I feel the same as what many people have already said here. Â IC finding out and telling is fine, though I would actually be rather interested OOCly if it were happening, as my character and those he's associated with deal in information trade. Â It may shift around some 'background events' in an interesting way that might lead to some neat (though certainly conflicty) rp, so I'd like to keep track of where it ends up going. Â But by all means, if my character lets something slip, and it's in-character to betray that, go for it~
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Though if it were found out OOCly only and spread ICly (without my permission), I wouldn't be very happy about it. Â Again, somewhat for the above reasons; information, especially secrets and less-known knowledge are really important and pivotal to my character and his clan. Â Depending on what's known they will react accordingly which could have a major impact on my character in a way I might not be willing to go through with, if ICly there was no way said secret could have gotten out. (as in he never actually spoke it to anyone, etc.) Â If this happened, I'd attempt to contact the person OOCly who was spreading it, ask them how their character knew about the 'secret' ICly, and who they told. Â If it isn't viable (or isn't actually based on something that happened, and was taken, say, from my character's journal on an ooc level) I'd ask them to retcon, add in a measure of doubt (such as 'wouldn't it be funny if [secret]?') or at least give me the people who they told, so I could explain it to them. Â Mostly because I'd probably try to ignore it, and let them know the source was OOC info only. Â At least if I wasn't willing to have the mess unfold ICly that would otherwise unfold.
Otherwise, I would grudgingly try to make it work, but probably be pretty wary of playing with someone unwilling to bend on their mistake / separate IC and OOC in the future.
I've actually had this happen before in both minor (where it was resolved quickly) and much more major ways, and in the latter, it had.. really unfortunate consequences. Â As in 'Corrupt DMs using the information to give to other characters on an 'opposing side', and force certain characters off the server that they had OOC grudges on, yet broke no rules, thus couldn't be confronted about it OOCly. Â So they took OOC problems into IC instead.' kind of nasty. Â Basically bending a plot around the metagamed info in my character's journal in order to get some other people kicked out of a game in what would appear to anyone else as a 'purely IC consequence'. Â It wasn't at all purely IC. Â So in major part to this, I tend to get a bit severe when it comes to that kind of meta-gaming, because boy, do I not want to deal with that sort of drama again. Â 8|
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Though if it were found out OOCly only and spread ICly (without my permission), I wouldn't be very happy about it. Â Again, somewhat for the above reasons; information, especially secrets and less-known knowledge are really important and pivotal to my character and his clan. Â Depending on what's known they will react accordingly which could have a major impact on my character in a way I might not be willing to go through with, if ICly there was no way said secret could have gotten out. (as in he never actually spoke it to anyone, etc.) Â If this happened, I'd attempt to contact the person OOCly who was spreading it, ask them how their character knew about the 'secret' ICly, and who they told. Â If it isn't viable (or isn't actually based on something that happened, and was taken, say, from my character's journal on an ooc level) I'd ask them to retcon, add in a measure of doubt (such as 'wouldn't it be funny if [secret]?') or at least give me the people who they told, so I could explain it to them. Â Mostly because I'd probably try to ignore it, and let them know the source was OOC info only. Â At least if I wasn't willing to have the mess unfold ICly that would otherwise unfold.
Otherwise, I would grudgingly try to make it work, but probably be pretty wary of playing with someone unwilling to bend on their mistake / separate IC and OOC in the future.
I've actually had this happen before in both minor (where it was resolved quickly) and much more major ways, and in the latter, it had.. really unfortunate consequences. Â As in 'Corrupt DMs using the information to give to other characters on an 'opposing side', and force certain characters off the server that they had OOC grudges on, yet broke no rules, thus couldn't be confronted about it OOCly. Â So they took OOC problems into IC instead.' kind of nasty. Â Basically bending a plot around the metagamed info in my character's journal in order to get some other people kicked out of a game in what would appear to anyone else as a 'purely IC consequence'. Â It wasn't at all purely IC. Â So in major part to this, I tend to get a bit severe when it comes to that kind of meta-gaming, because boy, do I not want to deal with that sort of drama again. Â 8|
