(01-30-2014, 05:32 PM)Natalie Mcbeef Wrote:(01-30-2014, 05:17 PM)Augustine Frost Wrote: It's a thin line to dance on, doing your own personal plots in the open. If we're going to talk about being exclusive in public, to ooc shame people in /say for RPing their characters, just be exclusive in the first place. Better to be safe than sorry. What's the point in RPing a lawman if you can't arrest people confessing illegal activity in public?
I think you definitely can arrest people RPing in public, I just think you have to work around their goals for the RP. I had absolutely no problem with her confronting us and arresting my character, I don't think C'kayah had a problem with what happened to him either. It's just that at the end of the day, It's my opinion(especially after reading everyone's replies), if you walk up to people who are RPing, even if they are in a public place, you should respect their wishes about how they want things to end over your own. I play an authority character myself, so I took her threats seriously, and allowed myself to be taken off to jail, however when it was clear the player wasn't really interested in how I wanted it to end, things got slightly heated.
Here's how I handle it. I see some interesting, intense rp in the open say channel, I ask before I intervene. It's plain rude not to. This goes for rp in super public settings (in and around the Quicksand) as well as the less crowded alleyways and desert. When I saw Natalie and C'kayah arguing with the mage, I sent C'kayah a tell asking for permission to push my character in there before emoting. I left the moment I thought my character's actions (if carried out) would take over the rp.
Common courtesy. You're interrupting someone else's storyline. Don't make it yours.
HOWEVER. Augustine has a point that some rp activities are better done in private (whether that's in party chat or far from the Quicksand). If you're confessing to criminal activity in the middle of a public place, expect to intrigue people and receive a few tells. Rpers like to get involved, not just ooh and aah at your creative writing skills. That sort of confession wouldn't realistically be done in the middle of a crowd anyway.
I think it's wrong to think that you, as the original storyline creator, own the ultimate say in an rp that involves other characters. Once a character joins your rp, he/she becomes a stake in that storyline. That person's opinions matter. It's up to everyone involved to settle on a conclusion that's realistic and cool to all.
Natalie--if you're being forcibly arrested and the other character disagrees with your OOC intent to escape--then you're arrested. Obviously a compromise is ideal... but you don't get the final say just because you started the rp with C'kayah.
