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 ===== Event Scripting Overview =====
-Events are triggered on your world server when various things happen - for instance, a 'UseItem' event is triggered when a player uses an item - and you add script for each event - for instance, adding a particle effect and changing a score whenever an item is used. You control events on your world server by script through the file ''Data/Script/ServerScript.mit''.
+Events are triggered on your world server when various things happen - for instance, a 'UseItem' event is triggered when a player uses an item - and you add script for each event - for instance, adding a particle effect and changing a score whenever a particular item is used. You control events on your world server by script through the file ''Data/Script/ServerScript.mit''.
 ===== Event Script Example =====
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 would be entered - the say message will appear in red for all players and 'Bob' will get an extra 40s. Similar procedure for the other event should someone use the 'Bread'.
+As well as triggering server commands from script, you can add logic, store persistent (per-player and global) values that can be accessed from other script events, call functions and set timers for events to occur later.
 ===== Events Reference Links =====
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 For a full list of all the '*' commands like **say** and **grantcash**, check the [[reference:server_commands:index|command reference]].
+===== Next section =====
+  * Go to [[scripting:basic_syntax|Scripting Language Basic Syntax]]