groan

Purpose: groan at an individual, thing, or the situation in general.
Synonyms: none

SYNTAX EXAMPLE NATURAL LANGUAGE EXAMPLE
groan groan groan
groan <thing> groan statue groan at the statue
groan <n>.<thing> groan 2.statue groan at the second statue
groan <modifier> groan painfully groan painfully
groan <thing> <modifier> groan statue painfully groan at the statue painfully
groan <modifier> <thing> groan painfully statue groan painfully at the statue
groan <modifier> <n>.<thing> groan painfully 2.statue painfully groan at the second statue
groan <n>.<thing> <modifier> groan 2.statue painfully groan at the second statue, painfully

USE:

  1. Use form one to groan indiscriminately, for instance at life in general.
  2. Use form two when there's no possible ambiguity. In the example, there's only one statue present.
  3. Use form three when there are many instances of <thing> present, and you want to groan at one of them in particular.
  4. Use forms four through eight to add a modifier, typically an intensifying adverb, to the verb.
  5. Use forms four through eight to add a modifier, typically an intensifying adverb, to the verb.
  6. Use forms four through eight to add a modifier, typically an intensifying adverb, to the verb.
  7. Use forms four through eight to add a modifier, typically an intensifying adverb, to the verb.
  8. Use forms four through eight to add a modifier, typically an intensifying adverb, to the verb.

As is typical of most TriadCity commands, Groan searches for <thing> in a specific order, starting with the room you're in, then your worn or wielded equipment, then your inventory. So, if there's a box in the room, and a box in your inventory, the command "groan box" will refer to the one in the room, not your inventory. You'd need to use "groan 2.box" for the latter.

Groan can be modified with an arbitrary word of your choice. Usually you'll use an intensifying adverb as shown in the examples above. Note that Groan does not use this modifier as a search specifier when looking for <thing>. Instead Groan displays this modifier via the Game channel. Thus you can "groan deeply", "groan sarcastically,", and so on. You can also "groan 18373649" or "groan toothpaste-like", so, please don't. It's up to you to get the syntax right.


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