.DT tell $MUDNAME$ player help tell .SH Name .SI 5 tell - Tell another player something. .EI .SH Syntax .SI 5 tell <player> <text> tell reply <text> .EI .SH Description .SP 5 5 Tell is used to tell someone something who is not in the room with you. It will tell the player the message in the following manner. If you are Pinkfish and you type 'tell shadow bing', shadow will receive the message Pinkfish tells you: bing This is the main way of communicating with people not in the same room as you on the mud or in real life :) The reply option to tell allows you to reply to the last person (or persons) to tell you something. The people that told you is remembered for 15 minutes. Please remember that this is a very dangerous way to chat and it is way open to mischats from someone dropping in a random tell to you on the way. .EP .SH Examples .SI 5 > tell windy frog > tell ben We are all going to Subiaco to buy some coke. Back soon. > tell ember fix it, fix it. > tell shiannar,windy I am older than macaroni. > tell reply fluff in space! .EI .SH See also .SI 5 say, ssay, lsay, shout, whisper, htell, sayto. .EI