On behalf of the bugfixers/typofixers of BatMUD:

In order to make our work easier, or in some cases possible, please read "help
bug" and/or "help typo" before sending anything. Untargetted bug reports are
very hard to fix if we don't have any information to work with.

Here are the things you should do when sending a bug or typo report:
-- if the bug or typo involves any item (in hand or on the floor) or a
non-aggro monster, give us that info by "aiming" the typoreport at it. At the
very least, in the case of a non-gettable item or monster, please stand in the
same room as it.
-- in the case of an aggro monster, we understand that typing bug reports
while being beaten about the face with a spiky mace isn't your idea of a good
time. Kill it first and report in the room where it spawned, or report it from
any room with an exit to the monster and say "the monster that spawns <dir>
from here" in your bug report description.
-- in the case of non-tangibles, like spells or guilds, please read "help who
to ask" before sending a bug/typo report aimed at the correct wizard. If you
send an un-targetted bug report, by default, the wiz who gets it is the wiz
who's area you're standing in. Most of them can't do much about it, and some
wizards have been gone for years. Worse, sending an untargetted bug report in
the outworld map will cause it to be lost forever.

It is true that some wizards have been gone for some time, and the odds of
them logging on to fix your bug report are slim to none. However, some
wizards, myself included, watch incoming bug reports and may take a minute or
two to fix a bug we see reported, ONLY IF we know what the bug is about. An
untargetted bug report along the lines of "this really obscure room doesn't
work right" when you are not in the room/area and not carrying any of it's eq
make the problem very hard, if not impossible, to fix.

Thank you for your time, and please continue the feedback.

Shinarae Lluminus