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echo ' Registration is easy; simply click the link on the navigation bar and fill out the form. Your e-mail address is not kept so that we can send you spam or anything, or even to send you activation information. You don't *need* to enter it. It's just there so that in case we do need to get in touch with you and cannot do so over the AO system, we have a safety net and you won't be left in the dark. Any one person may only have ONE account. In order to enforce this, your IP is crossreferenced through our database. If the IP address has already been registered to an account, you will be given the chance to give a reason. Then, before your account is enabled, you will have to wait until an administrator looks over the case and makes a decision. Creating a Character You can create a character by clicking the link on the top rung of the navigation bar, or by selecting \"Create New Character\" on the drop down menu to the extreme left (which probably says \"You Have no Characters\"). Creating a character takes you through three pages; The first page is where your character description and information is filled out. The second is where you select your character's bonus, civic and personal skills (just little bonuses that will make your character different from others, depending on the combination you choose). The third is where you choose your avatar's hairstyle, skin colour and starting clothes. All the clothes you see here are available in shops around the map. You will be able to edit your character's species, age and description in the [Edit Profile] page, accessible through the second rung of the navigation bar."; echo ' | ';
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echo ' 1: [Character Name] [View Memories] [Currently In: ...] Character name - The character you have selected currently. It is also a link that takes you to view your character's profile. 2: [Character Control Panels] [Edit Profile] [You have -- messages in your OOC inbox] Character Control Panels - This is where anything involving your character's inventory or anything he or she owns is managed. This is actually a drop-down menu that reveals a series of other links.Avatar Control Panel - Where you can wear/remove/adjust the clothing your character is wearing. This is set up in a sort of dress-up game fashion, where you can select the clothes and then move their position in a stack of layers. 3: [Character name] [Create an Item] [Buy an Item] Character name - This is a dropdown menu from which you may select which character you would like to activate. If you have not reached the maximum number of characters, you may also create a character from here. | ';
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echo ' This will only cover the absolute basic commands; these are the only ones you NEED to know to be able to play AO. There are more in-depth articles in the Player's Guide that cover the rest of the commands. OOC: Out of character posts will not give you any gold, and will automatically be minimized (collapsed) in the room. If you move without posting, it will show as an OOC post. Whenever the program needs to tell the users what has happened (for example, in a fight, or if a siege weapon has been fired at the room), it will show up in an OOC post written by the character \"God\". Please do not carry on conversations in OOC posts, as they disrupt the flow of the RP. This is meant only to point out small notes or make corrections if you are unable to edit your actual post. Move: When you select this command, you will be shown a menu with all the different destinations you may travel to. Every building has an 'entrance', from which you can access the entrances of other buildings in the same town. If the room you are in is not the entrance, you will be limited to travelling only to the rooms connected to the one you are in through doorways or passageways. Eat/Drink: Every player character has a 'hunger' metre. The more you post, the more your metre will drop. Once it drops to 0, you will start losing health. The way you can keep your hunger up is by eating. This command allows you to select any food, drink or alcoholic beverage from your inventory and eat/drink it. Sleep/Pass Out: Another important metre is fatigue. When your fatigue drops to 0, you will automatically pass out. To keep yourself from passing out at inconvenient times, you may use the sleep command. It's best to do this when you're about to go do something else away from AO, or about to manage another character."; echo ' | ';
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