OOC Thread and Chatroom

[Privateerkev]

Just want to know something ..
What dose those IC and OOC actually mean??

IC- in character??
OOC - out of character??

Am I right?

Yes.

If I speak to you IC, I speak to you as Makedonios, a Grandmaster of a Knightly Order of warrior-monks in 11th century Byzantium.

If I speak to you OOC, it is as Kevin, the friendly lovable huggable member of the throneroom.



The mixing of IC and OOC is generally frowned upon. While there are no real rules on it, and such rules would be pretty much impossible to define and uphold, there are a few general guidelines most of us follow.

1.) make clear which one your speaking in. Stuff in here is OOC unless said otherwise. Stuff in the game threads tend to be assumed to be IC unless said otherwise.

2.) make clear that conflict is only IC. If you scream your lungs out at another character IC, it is nice to send them a friendly OOC PM and let them know it's nothing personal.

3.) do not use information IC that you learned OOC. If you read a story in the story thread about a conversation between Makedonios and Anna, there is probably no way your character would know this. So you probably shouldn't mention it IC or let it color your IC interactions.

4.) don't take it personal. Your character will get in trouble. It's politics and politics is a rough and tumble world. But do remember that people are having a problem with your character, not you as a person.

*edit*

5.) Andres reminded me of this one. Be sure to use the clown smiley in all OOC posts. This lets us know your kidding and in a good mood. If you don't use this smiley, people will think your cranky like Andres.