To me, this just looks bad. For somebody making their first visit to our Mud, it just suggests inattention, which isn't a fair first impression.
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%| Welcome to Shattered Kingdoms |%
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%|Shattered Kingdoms is a mud where role-playing is emphasized. |%
%| Pkilling is allowed based on RP. Multiplaying is forbidden. |%
%|All players are required to read and understand the following: |%
%| Help Names Help Multiplaying Help Religion |%
%| Help Rules Help Conduct |%
%|New players should start by reading help newbie and by reading all of |%
%| the newbie boards in the starting schools. |%
%|Each character must have a detailed description of themselves by |%
%| the time they are Novice status. See help desc to write it. |%
%|Each character must also set an adjective, describing a physical |%
%| feature. See help adjective to choose it. |%
%|Characters with more than 30 days of inactivity may be deleted |%
%| without notice. Storage characters will be castrated. |%
%|Check the news list each time you log in to watch for changes. |%
%|The Shattered Kingdoms Forums are now open at our website: |%
%| http://www.shatteredkingdoms.org. Don't forget to put your |%
%| vote in for Shattered Kingdoms on Top Mud Sites. |%
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%| MOTD Updated 7/4/03 |%
Press [Return] to enter Shattered Kingdoms.(C)ontinue - (R)efresh - (B)ack - (H)elp - (Q)uit [RETURN]:c
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Solution.
Either cut the necessary line or two out of the MOTD, or extend the default scroll setting to the necessary number of lines. Very few people (or so I would guess) still use the default 24 lines that came with the original character based operating systems.