Plaintext Players Help Page GETTING TO OUR PERFORMANCES Click here to open a new web window on the MOO. It may take a few seconds. Ignore the small green window and wait for the window that says "welcome to YINMOO". (Note: You must have a JAVA-enabled browser to connect to the MOO from this page. See below for an alternate way to connect using telnet.) When you see the "welcome to YINMOO" window, look at the bottom of the window for the word "connect". That's your typing area. Finish typing the message so it reads: connect guest When you see the ***Connected*** message type: theater That's it, you're in the Theater Space; just sit back and enjoy the show. You are welcome to discuss the performance with other guests without fear of disturbing the performers. Below is a list of basic MOO communication commands. When you want to leave, just type: @quit Note: After you've left the MOO, if you want to reconnect, just come back to this page and click the "here" link up top again. You are welcome to visit YINMOO anytime you like, not just during performances. MOO COMMANDS Note: Square brackets [] stand for things that can vary-- usually, things you type in. Don't type the brackets when following these instructions. To speak, type: say [message] Example: say Hi, everyone Everyone will see: Guest says, "Hi, everyone" To perform an action, type: emote [anything] Example: emote waves to everyone Everyone will see: Guest waves to everyone. To speak to someone in another room, type: page [playername] with [message] Example: page dome with Help, I'm lost To speak privately to someone in the same room, type: whisper ["message"] to [playername] Example: whisper "Do you know what's going on?" to AstroGirl. To get help, type: help You will see a list of help topics. To get help on one of them, type: help [topic] Example: help communications To see who else is on the MOO, type: @who To see what someone looks like, type: look [playername] To see what the room you are in looks like, type: look To see the exits from the room you are in, type: @ways To leave the MOO, type: @quit To get a permanent character on the MOO, type: @request and follow the instructions. TELNET INSTRUCTIONS Start up your telnet client and open a connection to yin.arts.uci.edu:7777 (Note 1: If this doesn't work, try leaving out the colon and putting in a space: type yin.arts.uci.edu 7777 instead.) (Note 2: If there is a separate area to type in a port number, type 7777 there instead.) After the "welcome to YINMOO" message appears, type connect guest (If you receive the message "I don't understand that", try a second time.) When you see the ***Connected*** message, type theater Return to the top of this page for basic MOO commands.