Help Dos

Be on the lookout! If your mud is experiencing these signs, it's 
probably experiencing a DOS attack!
 
- When players type invalid commands, the MUD returns 'Bad command
  or filename.'
 
- Every PC, NPC, and object name conforms to 8.3.
 
- Every PC is equipped with two hidden objects. Take care that
  these objects are never moved or lost, or your character can no 
  longer function.
 
- Vnums are written in segment:offset notation.
 
- Buying 10 pot pies at the bakery goes like this:
    mov ah,0 ; 0=buy, 1=sell
    mov al,0Ah ; quantity
    mov cx,offset merch
    int 21h ; make the purchase
    mov ah,0 ; leave the store
    int 21h
    merch db 'pot pie'
 
- If you bought a very large pie, you find you can only eat it in
  very large chunks, even if there is very little meat in the chunk.
  But if you go to the wizard's shop, you can buy Portion Magic so
  you can break up your pies into 4 portions, and 1 of those can be
  broken into multiple portions. Once you've done this, you'll find
  you've got smaller, meatier chunks of pie.
 
- Spelled-up players say they are in protected mode. Players leaving 
  for the night say they are entering real mode.
 
- Players who quit the MUD but don't self-delete are called TSR's.
 
- Players give directions in the form '\recall\s\s\w\w\w\s\s\e'.
 
- The newbie channel is renamed 'irq'.
 
- Thief characters have to type 'attrib +h self' instead of just 'hide'.
 
- Everything is done in text. Er, well, MUDs are always that way.

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