ok, this is kinda long, and very sloppy, i dug it up from a long time ago, alot of the code is just plain wrong and redundant, but i want the players to be able to communicate with eachother, so here goes:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use threads;
use IO::Socket::INET;

$| ++;

my $listener = IO::Socket::INET->new
(
        LocalPort => 1337,
        Listen    => 5,
        Reuse     => 1
) || die "Cannot create socket\n";

warn "server up and ready for connections...... \n";

our $hold;
our $client;
our $m = 2;
my $client_num = 0;

while (1){
        our $client = $listener->accept;
        threads->create(\&start_thread, $client, ++          $client_n
+um);
}

sub start_thread{
        my @grab;
        our $st = 100;
        our $hp = 100;
        my ($client, $client_num) = @_;
        print "thread created for client $client_num\n";
        push @grab, $client;
        print @grab;

        print $client "\t\t\t******   ******   ********\n\r";
        print $client "\t\t\t*     *  *    *   *\n\r";
        print $client "\t\t\t*     *  *    *   *\n\r";
        print $client "\t\t\t******   *    *   *  *****\n\r";
        print $client "\t\t\t*        *    *   *      *\n\r";
        print $client "\t\t\t*      # ****** # ******** #\n\r";   
        print $client "Welcome to the POG Test server!\n\r";
        print $client "you will be know as player  $client_num\n\r";
        print $client "type : HELP for list of commands\n\r";
        &begin;

        return;
}

sub begin{
        while(our $line = <$client>){
                print $line;
                if($line =~ /slp/i){&slp;}
                if($line =~ /med/i){&med;}
                if($line =~ /kik/i){&kik;}
                if($line =~ /help/i){&help;}
                if($line =~ /wke/i){&wke;}
                if($line =~ /hp/i){&hp;}
                if($line =~ /pun/i){&pun;}
                if($line =~ /st/i){&st;}
        }
}

sub hp{
        if (our $m eq 1){
                print $client "you are     sleeping/meditating.\n\r";
                &begin;
        }
        print $client "your health is: ";
        print $client our $hp;
        print $client "\n\r";
}

sub st{
        if (our $m eq 1){
                print $client "you are sleeping/meditating.\n\r";
                &begin;
        }
        print $client "you stamina is: ";
        print $client our $st;
        print $client "\n\r";
}

sub slp{
        if (our $m eq 1){
                print $client "you are already      sleeping/meditatin
+g.\n\r";
                &begin;
        }
        our $time = time;
        our $m = 1;
        print $client "you fall into a deep slumber.....\n\r";
        &begin;
}

sub med{
        if (our $m eq 1){
                print $client "you are already         sleeping/medita
+ting.\n\r";
                &begin;
        }
        our $time = time;
        our $m = 1;
        print $client "you sit down cross-legged on the floor and pres
+s your palms together, you slip into a deep stage of meditation\n\r";
        &begin;
}

sub wke{
        if (our $m eq 2){
                print $client "you are already awake\n\r";
                &begin;
        }
        our $time2 = time;
        our $check = our $time2 - our $time;
        our $hp = $hp + $check;
        our $m = 2;
        print $client "you wake up from your deep sleep, feeling very 
+refreshed!\n\r";
        &begin;
}

sub kik{
        if (our $m eq 1){
                print $client "you are         sleeping/meditating.\n\
+r";
                &begin;
        }
        print $client "You kick yourself in the shin, and loose 10 HP\
+n\r";
        our $hp = $hp - 10;
        if(our $hp < 1)
        {
                print "$client_num has died......\n\r";
                print $client "$client_num has died......\n\r";
                &start_thread;
        }
        &begin;
}

sub pun{
        if (our $m eq 1){
                print $client "you are sleeping/meditating.\n\r";
                &begin;
        }
        print $client "You punch yourself in the face,         and loo
+se 10 HP\n\r";
        our $hp = $hp - 10;
        if(our $hp < 1){
                print "$client_num has died......\n\r";
                print $client "$client_num has died......\n\r";
                &start_thread;
        }
        &begin;
}

sub help{
        print $client         "***************************************
+*****************************************\n\r";
        print $client "MED  = Allows you to begin meditating, which re
+gains stamina                   *\n\r";
        print $client "SLP  = Allows you to sleep, which regains healt
+h                               *\n\r";
        print $client "WKE  = Wakes you up from sleeping or meditation
+                                *\n\r";
        print $client "KIK  = Preforms a kick at the first         liv
+ing thing you see                       *\n\r";
        print $client "HELP = brings you back to this menu            
+                                *\n\r";
        print $client "HP   = prints your Health                      
+                                *\n\r";
        print $client "PUN  = preforms a punch at the first living thi
+ng you see                      *\n\r";
        print $client "ST   = Prints your stamina                     
+                                *\n\r";
        print $client "***********************************************
+*********************************\n\r";
        &begin;
}
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