3.7 Channels and using them

(See also: HELP CHANNELHISTORY, HELP EXPRESSIVENESS)

A channel is way to communicate with a group - houses, clans, cities,
orders, newbies, and even yelling and shouting. For all channels
except _SOME_ clan channels, HELP LANGUAGERULES apply.

The first channel for most is NEWBIE. Just type NEWBIE <message> and everyone
listening to the newbie channel will see the message. Other channels are:


Name     Command  For whom?
----     -------  ---------
City   - CT (*) - citizens (see HELP CITYCOMMANDS)
Clan   - CLT    - clan members (see HELP CLANCOMMAND)
House  - HNT    - new members
         HT     - general house membership
         HTS    - For higher members of the house
Market - MARKET - buying and selling, for level 11+
Newbie - NEWBIE - for asking newbie questions and helping newbies
Order  - OT     - members of your ORDER (HELP DIVINE ORDERS)
Shout  - SHOUT  - levels 20+, worldwide, must be at a horn
Yell   - YELL   - anybody, to all in same local area

(*) you may also use the city name in the place of CT.


History
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Newbie and Market have history (See HELP CHANNELHISTORY). Cities and
Houses may or may not. Ask your City or House!


To turn off channels
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To turn almost any channels off, put OFF after its name. For example,
NEWBIEOFF, HNTOFF, etc.


To turn on channels
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To turn most channels on, put ON after its name. NEWBIEON, CLTON, etc.


To turn 'em all off or on at once
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You can type SILENCEON to turn off most channels all at once, and SILENCEOFF
to turn them back on. 


Colours
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Type CONFIG COLOUR to control how messages appear to you.



Expressiveness
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If you wish to alter how your communication on channels 'sounds' to people, see HELP EXPRESSIVENESS. 


Staying IN CHARACTER, and Other Restrictions
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Always stay in character (IC) on channels - you are playing the role of a
person in a magical world called Achaea. Talk about real life, other muds, or
your favourite singer - this should all be done outside the game or, if you
must, use TELLS. 

Please do not use tagged emotes on channels, such as "*cough*" or "-smile-" 
or "<stumbles around blindly>". The same applies to emoticons such as :) or
^_^. All these are considered OOC devices which deteriorate the IC
atmosphere of the channels. 

Be most careful with shouts - stay in character, watch language rules. 

Market channel is only for buying and selling: no chatting please. 

Newbie channel is for questions and answers about how to play the game: no 
chatting please. Due to its nature, it is entirely possible that some questions
may be entirely OOC in scope. We recommend turning this channel off if you do
not wish to be exposed to OOC communications from new players "learning the
ropes." 

Most other channels have their own rules, but are generally more tolerant of
chatting and general conversation.

All channels are subject to HELP LANGUAGERULES, except clan channels.


(See also: HELP CHANNEL HISTORY)