3.5 THE IMPERIAN NEWS SYSTEM
Imperian's news system is for players to write articles that other players
may then read. It is divided into sections, with the main ones being:
Public : Everyone can read it and write in it.
Announce : Everyone can read it. Only Gods may write on it.
Guilds : There is a section for each guild, and you must be in that
guild in order to read it or write in it.
Cities : There is a section for each city, and you must be a member of
that city in order to read it or write in it.
Orders : For each Divine Order, there is a news section, but you must be
a member of that Order to read it or write in it.
Comments : This special section is only readable by the creative team of
Imperian. Use this section sparingly should you wish to bring
something to their attention.
You may access the news system in two ways:
1) Read articles via the READNEWS command (see below), or
2) Journey to a NEWS entry place. These are scattered throughout the
land in each major city. Once in one of these places, simply type
NEWS and wait. Once in the NEWS system, you may type HELP to get
information on how to use the news.
While you must be in the news in order to write articles, you may read
articles from outside the news. Typing NSTAT will show you how many
articles there are in each section you can read, and the last number you
read.
If you choose to write an article, you will enter the Imperian Composer.
This tool allows you to write an article, skip around from line to line,
replace lines, delete lines, and so on. Typing *help from within the
Composer will give you help on how to use it.
You can also configure which news sections you don't want to read with
a simple configuration.
Something to keep in mind while using the public, guild, order, and city
news sections is that these are strictly in-role sections. Repeated
out-of-character articles may results in the termination of your writing
privileges.
Command summary:
NSTAT
Show you a summary of the news sections you can access.
NEWS
Enter the news system.
READNEWS <section> <article #>
Read a news article from outside the news system. The syntax is, for
instance: READNEWS PUBLIC 1000.
NSUM/NSUMMARY <section> <beginning article#>
See a summary of a range of up to 20 articles, starting at whatever
article you choose.
RN/READNEXT
Read the next unread article in your news summary. This only works while
not in the news system. (HELP READNEXT)
RNA
Re-reads the last article you read.
READNEWS <section> LAST/LATEST
Will read the last news article in the given section.
CONFIG NEWS <section> ON/OFF
Toggle whether you want to see that news section show up in your NSTAT
summary and be a part of your READNEXT system.
CONFIG NEWS RESET
Return all possible news sections to be seen in your NSTAT and be used
when the command READNEXT is used.