var $usrs to "logged on users";
if $user_count > 1 then setare else setis;
say 'whos',"[$actor] looks up and notices that $usrs $isare awake";
if $actor's extra like "guest" then addone else end;
if $user_count > 1 then shoutout else allalone;

##addone:
add 1 to $user_count;

##shoutout:
msg 0,$actor,$actor,$actor,'msg',"type: shout hello my fellow cowillians";
msg 0,$actor,$actor,$actor,'msg',"type: think I wonder what they are doing loudly";



##allalone:
sayto $actor,"(Your all alone.. why not create something while you wait for others to join you)";
sayto $actor,"you can type: create a large elephant";
sayto $actor,"then type: paint the elephant as hotpink";
sayto $actor,"To learn more type: commands";


##setis:
var $isare to "is";

##setare:
var $isare to "are";