~name{~enUS{admin,admins,administrator,administrators,immort,immortal,immorts, immortals}} ~desc{~enUS{ The MUD administrators, or Immortals, are other human beings who help with the MUD out of the goodness of their hearts and with their (cough) copious free time. Please be patient and understanding with them, as they should be with you. MUD admins are appointed dictatorially by existing high-ranking admins or the MUD implementor. If you have a complaint, please contact the head admin or another administrator. }} ~name{~enUS{implementor,implementors,imp,imps}} ~desc{~enUS{ The implementors are the builders of the MUD and its maintainers. They create new objects, creatures, and areas. They enforce the policies of the MUD. They are the benevolent dictators in the MUD's current primitive model of governance. For more about how to treat them, see "help impmanners". For more about how to act to avoid their ire, see "help policy". }} ~name{~enUS{impmanners}} ~desc{~enUS{ Implementors can do Bad Things to you randomly, sneak around invisibly, and even take away your account or ban your Internet site from ever creating new accounts. They are subtle and quick to anger. Treat them well, and don't bother them too often. Report bugs though, they like that. Sometimes they even purr. Note that the Implementor, who writes the Black Magic that makes the MUD go, is different from the Administrators (or Immortals) who are supposed to deal with players. The Implementor is the final authority for most matters, mainly because he writes what pass for laws of physics around here. }} ~name{~enUS{complain,complaint,grief,grievance,grumble,issue}} ~desc{~enUS{ Should you wish to lodge a complaint about other players, try chatting with an admin. The admin will either be understanding in resolving your issues or tell you why they cannot be resolved to your satisfaction (some things are against MUD policy, or are simply things admins may not touch). If you have a complaint with admin behavior, the current final authority is the implementor, or the head admin. Try to find them in-game, because so far they're too lazy to read through the help and put their names in. That doesn't bode well for you. }} ~name{~enUS{govern,governing,governance,government,free speech}} ~desc{~enUS{ This MUD practices the "benevolent dictator" model of governance. To lodge a complaint against the Dictator or his assigned deputies the administrators, contact one of them in-game. Note that the system's owner is currently the final authority on such matters -- this is not a public forum, it is a privately-owned venue and as such you have none of the rights, such as free speech, that apply in a public forum within the United States. Since the Dictator hasn't even seen fit to put his name into the help files, I wouldn't expect too much understanding of your plight. But hey, maybe the MUD has only started a few days ago and you're not completely out of luck. }}