RUMOR      <# of lines of text>                 time: 0 days    priority: 1

Submit an unsigned message to the Olympia Times.

The rumor order may be given by a character or by the player entity. The identity of the submitting entity will not appear with the message; rumor posts are anonymous.

The number of lines in the entry should be given as an argument to rumor, followed by the text of the entry. For example: here is a rumor someone submitted.

RUMOR 3
As whispered from ear to ear in the great hall of the Chateau Olympique:
Q:  Why do so many people take an instant dislike to Oleg the Loudmouth?
A:  Saves time in the long run.

Take care to carefully count the lines of text in the post. If the wrong number of lines is given, your character may end up publishing his orders in the Olympia Times instead of executing them.

Alternatively, one may specify 0 for the lines of text argument, and terminate the message with the END keyword:

RUMOR 0 
As whispered from ear to ear in the great hall of the Chateau Olympique:
Q:  Why do so many people take an instant dislike to Oleg the Loudmouth?
A:  Saves time in the long run.
END

Take great care when using the 0 lines/END keyword feature. If you forget the END, or mistype it, none of the orders following the rumor command will execute. Instead, they will be published in the Olympia Times. This is obviously very bad, so if you intend to use the END keyword to avoid having to count lines, please be careful.

Each line of posted text must be less than 78 characters long, or the post will be rejected.

Editorial guidelines for submissions to the Olympia Times:

1. No profanity.
2. No personal insults to other humans (in-character roleplaying insults are fine).
3. No "junk" submissions ; just something half-way reasonable (i.e. don't send in "Blah blah.")