Getting back on topic, sorta...
The way I learned it, way back in the MUSH days, was that powerposing -- what I think "autoing" is -- was sort of a subset of godmoding (from "godmode," a la the FPS term, since Back Then, we didn't have no "mod" scene, and we had to telnet to our RP, two miles, on a 9600bps modem, uphill both ways...
). It was basically forcing someone to accede to your wishes, either by narrating result along with action or by "forcing" someone to act as you wish through abuse of the emit system. A very classic case of powerposing was actually on a MOO, where a griefer abused emit to have characters engage in various sex acts.
Godmoding was a superset that covered the "undefeatable super character" business along with powerposing, but powerposing had certain mechanical aspects to it that usually led us to refer to it separately.
And now everyone knows I'm old.
(09-21-2015, 07:05 PM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: I've...literally never heard anyone try to break these up into two separate things. Â I've always heard "godmodding" defined as basically taking an action without allowing for a reaction. Â You don't give the other party a way out. Â This is actually the first time I've ever heard of the term "autoing," much less as something separate from godmodding. Â People normally cover both of the situations you are describing under "godmodding."
The way I learned it, way back in the MUSH days, was that powerposing -- what I think "autoing" is -- was sort of a subset of godmoding (from "godmode," a la the FPS term, since Back Then, we didn't have no "mod" scene, and we had to telnet to our RP, two miles, on a 9600bps modem, uphill both ways...
). It was basically forcing someone to accede to your wishes, either by narrating result along with action or by "forcing" someone to act as you wish through abuse of the emit system. A very classic case of powerposing was actually on a MOO, where a griefer abused emit to have characters engage in various sex acts.Godmoding was a superset that covered the "undefeatable super character" business along with powerposing, but powerposing had certain mechanical aspects to it that usually led us to refer to it separately.
And now everyone knows I'm old.
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