RP No-Nos

Griven · Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:07 am Post subject: RP No-Nos

Act: Metagaming
Definition: Employing knowledge that you have gained OOC in an IC manner.
Example: Reading a story about Jane's solo adventure on the forum, and then asking Jane IC about the adventure that your character was never part of, and should have absolutely no knowledge of.
Solution: Always separate OOC knowledge from IC knowledge. Just because you as a player know something does not mean that your character knows it.

Act: Projecting
Definition: Telling someone else how their character should react to a given stimuli.
Example: You insult someone IC. Their character shrugs off the insult, and you send them a tell saying that they should have been highly offended.
Solution: Let people play their characters the way that they want to play them, and just go with the flow.

Act: Grandstanding
Definition: Repeatedly using extreme measures to turn a storyline in your favor, or to keep the spotlight on your character.
Example: If another group is engaging in RP, and you decide to do something to draw the attention off of them and to yourself.
Solution: Know that it's okay to be a supporting character sometimes, and let others be the center of attention. Often times, in movies and books, it's the supporting characters that are the most interesting and fun to watch.

Act: Unjustified Aggression
Definition: Attacking someone out of the blue for absolutely no good IC reason.
Example: You're bored late one night, and decide to run into an RP event throw a grenade into the crowd before running off.
Solution: Don't do this. If you feel you want to do this, do something else. Logging off for a while may also help.

Act: Non-Concentual Acts of Extreme Violence
Definition: Scarring, raping, dismembering, and/or extended torture/imprisonment someone's character without their prior concent.
Example: Pinning someone down and slicing off their finger without first asking if it is okay to take a body part.
Solution: Communicate with those that you intend to violently harm, and ask if it is okay if they are scarred, dismembered, etc. Act accordingly depending on their answer.
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