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Welcome to the Almighty Cheat Sheet!
The idea is to download this sheet and save it, or keep it open in your browser when you're working. Enjoy never having to type out a character's chumhandle again!

For the start and end of Pesterlog Chats, use the following span codes in this format:
<p><span class="john"> ectoBiologist [EB]</span> <span class="pesterlog"> began pestering </span> <span class="dave"> turntechGodhead [TG]</span></p>

Pesterlog Text:
<span class="pesterlog"> began pestering </span>
<span class="pesterlog"> ceased pestering </span>

Beta Kids:
<span class="john"> ectoBiologist [EB]</span>
<span class="john"> ghostlyTrickster [GT]</span>
<span class="dave"> turntechGodhead [TG]</span>
<span class="rose"> tentacleTherapist [TT]</span>
<span class="jade"> gardenGnostic [GG]</span>

Alpha Kids:
<span class="jake"> golgothasTerror [GT] </span>
<span class="dirk"> timaeusTestified [TT] </span>
<span class="jane"> gutsyGumshoe [GG] </span>
<span class="roxy"> tipsyGnostalgic [TG] </span>

Trolls:
<span class="aradia"> apocalypseArisen [AA]</span>
<span class="tavros"> adiosToreador [AT]</span>
<span class="sollux"> twinArmageddons [TA]</span>
<span class="karkat"> carcinoGeneticist [CG]</span>
<span class="nepeta"> arsenicCatnip [AC]</span>
<span class="kanaya"> grimAuxillatrix [GA]</span>
<span class="terezi"> gallowsCalibrator [GC]</span>
<span class="vriska"> arachnidsGrip [AG] </span>
<span class="gamzee"> terminallyCapricious [TC] </span>
<span class="equius"> centaursTesticle [CT]</span>
<span class="eridan"> caligulasAquarium [CA] </span>
<span class="feferi"> cuttlefishCuller [CC] </span>

Cherubs:
Calliope: <span class="calliopie"> uranianUmbra [UU] </span>
Caliborn (grey): <span class="caliborn"> undyingUmbrage [uu] </span>
Caliborn (green): <span class="felt"> undyingUmbrage [uu] </span>

Other Characters:
Davesprite: <span class="dirk"> turntechGodhead [TG] </span>
AR/Lil’ Hal: <span class="dave"> timaeusTestified [TT] </span>
The Condesce: <span class="feferi"> )(er Imperious Condescension [)(IC] </span>

For pesterlog body text, there are two versions: BASIC and FNCY
For BASIC instructions, see chapter 1
For FNCY instructions, see chapter 2

BASIC formatting uses these codes to replace the <p> at the beginning of each new line of text the character types:

Beta Kids:
<p class="john">
<p class="dave">
<p class="rose">
<p class="jade">

Alpha Kids:
<p class="jake">
<p class="dirk">
<p class="jane">
<p class="roxy">

Trolls:
<p class="aradia">
<p class="tavros">
<p class="sollux">
<p class="karkat">
<p class="nepeta">
<p class="kanaya">
<p class="terezi">
<p class="vriska">
<p class="equius">
<p class="gamzee">
<p class="eridan">
<p class="feferi">

Cherubs:
Calliope: <p class="calliopie">
Caliborn (grey): <p class="caliborn">
Caliborn (green): <p class="felt">

Other characters:
Davesprite: <p class="dirk">
AR/ Lil’ Hal: <p class="dave">
The Condesce: <p class="feferi">

Remember to always end your pesterlogs with a: </p>

FNCY pesterlogs look more like the ones in the comic, but have more code at the beginning and end of each line. Use these if you want a truly authentic log that won’t take up pages and pages. If you’re just doing a few lines or are new to pesterlog formatting, stick with the BASIC version.

Your pesterlog text goes between the <span class> and </span> brackets. (e.g. <span class="jade">GG: hi dave!!!</span>)

As with BASIC logs, remember to always end your pesterlogs with a: </p>

Beta Kids:
<span class="john"> </span> <br />
<span class="dave"> </span> <br />
<span class="rose"> </span> <br />
<span class="jade"> </span> <br />

Alpha Kids:
<span class="jake"> </span> <br />
<span class="dirk"> </span> <br />
<span class="jane"> </span> <br />
<span class="roxy"></span> <br />

Trolls:
<span class="aradia"> </span> <br />
<span class="tavros"> </span> <br />
<span class="sollux"> </span> <br />
<span class="karkat"> </span> <br />
<span class="nepeta"> </span> <br />
<span class="kanaya"> </span> <br />
<span class="terezi"> </span> <br />
<span class="vriska"> </span> <br />
<span class="gamzee"> </span> <br />
<span class="equius"> </span> <br />
<span class="eridan"> </span> <br />
<span class="feferi"> </span> <br />

Cherubs:
Calliope: <span class="calliopie"> </span><br />
Caliborn (grey): <span class="caliborn">
</span><br />
Caliborn (green): <span class="felt"></span><br />

Other Characters:
Davesprite: <span class="dirk"> </span> <br />
Ar/Lil’ Hal: <span class="dave"> </span> <br />
The Condesce: <span class="feferi"> </span> <br />

Character Emotes

Some characters use Homsetuck specific emotes (such as Sollux's bi-coloured shades), which are actually tiny images stored on Andrew Hussie's HS servers. By cunningly mining the HTML from pages with the emotes in them, I have pulled out the code needed to insert the emotes.

To insert these, just copy paste them into your log:

AR/Lil Hal’s Shades:
<img src="http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/scraps/shades.png" border="0" />

ARquiusprite Shades:
<img src="http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/scraps/arquius_shades.png" border="0" />

Dave’s Shades Emote
<img src="http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/scraps/pccool.gif" border="0" />

Sollux’s Shades Emote (Red and Blue)
<img src="http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/scraps/trollcool.gif" border="0" />

Sollux’s Shades Emote (Blind)
<img src="http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/scraps/trollc00l.gif" border="0" />