[Discuss] RP island?

[Anthony Anderson]

On 2/8/07, Timothy Collett <danaris at mac.com> wrote:
>
> There still needs to be a way to deal with rulers--the rulers who
> don't punish the offenders, and the rulers who are, themselves,
> offenders (though I would say that the former are offenders, too, by
> refusing to punish those who are actually committing the offenses).


That would be one of the few cases where perhaps complaints were issued to
the SpellCasters/Mods/Titans.  But only after other methods were exhausted.
Especially before complaining to the Titans.  They're not a RP policing
unit.

> One other simple idea is to disable OOC messages on this new RP
> > island.  And to ingrain everyone there to simply ignore OOC tags
> > put in by players.
>
> I've never understood how that was supposed to help.  There will
> always be times when you need to say something OOC--and it seems to
> me that that would be *especially* true on a continent where roleplay
> was *really important*.  What if, for instance, someone you're RPing
> with said that his character, I don't know, lifted up a whole cart
> with one hand?  Or pulled out a handgun, or something equally
> ridiculous?  Now, if there was a true RP police/council/overlord/
> whatever, that could be petitioned, in a short period of time, to
> officially throw out part of a RP, that would handle egregious
> violations (like someone who RPs his character sneaking into your
> character's rooms and murdering him, then getting away clean, when he
> has no infiltrator skill whatsoever)...but do you really want to use
> that for every time someone forgets that he's actually two regions
> away writing letters, and can't, in fact, slap your character across
> the face?


Much of that should be covered in any RP contract created.  Those things are
anachronisms, super-human elements, or roleplay that doesn't allow
interaction at all.  And the "what region am I in" thing has always been
loosely tread on.  Because honestly, before you get to the point where you
want to slap someone across the face, it's likely you've traded a few
messages apiece.  That alone, for a 2 region spread should've taken at least
a day, if not longer.

I can see trying to encourage people to, for instance, come up with a
> good RP reason for their character's inactivity when they're going to
> be gone for a while--but what if something comes up unexpectedly, and
> you want to be able to just tell people in the 5 minutes before you
> leave, so as not to leave things completely hanging?
>

That's why I would also suggest (should that be implemented) an optional
RP-OOC list.  Especially on an island where you're supposed to be
interacting with everyone, letting everyone know you're going away is
beneficial, no?  And the fact that it's being sent to everyone on that list
should make one think twice about sending random/unimportant/offensive OOC
messages.
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