Help Topic: Notify

Category: Communication -- There are no limitations on this command.

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Use this command to send an OOC message that you are online and
available to play.

Usage:
notify <person>
notify
page / beep

Remember that this command is OOC, so your character can't walk up
to someone else and be like, 'Hey! You beeped me?'

This is solely for use to notify others that you are online and
want to roleplay. Perhaps specifically with them, perhaps not! Perhaps
you notified the whole game, or only them!

There is no difference to the message they will see, and there is
no pressure to respond to anyone's paging of you. Don't abuse this
command by beeping people repetitively.

Lastly, we don't have a lot of OOC ways to communicate verbosely in
game because we prefer to maintain immersion in context. You can talk
to other players on the forum, and if you need help specifically with
something, ask the gamehelp channel.

You can also oocwhisper to someone, provided that they're at your
location, but be careful not to overuse this and break immersion!

oocwhisper <person> <message>

Lastly, for out-of-character communication with staff, it's
sometimes impossible to be in the same room because a staffmember
suddenly flashing in will disrupt the story.

So, in these cases, if you want to establish out of character
communication with a staffmember, you can put in a PETITION to do so.
When they have the time (because staffmembers might frequently be
idling, as in wizarding mode there is no AFK timer), the staffmember
can open a distant communication link with you.

Then, you will be able to use OOCWHISPER to that staffmember even
if they are not in the room.

Example:
oocwhisper Aleph But I really wanted Donna's cake. Why was it
so wrong to grab it when she went link dead?

Any open lines of communication can be closed with DISCONNECT. If
you're done having the conversation, you can disconnect it.

Usage:
disconnect

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