(02-19-2015, 10:39 AM)Unnamed Mercenary Wrote:(02-19-2015, 10:21 AM)A Wrote: I'm actually going to disagree with the majority here saying that it can usually be defined as /say RP being open to everyone. It actually, seems to be quite the opposite to me, both from personal experience, and watching the experiences of others.
However that being said, about the worst that will happen if you try to join in on the conversation without asking first, will just lead to them ignoring you are even there.
I'd say send a /tell and ask if it was okay.
While generally never done enough, communication is key. If you're worried about intruding, that's when I'd send an OOC tell to one of the people. The worst they can say is "no". At the same time, many RPers also have a [RPer, walkups ok] tag on their search info. I would count anything as open unless they OOCly state it isn't, at that point.
This, right here.
There's a difference between an RP being OOCly open and being ICly open. If I go to the Quicksand and RP C'kayah having a conversation with a contact about some contraband that's coming into Ul'dah, I'm clearly doing it OOCly because it's intended to be overheard, and because shady deals happen in shady bars, and because walkup RP could happen because of it. Other RPers are OOCly welcome to jump in. At the same time, if some random person walked up while C'kayah and his contact were having this conversation and tried to butt in, they would not be ICly welcomed into it. Because, hey, it's still two criminals talking crime.
