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FreelanceWizard · **07-24-2013, 05:57 PM**

(07-24-2013, 04:37 PM)Naunet Wrote: However, I will apply a slight caveat to this in that roleplayers wanting to poke into a scene should be aware of the setting currently being RPed. (...) But basically the lesson here is to be aware when you want to push into a scene - the RPers you're watching may not be exactly matching the location to the scene they're acting out.

That's a good point. If a group of RPers are in some esoteric but still public place -- in XIV, let's say the tavern in Outer La Noscea on the other side of the ferry -- and you see them RPing publicly but it doesn't seem to make any sense, a tell to ask what's up is probably warranted before you start interacting. Smile

This doesn't mean the group in the location has any claim or authority over it, but they were there doing their RP first, so being especially (one might say "overly") considerate is wise.

That said, if a group of RPers wants to change a scene's setting, they should probably use the most esoteric and off the beaten path place they can find, IMO. In CoH, before we had supergroup bases, we'd use the tops of very tall buildings in the corners of the zones as our "bases." This let us change the scene in a persistent way without having to worry about people accidentally stumbling upon us and getting confused.

I know this next part is really nitpicky, but indulge me. It always rubs me the wrong way when people talk about "poking in," "pushing into," or even "crashing" a scene, in addition to the "disrupting" and "intruding" terms the OP's evidently run into. It comes off -- to me, anyway, but possibly new players too -- as new participants being an unwanted imposition on those already RPing. I'd gently suggest that us more experienced types might use more inclusive language ("joining a scene," "starting your RP," etc.) to not come off as, well, cliquish.

A Living Character or a Scripted Scene

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