Communication |
Discworld Newbie Help |
Communication |
Name
The Talker - An introduction to the Discworld chat system.
Description
The talker is a device that is used to allow you, as a player, to chat with specific groups of people around the Discworld. Instead of out of character chat channels that may exist on other MUDs, the talker is an actual object that you will find near most starting locations around the Discworld.
You can chat messages into the talker and everyone on the channel that you are talking on will hear it.
The main chat channels you will need to know about are "one", "two" and your guild channel. You will only be granted access to the guild channel following your joining of that guild. For example, if you join the wizards guild, you will be given access to the "wizards" channel.
Your first talker will probably be a free one, as you start the game with a voucher in your inventory. You can exchange the voucher for a talker at one of the many talker shops on the discworld.
When you have a talker, a few basic commands include:
> one Hello!
This syntax will allow you to chat on the main chat channel that every player has access to, channel "one".
> talker thieves
This adds the thieves channel to your talker (once you have access to it).
> talker list thieves
This will show you who else is listening to the thieves channel.
> talker history thieves
This will show you the last few chats on the thieves channel.
> talker delete thieves
This will stop your talker from sending you the conversation on the Thieves channel, until such time as you chose to add it again with "talker thieves".
For more extensive information about how to use the talker, read "help talker" once you have exchanged your voucher for one. Remember, you can only exchange your voucher for a talker once you have left the newbie area.
"help talker" will also tell you where you can exchange the voucher for a talker.
Language
Since the talker is a public channel of communication, you are expected to keep a reasonable tone, and not to use abusive or offensive language. This is explained more detailed in "help profanity".
