(09-15-2015, 04:07 PM)SaintEaon Wrote:(09-15-2015, 03:59 PM)Gegenji Wrote:(09-15-2015, 03:54 PM)SaintEaon Wrote: You let your old friend join in your new "plot" with this new guy, and he drops an atomic bomb on the plot that you knew was coming but not your new partner.
Right here would be the problem in the situation, I think. You know a bomb is coming, and you know it's a bomb, but the new friend was not let in on it. At the very least, if you have even the faintest inkling that it could cause problems, it might be a good idea to let them know. Communication, as always, is critical - and this right here is a lack of communication.
That's a great point, but it still doesn't really address the issue either. Do you tell the guy dropping the bomb he can't do it even if its something his character has done in the past? What if the new guy refuses to go along with it. At this point because one person doesn't like the other, maybe because they didn't know about him or whatever, their OOC ideas of what the plot should be is effectively blocking out another character. As the mediator between the two how do you handle that?
If there is communication, it might prevent the issue. Old Friend wants to drop this bomb and tells you, you tell him you want to discuss it with New Friend. You open a dialogue between Both Friends and hopefully manage to reach a decision that makes everyone happy. And if they're both friends, you shouldn't really "surprise" one with the other - if Old Friend wants to join the RP with New Friend, New Friend should have a say in it as well because he's part of said RP.
And if their way of participating in said RP is to block out one of the other participants, then that's not very nice at all, is it?
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