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I hadn't found a thread on this before, and because it's an interesting little issue I figured I'd take the plunge and start it! 
The closest I saw to this was probably in relation to an old IC/OOC thread that was a while back. And the topic is this: players being OOCly persecuted for the actions of their character.
For example, one of the things I've see is when someone plays a promiscuous character. Promiscuous either sexually, emotionally, being overly flirtatious, etc. or a combination of such, and then comments and distaste are made towards the player being such a way (with things said along the lines of "So-and-so is such a skank!" or whatever when it comes to speaking about the player when their character happens to have loose morals). Another example also is when someone plays a less then benign character (villains, scoundrels, etc.) and is OOCly accused of being as evil/dickish/rude/etc. as their character.
It's one thing if a person is like this OOCly. But more often then not in my own (emphasis on 'my own') experience it's usually purely a product of the character. So the question becomes: is this seen as a blending of IC/OOC to some people?
Do people even realize that they do it?
Is it very common in your own experience, or is it rare? Everyone is different after all!
I will add as a final note that it's one thing to hold such opinions about a character based on their actions. Similar to when you read a book and make your own judgement call and form your own opinion on the characters you're reading about. But it's another to RP and meet a character that is a certain way and then assume the player must be like this if their characters are.
Edit: A friend once put it to me in the sense that "IC actions beget IC consequences and OOC actions beget OOC consequences". Thought it'd be a nice little phrase to add
The closest I saw to this was probably in relation to an old IC/OOC thread that was a while back. And the topic is this: players being OOCly persecuted for the actions of their character.
For example, one of the things I've see is when someone plays a promiscuous character. Promiscuous either sexually, emotionally, being overly flirtatious, etc. or a combination of such, and then comments and distaste are made towards the player being such a way (with things said along the lines of "So-and-so is such a skank!" or whatever when it comes to speaking about the player when their character happens to have loose morals). Another example also is when someone plays a less then benign character (villains, scoundrels, etc.) and is OOCly accused of being as evil/dickish/rude/etc. as their character.
It's one thing if a person is like this OOCly. But more often then not in my own (emphasis on 'my own') experience it's usually purely a product of the character. So the question becomes: is this seen as a blending of IC/OOC to some people?
Do people even realize that they do it?
Is it very common in your own experience, or is it rare? Everyone is different after all!
I will add as a final note that it's one thing to hold such opinions about a character based on their actions. Similar to when you read a book and make your own judgement call and form your own opinion on the characters you're reading about. But it's another to RP and meet a character that is a certain way and then assume the player must be like this if their characters are.
Edit: A friend once put it to me in the sense that "IC actions beget IC consequences and OOC actions beget OOC consequences". Thought it'd be a nice little phrase to add