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Frequently-Asked Questions
What are "chat channels"?
There are a number of chat "channels" available to
TC players. These all serve the basic function of enabling you
to talk to other players, admins, the gods, and so on. But,
they come in several flavors. Here are the differences:
Ask.
Use the Ask channel to -- you probably would never have
guessed this without being told -- ask questions of other players,
administrators, deities, and in some limited cases, mobiles. Along
with several other channels, Ask is independent of any known laws of
physics: when you Ask someone a question, it doesn't matter where
they are, how much distance separates you, what the intervening
geography is, what the weather conditions are, or anything else
physical and mundane. Ask and, if they're listening, they'll hear.
This may change in the future, but it's this way now.
Note that only the named person will hear your question. Of course
there's nothing technical stopping you from asking questions
on the other channels, but it's considered extremely rude to do so.
Auction.
Players can auction items whenever they like. The Auction
channel is the medium through which you listen to or
participate in ongoing auctions.
Chat.
Messages posted via the Chat channel are immediately seen by
everyone listening, kind of like an ESP party line.
Congrat.
Like Chat and Shout, messages posted to the Congrat channel are
immediately seen by all listening players. Use this channel to
help someone celebrate an accomplishment, such as gaining a
level. Don't
use Chat or etc. for this purpose. The Congrat channel is
provided specifically so that grumpy players can tune them out if
they don't want to see them.
Level.
When a character gains a
level,
Triad will automatically generate a congratulation notice sent
to all players who want to receive it. You can't send a message
via this channel, you can only receive them. Use the
congrat channel to help the leveler
celebrate the accomplishment.
Page.
When you Page someone, you cause a pop-up dialog to
appear on their browser screen telling them you want their
attention. This is useful for contacting administrators, who
may be busy doing something else.
Say.
When you Say something, you speak it out loud. To hear you,
listeners must be in the same room with you. So, you can use
the Say channel to build something similar to "private
chats" on various public chat systems. Just get together
in the same room with all those interested in some topic and
have at it.
Shout
is mystical like Chat and Auction: when you Shout you're
heard by everyone listening to the Shout channel, regardless of
location in the game world. This may change eventually. Meanwhile,
Shout is like Chat, but LOUD: you
should only Shout when it's appropriate. (When you're being
eaten by vampires, for instance.)
Tell
means send a private message to a named listener; e.g.,
"tell Poobah you rock dude!" This sends the message
"you rock dude!" to Poobah and nobody else. Of course,
Poobah must be listening to receive the message; and must be
interested in you to reply to it; neither of which are likely in
Poobah's case.
You can toggle each of these channels on or off any time you like,
via the "Channel Settings" menu near the top of the Chat
window. The default for each is on. When you toggle one off, you
make yourself deaf to that channel: people can Shout till they
turn purple but you won't hear them. (If you've toggled off Ask, Page
or Tell, would-be conversationalists are told you're not listening;
this way they don't keep trying to no purpose.)
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