Posted by Proud Blade(VIP) on November 1, 2000 at 13:53:34:
In Reply to: Lighten up. posted by Warrior on November 1, 2000 at 13:43:00:
It would have been so simple just to say "occ, I like to keep in character. If you don't keep in character you'll have to find a new groupmate." Again, this sends the wrong message. You are indirectly saying it's OK to go OOC when it's convenient. But Instead people give that stander bullshit reply of acting stupid about real world words. Always gets on my a nerve when a newbie asks for help saying something like "how do I use telnet or something like that" and you "expert rper's" reply "What's a telnet? is that some sort of new lanague?". Lighten up people can't you see he is asking for help? This is where the newbie channel, the pray command, and a number of other options come into play. The game has several built-in options for dealing with OOC issues discreetly. "Say", "tell", and "gt" are not among them. See my above post for my suggestion as to how to handle this sort of situation.