To subscribe to an open team

firstname lastname

To subscribe to a closed team

firstname lastname password

To see this command list

h

To opt-out (get off the team list)

oo

To get a fresh phone tag

pt

The phone tag is a six letter code. It is unique to you and will expire in three days.

Sign in, and follow these instructions.

The phone tag to links your sign in account to your phone. This allows us to present you with a list of teams to which your phone number is subscribed.

To see your current name

nm

To change your name

nm firstname lastname

Names will be capitalized and spaces will be removed to enable direct messages. So...

nm devin mcgreggor

will result in a name of DevinMcgreggor

nm devin mc greggor

will result in a name of DevinMcGreggor

Your team has a limited number of unsponsored messages.

When possible the system appends a little advertising at the bottom of a group message. When this happens, your team messages are not used. The more sponsorship we have the better for your team's message count!

s

Send this command to see your current team message count, your expiration date, and to get another coupon or sponsor offer.

To have group messages forwarded to your account email.

ue

You can automatically return group messages to your phone in a number of hours. For 72 hours...

ue 72

Saves money if you don't have an unlimited text plan! It also preserves your teams messages because emails do not subtract from the balance.

You can still send text and receive direct messages on your phone. This only effect incoming group messages.

This command uses labels

To list the names of everyone on the team

l

To list everyone on the team with "roark" in their name or matching one of their labels

l roark

This command uses labels

To send a direct message to everyone with "coach" in their name or matching one of their labels

d coach not my fault i was screened!

To get help with this command just send "d"

d

You will get back this message

Usage:
D xxx message
Message is sent to anyone with xxx pattern in their name
Check first with L command like this:
L xxx

Replace the xxx with a name or part of a name

Let's say you are JohnnyDepp and have 5 people on your team and 356 messages. If you send the list command: "L" (or "l") to the team number you will see the WHOLE list.

5 members:
CharlesHeston
RobertWagner
RobertaFlack
JohnnyDepp
MarcoPolo


If you send "L marco" you will see a list of members with names that contain "marco"

1 member:
MarcoPolo

If you send "L robert" you will see a list of members with names that contain "robert"

2 members:
RobertWagner
RobertaFlack


The direct message command works the same way. If you send

d charles I loved you in Ben Hur

Then CharlesHeston will see

JohnnyDepp: I loved you in Ben Hur
(1/353)

If you send

d robert please bring orange wedges

Then both of the Roberts will see

JohnnyDepp: please bring orange wedges
(2/352) Use direct messages when you can, it will preserve your team's message balance!

Promote a player to coach

mc Doug

To make any member with "Doug" in their signature into a coach

Remove sending privileges

rs Doug

To remove the privileges of any member with "Doug" in their signature

rs *

Too mute the entire team - just in case your team gets a little too fired up

Permit sending messages

ss Doug

To restore sending privileges of any member with "Doug" in their signature

ss *

Unmute the entire team - typically used on New Year's day at about noon.

Remove from the team roster

rp Doug

To remove any member with "Doug" in their signature

Exclude Player

xp Doug

To remove the sending and receiving privileges of any member with "Doug" in their signature

Handy if you are travelling and don't want to burden members at home with the text traffic. Restore privileges with the "ss" command

To close a team to new members

ct

Members can only join a "closed" team if they send the team password in their subscribe message

To open a team to new members

ot

Members can join a "open" team simply by texting their name. This is the default.

To get a fresh team password

pw

To show or block ads

ta

The system shows ads only when there is room at the bottom of a message. But if you are annoyed by ads and don't mind paying for the messages go ahead and turn them off. Send the same command again to turn them back on when your message balance gets low.