---- ADDING MAGIC TO YOUR MESSAGES ----
By  Tidings-Scrolls Scribe Llebpmac Mit

Over the years, I have mastered many of
the tricks on Pyroto.  Amongst the most
useful are the messaging gimmicks...


SENDING PRIVATE MESSAGES
------------------------

If you need privacy,  you can set aside
the remainder of a message,  so that it
can only be read by the people that you
list.  (NOTE:  TSOTL does not encourage
this  sort of thing,  so if you want to
earn his esteem with a private message,
you'll have to work  extra hard.   It's
easier, in the long run, to use private
messages only when ABSOLUTELY needed.)

To declare the  remainder  of a message
as private, start your line like this:

.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
: <<JOE><HAROLD>>  Type your message  :
: here and only Joe & Harold see it.  :
'- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'

For example,  let's say  you've typed a
few lines for general consumption,  and
wish to set aside  the rest of the mes-
sage for FREDZO, MARIO and BERNIE.  You
would do it this way:

.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
: <<FREDZO><MARIO><BERNIE>> Hi, guys! :
: What's happening with you, there?   :
'- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'

If you want to make sure you understand
this technique,  send a private message
that  doesn't  include your own name in
the list.   (Why should it, after all?)
Then,  use the TIMEWARP command to warp
back a few minutes.   Re-read your mes-
sage.   If you  can't read  the private
section, you got it right!

You can  use this technique  to reserve
several "Privates" in one message.


HOW TO TALK BEHIND SOMEBODY'S BACK
----------------------------------

This one's  a lot of  fun:  you can set
aside part of your message such that it
can read only by people who  AREN'T  in
the  list of names.  An example:  let's
say you're  planning  a surprise  party
for  JOE and HAROLD.  You'd put this in
front of the relevant text:

.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
: ><JOE><HAROLD><  Say, everybody,    :
: let's give Joe & Harold a party!    :
'- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'

...and so forth.   JOE and HAROLD would
not be able to read the following text.


HOW TO DEAL WITH TOO MANY FRIENDS
---------------------------------

If you simply can't  fit  all the names
for a Private or an Exclusive on one 80
character line, simply stack them:

.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
: <<JOE><HAROLD><MARY><KENNETH>>      :
: <<PHILBERT><ROGER><JOAN>> Okay, we  :
: launch our attack tonight at 8:00!  :
'- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'


USING SEVERAL GIMMICKS IN ONE MESSAGE
-------------------------------------

You can freely mix  Privates and Exclu-
sives.  Here's the way you'd  type up a
short message that uses all these tech-
niques:

.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
: Hello, everybody!  Nice day, eh?    :
: Now, some Privates and Exclusives:  :
:                                     :
: <<BILL><JILL><PHIL><MORRIS><BORIS>> :
: <<HARRY><MARY>>  We attack soon!    :
: Get your Manna charged up, okay?    :
:                                     :
: <<FRED><JOE>>  Harry, we have de-   :
: decided to accept your peace offer. :
:                                     :
: ><FRED><JOE>< Hey, everybody, we're :
: going to double-cross FRED & JOE.   :
: Feel free to join in on the attack! :
:                                     :
: <<FRED><JOE>> Don't worry about the :
: Exclusive.  We are planning a       :
: surprise party for you!             :
'- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'


SPECIFYING A RANGE OF LEVELS
----------------------------

Moreover,  you can  specify  a range of
levels in an exclusive or private,  and
inter-mix these with names:

.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
: <<LEVEL 400-500>> Nobody apart from :
: people between levels 400 and 500   :
: can read this message!              :
:                                     :
: <<LEVEL 500>> To people at the top! :
:                                     :
: ><LEVEL 16-30><                     :
: <<FRED><MARY>> Nobody between level :
: 16 and 30 can read this, except for :
: Fred and Mary.                      :
:                                     :
: <<FRED><MARY>>                      :
: ><LEVEL 16-30><  Same thing here!   :
'- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'

Finally, you don't have to put the pri-
vate and exclusive headers on different
lines; you can  seperate them  with one
or more spaces, as follows:

.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
: ><LEVEL 16-30><  <<FRED><MARY>>     :
: Nobody between 16 & 30 can read     :
: this except Fred and Mary.          :
'- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'

If all this  sounds complicated to you,
start by experimenting with simple pri-
vate messages to  one person.  Then try
some of the other tricks later on!
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