(07-28-2013, 12:23 PM)Ildur Wrote: Anyway! Back to the RP-crashing thing. I once witnessed two people roleplaying in /say while in a plaza. Talking inconsequential stuff about some monsters. Someone was lingering nearby and decided to talk with them. He was immediately scolded OOCly for approaching them. The person in question was a bit confused because, he argued, they were interacting in the open and in the /say public chat. He was scolded again because he had interrupted them without invitation. So, I guess this means you should ask for permission so that you can avoid that kind of people.
See, I view this differently. I think those kind of people should know from the outset that the community doesn't tolerate that behavior and that it's not the norm. When we don't speak out against that behavior, at least some people will take their bad experience with some jerk who can't grasp the IC/OOC line and the whole concept of ICA=ICC and assume it applies to the rest of the community. Then, we all look like cliquish, insular pricks.
But hey, like I said, if you want to introduce yourself OOC, go right on ahead.
There just should never be an expectation that an introduction is polite or required before engaging in public RP with someone who's already doing it, since when you RP openly, the ICC is that other people might interact with you. You're being impolite (among other things) if you're not open to that. If you don't want that possibility, go somewhere private.
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