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NAME
who - display a list of player currently online

SYNOPSIS
who
who <search string, i.e. player name or partial name> [<sorting tags>]
who <race or class>
who <minimum level> <maximum level>
who hero
who archon
who immortal
who hardcore
who legend
who saint
who outlaw
who male
who female
who guide
who notaway
who combat
who <place>
who sortbyname [<sortreverse>]
who sortbylevel [<sortreverse>]
who sortbyclan [<sortreverse>]
who sortbyrace [<sortreverse>]

DESCRIPTION
The WHO command is used to display a list of players that are
currently active and online, and may be used once every thirty
real-life seconds.

USING THE WHO COMMAND
Typing WHO without an argument will give you a list of all visible
players in the game.

Typing WHO <search string>, where <search string> is a player name
or partial player name, searches all the visible players online and
displays those matching the string or wildcard string.

Strings can include the following wildcards:
     * Matches everything (e.g., *fred*, or fred* or *fred)
     ? Matches a single character (e.g., fr?d)

Typing WHO <player name or partial name> does a search on the
visible players and only displays those matching the name or
partial name.

Typing WHO <race> shows all players online matching that race.

Typing WHO <class> shows all players online matching that class.

Typing WHO <minimum level> <maximum level> returns the players
that are online and match the level range specified.

Typing WHO <place> returns all players within a specified kind of
place. The kinds of places available are those normally visible
on the WHO list before the player name. For example: WHO TOWER
will show only players who are in a tower, WHO NOWHERE will show
only players who are in an area that is not marked on the WHO list.

Typing WHO 'immortal', WHO 'hero', or WHO 'archon', etc. displays a
list of the specific Immortals, Archons, Heroes, or what other
group of player matching that specific condition that are online.

You may sort the output of the WHO list by adding one of the
following directives to your WHO argument (this can be done in
addition to the other WHO filters):

sortbyname
sortbylevel
sortbyclan
sortbyrace

"sortreverse" can be added to the end of the WHO argument to
reverse the sort.

WHAT THE INFORMATION MEANS
When the WHO list is displayed, you will see something similar to
the following (except most likely, a much longer list):

  MATERIA MAGICA: Current Players Online
.---------------------------------------------------------------.
  [152:241 M   Legend     Keep ] Klaus [+):SanguinE:(+]
  [120:241 M   Archon    Wilds ] Sinbad [_|Hope|/_][<Combat>]
  [31 :91  M H-Elf Barba Towne ] Skillman [<EyeS>][<Deceased>]
  [60 :120 F Ogre  Valky Dungn ] Revolution [_|Hope|/_]
  [56 :176 F Sidhe Pries Social] Aryne [ChaoS]
  [102:241 F   Archon     Home ] Nemori [(-NortH+)][GUIDE]
  [155:241 M   Archon          ] Gunner [{+DIGM+}][Q][A]

  The first two numbers are the level(s) of the character. The
  first level is the current (class) level and the second is the
  total level.

  "M" or "F" indicate Male or Female (occasionally "N" can show up,
  which means "Neuter" - this is usually caused by magic).

  Next is the Class indicator for the character. You will either see
  an abbreviation for their current class, along with their race, or
  a special keyword. Special keywords may be "Immortal", "Archon", "Hero",
  or "Legend".

  The type of area in which the player currently resides is then
  displayed. This can consist of the following keywords:

  Dungeon       - The character is in a Dungeon.
  At Sea        - The character is in one of the oceans of Alyria.
  Arena         - The character is in a PK arena
  Social        - The character is in the Chat Rooms.
  Tower         - The character is in a Tower.
  Office        - The character is in the Administrative Offices.
  Isle          - The character is on an area-Island (non-wilderness)
  Castle        - The character is in a Castle.
  Towne         - The character is in a Towne.
  Novice        - The character is in a Novice-only area.
  Villge        - The character is in a Village.
  Forest        - The character is in a Forest.
  Tavern        - The character is in a Tavern.
  Keep          - The character is in a Keep.
  Ungerg        - The character is in the Great Alyrian Underground.
  Midair        - The character is floating in Midair.
  Underw        - The character is Underwater.
  Wilds         - The character is in the Wilderness.
  Planar        - The character is on an alternate Plane of Existence.
  Suburb        - The character is in a housing district.
  Inn           - The character is in an Inn.
  Ctf           - The character is in the Capture the Flag Arena.

  The character name then appears, followed by a special title
  indicating the clan affiliation (if one has been set by the clan),
  otherwise "Clan <#>" showing the Clan # is shown.

  Status flags are then shown:

  [A]           - The character is marked as AWAY.
  (Quest)       - The character is on a Quest.
  [<Combat>]    - The character is in Combat.
  [<Deceased>]  - The character is Deceased.
  [Hunting]     - The character is hunting (tracking) someone.
  [Q]           - The character has QUIET status set.
  [Building]    - The character is an Immortal and is Building.
  [<Writing>]   - The character is writing a letter or note.
  [Guide]       - The character is set as a Guide and is available
                  for game-related questions and assistance.
  [Saint]       - If SET SHOW-COLOR-ALTERNATIVES is ON, this will
                  appear to indicate the character is a Saint. Otherwise
                  if they are a Saint, the character name will appear
                  in White.
  [Outlaw]      - If SET SHOW-COLOR-ALTERNATIVES is ON, this will
                  appear to indicate the character is an Outlaw. Otherwise
                  if they are an Outlaw, the character name will appear
                  in Red.

  Finally, at the bottom of the WHO list, you will see the total
  number of players online, along with the total number of (visible)
  Immortals.

SEE ALSO
Where, Score, Report, Archon, Class, Race, Immortal, Legend, Chat, Ctf, World Map Key, Clans, Guide, Away, Saint, Outlaw, Quest, Set