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communication
$MUDNAME$ player help
communication

.SH Overview
.SP 5 5
There are several ways of communicating on $MUDNAME$.  The most common of these
is "say".  This tells everybody in the room with you, whatever it is that you
type after "say".  There is also "tell" which tells one specific person
something.  And then there is "shout" which gives your message to everybody
within a certain range.  The other ways of communicating are through soul
commands and emoting.  The soul commands are to add atmosphere and flavour to
your conversations.  If someone says something really funny, rather than just
typing "say That's funny.", you can type "laugh", which will tell everyone in
the room that you fall down laughing.  Emoting is similar except that you can
perform any action, rather than just the ones that are defined in the soul,
although emotes cannot be targeted like souls can.  For more information on
all of this, read the help files on the following commands.

Some of the ways of communicating cost social points.  How many of these
you have is shown on your "score", along with how many social points you
may have at most.  This maximum may also change, for better or for worse,
depending on your actions.
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.SH See also
.SI 5
say, lsay, whisper, tell, shout, emote; score
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