Getting started with the MOO

Our MOO visit: We are visiting the MOO at Northwoods. Go to http://www.hu.mtu.edu:8000/ and type in your assigned user name and password.

Instructions: In the MOO instructions below, don't type the brackets. Always replace the bracketed text with your own words. You should always press the return or enter key after issuing a command in the MOO. For example, to speak, you would type say and your words and then press the return/enter key. See below:

To talk (so that anyone present in the same room can hear), type:

say [text] To talk (so that anyone present in the same room can hear).

to [name] [text] To talk to a specific person in the same room as you.

mu [name] [text] To whisper (murmur) to someone in the same room as you.

page [name] [text] To speak privately with someone anywhere in the MOO.

emote [text] To express emotions or show actions.

think [text] To show your thoughts (in tiny cartoon-type bubbles).

@describe me as [text] To create or change a description of yourself.

look me To see your description.

look [name of person or object] To look at someone else or to look at an object.

@gender female OR @gender male To set your gender.

@who To see who else is on the MOO as the same time as you (probably in different rooms).

@quit To quit out of the MOO.


bigs [text] To make a big sign.

All objects can be looked at. LOOK is one command related to objects; you can also examine objects.

@exam [object] To examine an object (and see the commands that are associated with that object).

smell [object] To smell an object.

ways If you're ready to begin walking around the MOO.

@rooms To get a list of rooms to visit.
@go [name of room] To go to a particular room.
@send [name] To send MOO mail.
In MOO mail, enter a subject line and press the return (enter) key.

say [text] To enter text.

Note: You enter text as if you were speaking in a room.

send When you're done typing a MOOmail message.

@next To read new MOOmail that you've received.
@reply To reply to a MOOmail message.