CollegeTown Information File (Stolen shamelessly from Georg Fuellen, any errors are mine -dls) To connect to Collegetown/CTN, use telnet to patty.bvu.edu 7777. I have made special arrangements w/ the Collegetown Administrator, Ken Schweller, so that you can email him the application directly. The application form, to be sent to schweller@bvc.edu, is as follows; I've appended the standard information files. (I'm sure you all know that ``say'' can be abbreviated to ``"'', etc. But a few commands are different, like ``finger'' replacing ``@info'' at BioMOO. APPLICATION FOR COLLEGETOWN MEMBERSHIP CollegeTown is a special Community with an Academic Orientation. We welcome new members who share our enthusiasm for collaborative work and learning. Before completing this application please make sure you have: - typed 'help introduction' to understand our academic mission - typed 'help manners' and are willing to be guided by our rules - typed 'look building' to review our Names and Building policies Please provide the following information in a letter addressed to *eNewchars. [[special arrangement: email to schweller@bvc.edu suffices !]] 1) Your Real Name: 2) Your desired CollegeTown Name: 3) Your Age: 4) Your e-mail address: 5) Reason for wishing to join CollegeTown: (Please tell us something about yourself and why you wish to join an Academic Community such as ours.) If you have any questions, contact a CollegeTown wizard or Council member as soon as possible. You must return the completed questionnaire to be considered for a permanent character. ====================================================================== help introduction *** WELCOME TO COLLEGETOWN *** COLLEGETOWN is a text based virtual community running on a NeXT machine at Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, Iowa. Its purpose is to serve as a platform for the academic pursuits of students and faculty at that institution. COLLEGETOWN is a place for folks to meet, hold classes and seminars, do research, carry out class projects, and exchange ideas. COLLEGETOWN is an *academic* environment, it is decidedly not a *game*. Persons who are sympathetic to the academic goals of COLLEGETOWN are encouraged to apply to the CollegeTown Council for membership. Sample Commands: look -- look around, see where you are look clock -- get description of a clock you happen to see @exam calculator -- see what you can do with calculator you happen to see finger ken -- get info on Ken say hello there! -- speak to other persons near you emote smiles -- if you are Ann, others see: Ann smiles @who -- show who's connected S -- go south @quit -- disconnect from COLLEGETOWN ====================================================================== help manners *** A Guide to Manners *** Welcome to COLLEGETOWN. As a member of this community or as a guest we invite you to join with us in supporting the following social interaction guidelines: 1. RESPECT OTHER PEOPLE. Citizens here are of all ages and range from first grade students to college professors. They come from many different parts of the world. Please do not offend others with your language or actions. It is polite to ask permission before visiting someone else's home. 2. DON'T WALK OFF WITH OBJECTS THAT DON'T BELONG TO YOU. CollegeTown is based on trust. Put things back where you found them. 3. DON'T SPOOF. Don't make it appear that other persons are saying or doing something they aren't. 4. ONLY TELEPORT YOUR OWN THINGS. 5. DON'T SPY. 6. DON'T SPAM. Don't annoy others by overloading the screen. 7. NO WEAPONS. This is an academic environment. 8. NO HARASSMENT. ======================================================================= [[ AS LONG AS YOU DON'T CREATE MANY THINGS, IT SUFFICES TO JUST TAKE A GLANCE AT THE FOLLOWING ]] look building 1) All rooms and objects must comply with our overall theme. We are a small college town situated in the scenic coutryside. Our mission is to provide a platform for academic research and learning. Recognizing that a great deal of real research and learning goes on 'outside the classroom' we are augmenting the classrooms with a realistic nurturant community. Creative thinking may find its freeest play while walking on a beach and a small seminar may become much more meaningful if hosted at a colleague's home in the woods... 2) All rooms must be connected. (Ask any wiz for assistance.) Every exit should be listed/shown. Hidden exits are discouraged. 'Leave', 'oleave', and 'oarrive' messages should be set on each exit. 3) Room descriptions should be a combination of text/graphics not to exceed 20 lines. Rationale: The average screen holds 24 lines of text. One line is used for the name of the room and at least 3 lines should be reserved for listing contents and occupants. 4) The spatial integrity of the moo *must* be respected. If your house is in the Primeval Forest you cannot logically have an exit to the Western Shore . Fantastical teleport type exits are discouraged. 5) Generally one room is sufficient for a house. Use 'out' to leave your house. Housing Sites are listed in the HOUSING INFO bulletin. 6) Please remember that this MOO serves children as well as adults. Do not build anything you would not want your own child to encounter. Rooms have a special toggle that you can set to keep kids out if there is any question. 7) Because of our realistic environment we encourage REAL NAMES, common nicknames, or real name variants. We are not a phantasy moo. 8) The building of weapons is expressly forbidden. 9) Additional quota may be requested for building rooms and objects in the public interest, subject to wiz/council review.