Thread: rpg ?'s

I'm making a MUD.

Code:

#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    char namen[100];
    int initial;
    
    cout<<"1.New game\n2.Load game\n3.Exit\n";
    cin>>initial;
    switch (initial){
    case 1:
    cout<<"                        Welcome to naushmien\n\n*Dramatic Music*\n\nPlease enter your name:";
    cin.getline(namen,100,'\n');
    cout<<namen<<" is it, alright then!";
    break;
    case 2:
    cout<<"Not availiable yet.";
    break;
    case 3:
    return 0;
    break;
    case 4:
    cout<<"n/a";
    break;
    default:
    cout<<"Unexpected error";
    }

    
    system("PAUSE");
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

Code:

    case 1:
    cout<<"                        Welcome to naushmien\n\n*Dramatic Music*\n\nPlease enter your name:";
    cin.getline(namen,100,'\n');
    cout<<namen<<" is it, alright then!";
    break;

I can't get it to stop for the user to input their name. It skips directly to the end of the switch statment after it displays that. I still don't see how you can make the program interpret the saved game file.
In the "RPG" post I asked how you could make a shop keeper give a random response without having to generate random numbers. I don't have any clue how to make monsters encounters random.
Could you guys please clear some of this up for me?