COMMUNICATIONS

General summary of communication commands on this mud:

agossip <text>           -- Use this channel for all arena conversation.
                           Arena announcements also go over this channel.
ask <person> <text>     -- Used if you want to ask someone in your current room
                           a question.
auction <text>          -- Places your text on the auction channel.  Everyone
                           tuned in will hear you.  Use this channel for buying
                           or selling items.
beep <person>            -- This will send to audible beeps to the person whom
                           you try to beep.  Note, however, that they can
                           choose to ignore beeps.
bgossip <text>           -- Use this channel for all battlefield conversation.
                           battlefield announcements also go over this channel.
channel <channel>       -- This command will turn on or off a certain channel.
ct <text>               -- If you are in a clan you can use this command to place
                           whatever text you say onto your clan channel.
echo                    -- Turns off echoing of your statements.
gossip <text>           -- Places your text on the gossip channel.  Everyone
                           tuned in will hear you.  Use this channel for any
                           sort of gossip.
gtell <text>            -- If you are in a group, the text will be sent to
                           everyone in your group, regardless of which room
                           they are in.
reply <text>             -- Replies to the last person who told you something.
report [s|x]            -- Tells group members your current status.
say <text>              -- Everyone in the current room will hear whatever you
                           say.  You can also abbreviate say by using just a
                           single quote.  This command is by far the most
                           common method of speaking.
shout <text>            -- This will place whatever text you say onto the shout
                           channel.  Anyone on the mud tuned in will hear what
                           you have to say.  Use this channel only for
                           emergencies.  "I need a SUMMON!!!" for example.
talk <person> <text>    -- Directs your say to a single person, although all
                           people in the room will be able to hear what you
                           are saying.
tell <person> <text>    -- Tells the <person> whatever you say.  The person
                           does not have to be in the current room.
whisper <person> <text> -- Use this whenever you want to whisper a secret to
                           someone.  The person must be in the same room as
                           you are.
yell <text>              -- This command is just like shout except that the
                           text you say will only be heard by others in your
                           zone.

Examples:
say I'm a jerk.
tell joe You are so nice!
channel gossip
...

You can use the percent symbol (%) at the start of your communication text to use
a social across the channel. Note this is not available on all channels.

Examples:
gossip %thwack fred      (this will use the thwack social on Fred over the gossip channel)
reply %thank tom         (this will reply to Tom's tell thanking him.)

NOTE:
If you misuse one of the three channels, "auction", "gossip", or "shout", you stand a good chance of being gagged by the gods and you will be prevented from conversing over that channel(s).