I'm of the belief that there is a fine line of when you should send a tell, when your character gathering information and using it is metagaming, and when it is okay to just walk up.
I've been in an instance where a player was afk in the local area. Never emoted, never spoke up but was keen on trying to use the conversation they were never apart of against my character. That to me doesn't fly, especially if you try to work it saying mammets were there recording everything as a means to bypass it.
If I'm roleplaying in public I am fine with people just walking up and joining in (if not in an event of course). My only concern becomes when said walk up player tries to force their roleplay, ie: law enforcement. Now again, there is a fine line to this. If a criminal is, well, being a criminal in public then I would see that as an invitation to step in. However, if there is no obvious emoted illegal action being emoted or spoken of and you try to force an arrest then obviously you will be met with resistance.
At the end of the day it is really just a personal preference. Both sides of this topic have their points but there are a multitude of different avenues/instances that would cause said walk up to feel rejected and ignored. I personally am just the type to emote my character there as well as ask to see if the roleplay is open for walk ups. Another person may not be. This is just how it is. The online World is huge and there will always be differing opinions and styles of roleplay here.
I've been in an instance where a player was afk in the local area. Never emoted, never spoke up but was keen on trying to use the conversation they were never apart of against my character. That to me doesn't fly, especially if you try to work it saying mammets were there recording everything as a means to bypass it.
If I'm roleplaying in public I am fine with people just walking up and joining in (if not in an event of course). My only concern becomes when said walk up player tries to force their roleplay, ie: law enforcement. Now again, there is a fine line to this. If a criminal is, well, being a criminal in public then I would see that as an invitation to step in. However, if there is no obvious emoted illegal action being emoted or spoken of and you try to force an arrest then obviously you will be met with resistance.
At the end of the day it is really just a personal preference. Both sides of this topic have their points but there are a multitude of different avenues/instances that would cause said walk up to feel rejected and ignored. I personally am just the type to emote my character there as well as ask to see if the roleplay is open for walk ups. Another person may not be. This is just how it is. The online World is huge and there will always be differing opinions and styles of roleplay here.
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