(03-04-2015, 03:43 PM)Verad Wrote: And in that regard, what "most RPers" discuss is a problem, because it erases the existence of that one thing and only discusses the existence of the something else, leading to threads where we have to articulate the existence of the one thing again. Similar concerns appear with "metagaming," where it can refer to a broad swathe of activities (pre-planning storylines, the employment of dramatic irony, making characters and storylines based on an OOC awareness of what people tend to play, etc.) but is only used as a pejorative, referring to one specific type of those activities (using OOC knowledge IC without consent).
Even the above regarding a "fragile, obsessive need" isn't necessarily problematic on its face - only when it leads to problems for other players, OOC and IC. It seems some posters deem that to be a foregone conclusion; I'm skeptical of that idea.
I'm admittedly not entirely sure of what you're getting at here? For the latter half of your post, yes, I meant specifically when other players are affected both IC and OOC. If someone is off having whatever issues and it's not affecting anyone other than themselves... of course it's not necessarily problematic.
