon'
(all you can do with a weilded item is bop someone with it)
SOme items have special effects when weilded
to unweild, weild again.
You may only weild ONE item at a time
The room will see you weild/unweild the item.
:play
Play with a toy
The room will see you play with it.
Some toys have unusual side-effects
:blockitems
Block item messages, either personal or in the room.
:blocklogins
Block the spam of login messages in the main room
:builder_rules,brules,b_rules,b.rules,b-rules
Rules for Builders
1. No creation of offensive items.
2. No creation of alcoholic beverages.
3. No creation of items that break any rules.
4. No intentional creation of an item that shares the name of
another user with the intention of using it to harass.
**(intentional is in the eyes of the SU, not yours!)**
5. No creation of items that already exist.
6. No exploiting system or item bugs.
7. To become a builder, you must agree to abide by these rules,
have at least TWO AND A HALF DAYS truespod login time, and
have a chronic spod factor of at least 3.5%.
If you abuse the ability to create items, builder status will be revoked
:minister_rules,m-rules,mrules,m_rules,m.rules
1. No marrying people who don't ask for it.
2. No denying of services to people just on the basis of not knowing them.
3. No "quickies" if people request a true ceremony.
(in other words, ask them first if they want quickie or ceremony)
4. Marriage must be agreed to by all parties involved.
5. Divorce can be granted on the request of just one spouse.
6. If you need a room for the ceremony, use playground.chapel, unless you
have a better room yourself, or the couple has a specific room request.
No marriages in the _sandbox_ without admin permission.
7. To become a minister, you must agree to abide by these rules,
have at least TWO AND A HALF DAYS truespod login time, and have a
chronic spod factor of at least 3.5%.
Abuse of these guidelines and rules will result in your collar being revoked
:pinfo
_System Messages_
These messsages include your logon, logoff, enter, and exit messages.
They let people know when you've entered, left, idling, or ignoring them.
entermsg:
-This message is used when you enter any given room with the exception
of logging on.
-To set an enter message, type: entermsg <your stylish way of
entering a room>.
exitmsg:
-This message is used when exit any room with the exception of logging
off.
-To set your exit message, type: exitmsg <your cool way of leaving
a room>.
idlemsg:
-An idle message is used when you know that you will be away from the
computer for a significant amount of time. When a person types idle,
or idle <name>, this message will appear.
-To set an idle message, type: idlemsg <reason for being away>.
-This message is not permanent. It will only remain until
you enter another command. Once you enter another command,
you must reset your idlemsg if you are idle again.
ignoremsg:
-An ignore message will appear when you are sent a private tell from
someone you are ignoring at that particular time.
-To set an ignore message, type: ignoremsg <why you aren't talking>.
logoffmsg:
-This message appears only when you log off of the program.
-To set a logoff message, type: logoffmsg <reason for not wanting to
play with us any longer>.
logonmsg:
-This message appears only when you log onto the program.
-To set a logon message, type: logonmsg <why you came to play>.
-This message will not appear when you reconnect with the
program.
-A reconnection is when you log onto the program
again, but were already connected.
pinfo:
-This command checks what the above messages have been set to.
-To use this command, type: pinfo.
-Use this command instead of having to run between rooms and
asking your friends.
Notes:
*Typing just the message command (such as entermsg) without any arguments
will set the message to be your name only.
indieFan - 3 April, 1996
:3,describe
_Description (x-file and f-file)_
These commands are to spice up your examine (x) file and finger (f)
file. Some of them are for both files, some are for only one. They have
been separated for your convenience.
For Both Files:
age:
-To set your age, type: age <number>
-You must set the age to a numerical value. It will not
recognize anything else.
-Typing age 0 turns this function off.
birthday (bday):
-To set your birthday, type: bday <month/date>
-If you want your birthday to be set to Feb 29, you _must_
include the year in the date. For example: bday 2/29/96.
The only time you do not have to include the year, is when
it is an actual leap year.
-Typing bday 0 turns this function off.
description (desc):
-To set up a description of yourself, type: desc <self depiction>
hometown:
-To set the location of where you are, type: hometown <place>
madefrom (formerly automatically set based on gender):
-To set what you are made from, type: madefrom <components>
-You may now set this to whatever you wish it to be. If you
type madefrom without anything after it, it will default to
the old message.
title:
-To set your own title (because we all need one once we are no longer
'new to the playground'), type: title <insert your noble rank here>
-You do not need to put your name at the beginning of your
title. The program will do it for you automatically.
-If you prefer to have just your name, and no title after it,
type title with no message after it. (i.e.- type: title)
toggle:
-To set your email and/or site public for friends or everyone to see,
type: toggle <email or site> <friends or everyone>
-If you do not toggle your email or site, it is assumed that
you wish for them to remain private.
url (WWW homepage location):
-To set the location of your homepage, type: url
<location>
-This is NOT to set up a homepage. It is only for those who
currently have one.
For the Examine (x) File:
favorite:
-To set up a favorite, type: favorite # <item> <thing>
-The number must be 1, 2, or 3, as you are only allowed 3
favorites.
-The item may be no longer than 12 characters long.
-For example: to show that your favorite movie is Star Wars
-type: favorite 1 movie Star Wars
-To delete a favorite, type: favorite #
-Make sure that you have the correct # of the one you
wish to remove. Also, you do not put in an <item>
or <thing> when you are deleting a favorite.
irl_name:
-To set the name you go by in real life, type: irl_name <name you
answer to>
For the Finger (f) File:
plan:
-To set your plan, type: plan <idea(s) of what to do with your life>
-If you wish to remove the plan section from your f-file,
type plan with no comments after it. (i.e.- type: plan)
*Note: The examine (x) file is for people to get more info on you when
you are currently logged in. The finger (f) file is to get more info
when you are not currently logged in.
Miscellaneous Personalization Commands (these don't affect the x or f files):
prefix:
-To set a prefix, type: prefix <msg>
-This has a limit of 16 characters, and will not accept any
blank spaces within it.
-The prefix is also shown to anyone who has the prefix command
on whenever you say something, public or private.
-To see how to turn prefixes on, type help noprefix.
recap:
-To recapitalize your name in some new fashion, type: recap <name as
you want it to appear>
indieFan -- March 10, 1996
:roofies
!!!!! Drug warning !!!!!
^RRAPISTS^N SLIPPING VICTIMS MODERN-DAY MICKEYS
CHEAP PILL BLOTS OUT MEMORY OF ^RCRIMES^N
MIAMI-Imagine all the fears of parents whose daughters have hit
dating age packed into one white pill the size of a dime.
It may be the mightiest Mickey Finn ever concocted.
And it is not the fiction of Sam Spade novels and Humphrey Bogart
movies.
These days, it costs about $3 at the high school water fountain. It
is colorless, odorless and quickly dissolves in a can of Diet Coke.
In about 10 minutes, it creates a drunk-like effect that lasts eight
hours. It enhances the effects of alcohol, causing loss of inhibition,
extreme sleepiness, relaxation and - perhaps worst of all for its victims
- amnesia.
The pill is made of a drug called Rohypnol (pronounced ro-hip-nol).
Your kids know them as "roofies."
And police are concerned - particularly about roofie rape.
In Broward County, Fla., 10 men have been arrested on roofie-rape
charges in the past year. The most recent came Feb. 1, when two brothers
and a friend were charged with repeatedly raping a 15-year-old girl after
they secretly put a roofie in her soft drink. A 26-year-old Broward County
man who pleaded guilty to roofie rape in a 1995 case - Mark Anthony Perez
of Plantation - told authorities he used it to rape as many as 40 women.
The problem has not been as prevalent in Dade County, where police
departments reported a handful of suspected sexual assaults related
to roofies in the past six months.
A 17-year-old Coral Springs girl raped Jan. 7, 1996 while she was
under the influence of roofies lost 10 hours between having dinner with
friends and waking up in a strange hotel bed. Police are investigating a
29-year-old suspect who was at the dinner.
"Her panties were around her ankles and a condom next to her," said
the girl's mother. "My daughter didn't know this guy. She doesn't
emember a thing. This man is a rapist and he's going around doing this
to other women," she said. "I want people to know how dangerous this is."
"It's a big, big deal out there right now," said Bonnie Lashbrook, a
student peer counselor at Cooper City High School. "Parents of teen-age
girls should be scared."
College officials also note a concern on college campuses. Reported
sexual assault have increased and may be linked to Rohypnol. Officials
estimate that this may just be the tip of the iceberg. Since, the
victims suffer amnesia many women may have no idea that have been raped.
Rohypnol is a potent and hypnotic sedative used in some countries to
put out surgery patients. They are prescribed as sleeping pills in
about 80 countries, but not the United States. The emergence of the
once-obscure sedative has thrown police agencies for a loop. Florida law
officers have seized tens of thousands of the pills in the past year.
Rohypnol is also easily available from Mexico and parts of Europe.
In one raid, the pills were packaged in vitamin bottles and labeled
in Spanish. They were shipped from Colombia and distributed by two
suspects, said sheriff's spokesman Jim Leljedal.
It has proliferated to such a point that the Drug Enforcement
Administration and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement have
joined forces with police to have Rohypnol's status as an illegal drug
enhanced to make penalties equal to cocaine and heroin.
"It's just that we have a chance in law enforcement to get ahead of
this thing before it gets too out of control," said Cooper City police
Capt. Jim Harn, whose agency is investigating several roofie-rape cases.
The incident involving the 15-year-old from Cooper City happened in
June at a Sweet 16 party at the Merrimac Hotel on Fort Lauderdale Beach.
Charged with her rape are brothers Sidney Harmon, 19, and Scott Harmon,
17, of Pembroke Pines, and Moises Ventura, 18, of Miramar. The Harmons'
mother has said her sons are innocent. The Ventura family has declined
comment. According to friends, Scott and Moises were inseparable friends
who like to start fights and cause trouble. Sidney, who aspires to be a
paramedic, is a quiet, sensitive boy, friends say.
Erica Verriotto, 17, said she was good friends with all three boys
for over several. "Scott was kind of a troublemaker sometimes, you
know?" she said. "Nothing really serious. He used to like, start fights.
You know, yell at people who cut him off in traffic and stuff." "But
Sid, no way," she said. "trust Sid no matter what."
Cooper City detectives say several other girls have come forward
with similar stories about the group of boys, but no charges have yet
been filed.
"A lot of times the guys don't think they've done anything wrong,"
said Cooper City police Det. Kregg Lupo. "This is not a rape in their
eyes They think if the girl is not awake or alert enough to say, `No,'
it's not rape."
Police say they were able to arrest the Harmons and Ventura
primarily because the rapes happened while the victim's best friend
watched - an eyewitness. Another teen at the party said Scott and Moises
bragged about slipping the roofie into her soft drink.
Other roofie-rapes are more difficult to prosecute because of the
victims' loss of memory of the incident. "It's very difficult making these
cases," said Dennis Nicewander, an assistant state attorney in the Broward
sex-crimes unit. "Usually these victims don't remember a thing.
"It's almost like the perfect crime," he said. "Because they don't
have to worry about a witness testifying against them. And don't think
these guys aren't figuring that out."
The drug also has the potential to make rapists out of men who
without the drug might not commit the crime, he said.
"Usually, they aren't the kind of guys who would force themselves on
someone for sex. They seem to be the kind of guys you'd see at
happy hour with their buddies, the kind of frat-boy mentality that thinks
it's fun to get a girl drunk and have their way."
The drug also works it's way out of the human system usually within
24 hours, he said, which makes any delay by the victim a problem.
"Many of these kids start out in a compromising position to begin
with, then this happens to them and they are scared and embarrassed and
unclear as to what happened," said Stan Peacock, a Broward prosecutor.
"I have told my 17-year-old daughter never to accept a beverage of
any kind from anyone unless it is in a sealed container that she opens
herself," he said. "Does that give you any kind of an idea how concerned
I am about it?"
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