hey Riamus2,thanx for the reply,yeah i thought it might not have to be so big but as i said i no nothing about this so i thought here would be a good place to ask,i tried the line of code you said,it has stopped it from double typing but instead of the second line being typed i now i get an error,

<@D00M> i
* /if: invalid format (line 2, BlackJack.mrc)
<@D00M> it
* /if: invalid format (line 2, BlackJack.mrc)
<@D00M> it
* /if: invalid format (line 2, BlackJack.mrc)
<@D00M> it

any help would be great with the timer prob as its a bugger for flooding,if any one has any advice on making this smaller/cleaner and can help with the timer prob i would be 4ever greatfull,TIA wink