WELCOME to MOOs

Presented by David Beach and Laurie Miller
English Language Institute,
George Mason University,
Fairfax, Virginia

A MOO is a M(ulti-user domain) (that is) Object Oriented
Features of a MOO

• Internet-accessible, text-mediated virtual environments
• Constructed social spaces in a process of evolution

• Promotes language acquisition as all communication is in English
• Provides students with structured communication activities
• Encourages use of technology
• Exposes students to cultural diversity and teachescultural sensitivity

LOGGING ON TO SCHMOOZE U
& HELPFUL MOO COMMANDS

LOGGING ON:

• telnet: schmooze.hunter.cuny.edu 8888
• http://schmooze.hunter.cuny.edu:8888

When prompted, type: connect guest

You will be asked for a character name. Enter any name you wish. You will be asked to confirm your character name. If you wish to change your character name, type: no If your character name is fine, type: yes

You will be asked for a description. If you wish, you may enter any description of yourself. Others will see what you type when they type: look . If you type look Oxdreams you will see: A tall sometimes bearded sometimes actor (*currently in the role of Polixenes, King of Bohemia*) with a rapier wit and a hearty laugh.

HELPFUL MOO COMMANDS

• help
  Exactly what it means! Some suggestions for first time users: help introduction, help manners, help players, help movement, help communication
  
  
• " what you want to say
  What you type after the quotation mark is heard by everyone in the room.
  
  
• : third-person description
  Emoting. What you type after the colon is appended to your character name as a description. For example, if I type :smiles, you will see: Oxdreams smiles.
  
  
• whisper what you want to whisper to character
  Whispers a private message to the character whose name you specify.
  
  
• page character message
  Sends your message to the character whose name you specify wherever the character may be.
  
  
• map
  Shows you a map of SchMOOze University and where you are.
  
  
• @who
  Lets you know what other characters are currently online and where they are.
  
  
• @go roomname
  Teleports you to the room you specify.
  
  
• @join character
  Teleports you to the room where the character you specify is located.
  
  
• look
  Lets you see what an object or area looks like
  
  

HELPFUL WEB SITES RELATED TO MOOS

More About MOOs: http://moolano.berkeley.edu/More.html

MOO Document Library: http://lucien.berkeley.edu/moo.html

"Don’t be a TinyJerk!" from Exploring Virtual Worlds on the Internet by David Ciskowski and Claire Benedikt (copyright Macmillan Publishing, April 1995): http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~claire/texts/netiquette.html

Beginners Quick Reference for MOOing: ftp://parcftp.xerox.com/pub/MOO/contrib/docs/quick-reference.txt

Guide to Basic MOO Commands: http://www.du.org/cc/basicmoo.html

Advanced MOO Commands: http://www.du.org/cc/advanced.html

MOO Quick Start: http://www.missouri.edu/~moo/mooquick.html

MOO Teacher’s Tip Sheet: http://www.daedalus.com/net/MOOTIPS.html

SchMOOze University: http://schmooze.hunter.cuny.edu

POPULAR MOOs and THEIR TELNET ADDRESSES

• schMOOze University: schmooze.hunter.cuny.edu 8888
• Diversity University: moo.du.org 8888
• MediaMOO: purple-crayon.media.mit.edu 8888
• CollegeTown: patty.bvu.edu 7777
• Virtual Online Univ. (VOUMOO): brazos.iac.net 8888
• MundoHispano: europa.syr.edu 8888
• Le MOO Francais: logos.daedalus.com 8888
• Little Italy: little.usr.dsi.unimi.it 4444
• MorgenGrauen LPmud: mud.uni-muenster.de:4711