Pose

Command Information

Keyword

 pose 

Type

 Built-In 

Arguments

 <message> 

Aliases

:

Usage

 pose <message> 

 :<message> 

Purpose

Outputs an action to the room, such as a gesture, body pose, or motion.

Syntax

To show something you are doing to everyone in the room:

To show something you are doing to everyone in the room with shorthand notation:

Parameters

<message>

Examples

Example 1

If a player named Alkani wanted to show everyone in the room he was using his tablet, he would type the following:

The entire room, including Alkani, would see the following:

Example 2

If a player named Jaxen wanted to show everyone in the room that she was surfing in on a gnarly wave using the short-hand syntax, she would type the following:

The entire room, including Jaxen, would see the following:

Example 3

If a player named Lepus wanted to show everyone in the room that he was examining draft building plans, and wanted to say "I approve of these plans," he would type the following:

The entire room, including Lepus, would see the following:

Example 4

If a player named Morticon wanted use the shorthand syntax to laugh maniacally and say "I'm king of the world!" and "No one can stop me!" while rubbing his hands, they would type the following:

The entire room, including Morticon, would see the following:

Caveats

Messages passed to the  pose  command may also include dialogue. Anything said as dialogue will need to be manually enclosed in double-quotes or the dialogue marker of your choice. Additionally, you will need to insert the appropriate dialogue verbs, such as "says," "said," "yells," &c. See the examples above for reference.

Say - Send a message to the room.

Whisper - Send a private message or action to a person in the same room

Page - Send a private message or action to a person anywhere

SayTools - Tools for customizing the behavior of the say command

Parent Topic

List of SpinDizzy MUCK System Built-In and Local Commands


CategoryBuiltincmd CategoryBasiccmd

Commands/BuiltIn/pose (last edited 2017-10-20 17:59:53 by Alkani)