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===Describing your Character===
===Describing your Character===
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When you look at someone, you will see a description of what their character looks like. This is the next thing you need to set. In general this should be described as the person will see when they look at your character, rather than telling them how they feel about it. Try and keep your description objective.
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This will almost certainly take some work to flesh out later. Most descriptions range from 1000 to 2000 or more characters in length. The initial one you set here will likely be very short unless you are already experienced with Mud use.
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This is an example of how to set a very basic description:
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@desc me=You see a lanky cheetah wearing a black t-shirt and old worn jeans.
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===Getting Help===
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If you have problems with these directions and need assistance, you can use the command [[helpstaff]], which will give you a list of people that can help you. These are volunteers who are offering their time to their fellow users to aid them using the Muck.  An example of it's output is:
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Displaying List: Helpstaff
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Status    Name            Problems Handled
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------    ----            ----------------
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[On Duty ] Haffie          Gen. Help & Info for GNU-BEEs - NO Coding help.
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[Off Duty] Jobany          General questions, no programming.
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[Off Duty] Dayan            Char setup, building, descs, newbies, NO MPI/MUF
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[Idle 4h ] Rainbow          Home Design & Layout|Counters|Looktraps|Random ?'s
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[On Duty ] Ryka            Newbie Help, Char set-up, RP, Basic Cmds.
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[Idle 10m] Alps            Character Setup/Interaction, RP, General Questions
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[Off Duty] Galis            General Information
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[Idle 52m] Cherise          Newbie, setups, simple MPI, etc.
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[On Duty ] Mairi            General anythings
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[Idle 1h ] Kensaro          Char Setup, Building, general knowhow.
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[Off Duty] Effsey          guesties, newbies, furries & happy to help!
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[Off Duty] Arcturus        Technical Support
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[Idle 1h ] Florenco        MPI, Building, General Q&A, free code snippets.
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[Idle 5m ] Allester        Newbie Help, Building, Command use, Navigation
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[On Duty ] Eskay            Name change/deleting accounts
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[On Duty ] Anuba            type cinfo Anuba ProblemsHandled
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If someone is listed as off duty, PLEASE DO NOT BOTHER THEM.
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Idling characters are on duty, but may be slow to respond.
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Look for someone who is not '''Off Duty''' or very [[Idle]]. Someone who is idle 4h (four hours) is probably not going to be very responsive. Perferably you want someone listed as '''On Duty'''. You then can send them your question with the [[page]] command. You have to tell it who you want to talk to, and what message you want to send to them. For example:
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page '''person'''=''I am new to the muck and need help setting up my description.''
==Interacting with other Characters==
==Interacting with other Characters==

Revision as of 01:26, 13 April 2007

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This is a guide for new users that wish to join Tapestries MUCK.

Contents

Is Tapestries for You?

Tapestries MUCK is a BDSM themed Furry MUCK. This themes involving BDSM and furries in sexual situations. Further, all players are expected to interact as non-human characters. It is a free form roleplaying environment with no combat or other gaming system.

If this interests you, then Tapestries may be a good place for you. If any of this makes you uncomfortable, you may wish to go somewhere else.

Read the Policies

The Policies are the Terms of Service (TOS) of the Muck. You are expected to know and understand them to play on the system.

Creating a Character

Creating the actual character is a muti-step process:

  1. Make sure that you are not blocking mail from fur.com. You need to receive your email to be able to complete this process.
  2. Fill out the Registration Form.
    • Double check your email address and character name.
    • Write down your character name and password.
  3. Submit the form.
    • You may have to do this again if the character name you selected is already taken, see the below section for help there.
  4. Check your email.
    • Email is sent to you immediately on completing the form, it includes a key you must use to authenticate your request.
  5. Authenticate your email address following the directions in the email you received.
  6. Wait 48 to 72 hours for the form to be processed, and check your mail.
    • When the process is complete you will receive email notifying you that your character is ready to play.

Choosing a Character Name

With 18,500+ accounts on Tapestries MUCK at this time, it's sometimes hard to find a name that is free. In a roleplaying environment names like Andy99 are somewhat frowned on. Thus it's usually wise to make something up that is unique to your character.

If you really want that first name, sometimes adding a made up lastname can help. You only have twenty characters, so this can be difficult at times. The normal way to add a last name is in the format of Firstname_Lastname.

If you can't come up with something on your own, get help! The Fantasy Name Generator is a great tool for this.

Getting a Client

You need a special client to use a MUCK with out a lot of suffering. See MUCK Clients. There are plenty of free ones for every operating system imaginable, so this should not cost you a dime.

Logging in the First Time

Your client program will need to know a few things to log you into Tapestries:

  • The name of the Muck: Tapestries MUCK
  • The address of the Muck: tapestries.fur.com
  • The port of the Muck: 2069
  • Your character name.
  • Your character's password.

It may also need to know what type of system it is. Look for an option that resembles TinyMUCK or TinyMUD if it asks.

At this point, you should be able to connect to the Muck, and start using it.

Setting up your Character

When you first arrive on the Muck, you will be asked to do some basic setup of your character. The text you get will be rather long, and often scroll off the screen when followed by the bulletin and other information. You can review the text with the command look. The three tasks listed must be completed before the Muck will allow you to enter the rest of the gaming world.

All of these things can be changed at a later date, so these are not life altering decisions.

Setting your Character's Gender

Your character's gender (or sex) is stored on a property on your character. There are several ways to set it, but the easiest is with the command listed when you logged in:

@set me=sex:female

or:

@set me=sex:male

You can set your gender to be anything you really want. For example there are a number of hermaphrodites and she-males wandering the Muck.

Setting your Character's Species

It is assumed that your character is a bipedal animal of some sort, so most of the time this is a fairly simple thing to do. The following commands are examples of how to set your species:

@set me=species:cheetah
@set me=species:wolf
@set me=species:badger

You can of course be anything you want with the exceptions listed in Policy Humans.

Describing your Character

When you look at someone, you will see a description of what their character looks like. This is the next thing you need to set. In general this should be described as the person will see when they look at your character, rather than telling them how they feel about it. Try and keep your description objective.

This will almost certainly take some work to flesh out later. Most descriptions range from 1000 to 2000 or more characters in length. The initial one you set here will likely be very short unless you are already experienced with Mud use.

This is an example of how to set a very basic description:

@desc me=You see a lanky cheetah wearing a black t-shirt and old worn jeans.

Getting Help

If you have problems with these directions and need assistance, you can use the command helpstaff, which will give you a list of people that can help you. These are volunteers who are offering their time to their fellow users to aid them using the Muck. An example of it's output is:

Displaying List: Helpstaff
Status     Name             Problems Handled
------     ----             ----------------
[On Duty ] Haffie           Gen. Help & Info for GNU-BEEs - NO Coding help.
[Off Duty] Jobany           General questions, no programming.
[Off Duty] Dayan            Char setup, building, descs, newbies, NO MPI/MUF
[Idle 4h ] Rainbow          Home Design & Layout|Counters|Looktraps|Random ?'s
[On Duty ] Ryka             Newbie Help, Char set-up, RP, Basic Cmds.
[Idle 10m] Alps             Character Setup/Interaction, RP, General Questions
[Off Duty] Galis            General Information
[Idle 52m] Cherise          Newbie, setups, simple MPI, etc.
[On Duty ] Mairi            General anythings
[Idle 1h ] Kensaro          Char Setup, Building, general knowhow.
[Off Duty] Effsey           guesties, newbies, furries & happy to help!
[Off Duty] Arcturus         Technical Support
[Idle 1h ] Florenco         MPI, Building, General Q&A, free code snippets.
[Idle 5m ] Allester         Newbie Help, Building, Command use, Navigation
[On Duty ] Eskay            Name change/deleting accounts
[On Duty ] Anuba            type cinfo Anuba ProblemsHandled
If someone is listed as off duty, PLEASE DO NOT BOTHER THEM.
Idling characters are on duty, but may be slow to respond.

Look for someone who is not Off Duty or very Idle. Someone who is idle 4h (four hours) is probably not going to be very responsive. Perferably you want someone listed as On Duty. You then can send them your question with the page command. You have to tell it who you want to talk to, and what message you want to send to them. For example:

page person=I am new to the muck and need help setting up my description.

Interacting with other Characters

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