Posing Conventions

Posing, or the process of writing out what your login or your character is saying/doing, follows certain conventions here on Dark Forces.

Basic Commands
Speech is entered with either  or a quotation mark   which places the following text in quotations.



You say "My name is Fenris."



You say "My name is Fenris."

Emoting can be done with either the colon, which places text after your character object's name, or with   or a backslash  , which enters whatever text appears after the command.



Fenris wags his tail.


 * A variant of this uses the semicolon  to pose as above, but without a space. This is useful for using apostrophes and suchlike.

Fenris' ears prick up.



While drooling, Fenris wags his tail.



While drooling, Fenris wags his tail.

Courtesy
Always make it clear to others that you are the author of your poses.


 * In the lounge or in other OOC situations, emote a pipe '|' after your name instead of using @emit or a backslash to pose web addresses or quotations.

Fenris | "I'm quoting someone this way instead of using @emit so people know who's posing."


 * If you use @emit or a backslash, make sure your character's name is somewhere in your pose.
 * Conventions for pose order come and go, but the default convention in larger scenes is the 3-pose rule: Wait 3 poses before posing again. In smaller scenes, the default convention is to pose in some kind of order.

Privacy
If you would like to send a private message to someone, you may do the following.



You paged Fenris with 'Hey there'.

Pages are usually OOC.



You whisper "Hey there." to Fenris.

Note that whispers only work if your target is in the same room as you, and are usually considered IC unless stated otherwise.

OOC
There are a variety of OOC channels outside of the lounge.



(OOC) Fenris: Hi!

Everyone in the current room will see this, and it's a good way of quickly getting information across that otherwise might not be communicated through poses (like checking someone's aura colors or whatnot).


 * lists all available channels.
 * is the command to join a channel, where alias is whatever you want to type when accessing that channel. For example,  will join the channel "Public". You would then type   to talk in that channel. Note that when adding channels, the full channel name is case-sensitive (in the above example, 'public' would not work).
 * will set a "title" for you on the given channel. The '@force me=' is only needed if one intends on using ANSI codes.

List of Current Chat Channels

Navigation
Typing "ic" will take you to the IC grid. Typing "+ooc" will take you to the gateway room to the OOC lounge. Type whatever is in the &lt;&gt; when navigating the grid to move around between rooms.


 * NOTE: When making a room, please make it clear with &lt;&gt; what the exits are.