Goonhub
07-19-2019, 01:03 PM
Hey all!
I think it's 3 years past due we had the talk about the purpose of OOC on the roleplay server!
Basically, we've had the topic come several times of what is appropriate to decide OOC vs IC. For example, in instances of severe server lag where a restart might fix the issue, is it okay to say "OOC: UrsulaMajor: Yo guys this lag is redonkulous, how do y'all feel about a shuttle call?"
and if so, in what circumstances is that NOT okay?
in other roleplay environments, there's a base expectation that the players are on the server to roleplay and not to "win", and so you'll see a lot more ooc communication about stuff in both global OOC ("how do we feel about a group sol run?") and local OOC ("do you want to roleplay our characters having an argument and try to get people to exchange messages for us instead of talking directly?")
there's also certainly a place for more OOC communication between players in general! Like if somebody does something really funny or cool, it's totally okay to be like "LOOC: Yo that was totally badass"
or if we need to have more discussions like this one, like, it'd be great if we talked about it more in OOC in between or at the beginning of rounds :^]
ultimately, roleplay is about community and i think we should feel more empowered to talk about stuff like this on the RP discussion board. There can never be a fully articulated perfect set of RP rules, so these discussions are important to have every now and then ?
I think it's 3 years past due we had the talk about the purpose of OOC on the roleplay server!
Basically, we've had the topic come several times of what is appropriate to decide OOC vs IC. For example, in instances of severe server lag where a restart might fix the issue, is it okay to say "OOC: UrsulaMajor: Yo guys this lag is redonkulous, how do y'all feel about a shuttle call?"
and if so, in what circumstances is that NOT okay?
in other roleplay environments, there's a base expectation that the players are on the server to roleplay and not to "win", and so you'll see a lot more ooc communication about stuff in both global OOC ("how do we feel about a group sol run?") and local OOC ("do you want to roleplay our characters having an argument and try to get people to exchange messages for us instead of talking directly?")
there's also certainly a place for more OOC communication between players in general! Like if somebody does something really funny or cool, it's totally okay to be like "LOOC: Yo that was totally badass"
or if we need to have more discussions like this one, like, it'd be great if we talked about it more in OOC in between or at the beginning of rounds :^]
ultimately, roleplay is about community and i think we should feel more empowered to talk about stuff like this on the RP discussion board. There can never be a fully articulated perfect set of RP rules, so these discussions are important to have every now and then ?