Olympia: The Age of Gods PBEM (May 4 1999)
rumor
rumor
# of lines of text
* time: 0 days
* priority: 1
Submit an unsigned message to the Game Newsletter.
The rumor
order may be given by a noble or by the player entity.
The identity of the submitting entity will not appear with the
message; rumor
posts are anonymous.
The number of lines in the entry should be given as an argument to
rumor
, followed by the text of the entry. For example: here is a
rumor someone submitted.
RUMOR 3 As whispered from ear to ear in the great hall of the Chateau Olympique: Q: Why do so many people take an instant dislike to Oleg the Loudmouth? A: Saves time.
Take care to carefully count the lines of text in the post. If the wrong number of lines is given, your noble may end up posting his orders on a sign instead of executing them.
Alternatively, one may specify 0 for the lines of text argument, and terminate the message with the END keyword:
RUMOR 0 As whispered from ear to ear in the great hall of the Chateau Olympique: Q: Why do so many people take an instant dislike to Oleg the Loudmouth? A: Saves time. END
Take great care when using the 0 lines/END keyword feature. If you
forget the END, or mistype it, none of the orders following the
rumor
command will execute. Instead, they will be published in
the newsletter. This is obviously very bad, so if you intend to use the
END keyword to avoid having to count lines, please be careful.
Each line of posted text must be less than 78 characters long, or the post will be rejected.
Editorial guidelines for submissions to the newsletter:
A player who uses press or rumor to submit at least one item to the Times receives 25 gold to CLAIM.