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by Aelryn Bloodmoon » Tue Jul 14, 2015 4:48 pm
I have only one objection to this Statement of Intent, and it is the same issue I have anytime Skype gets brought up on any NWN RP server. It boils down to something like this.
"Communicating on Skype is an OOC method of communication and your character should not benefit from it."
The problem I have with this mental theory comes when it is juxtaposed with the following sentiment.
"My typing speed is an OOC factor, and the abhorrent speed with which I type should NOT be responsible for my character's death or the death of his traveling companions."
If you examine these two sentiments, you can see where the conflict of interest arises. However, personally, if I skype while I'm out hunting, I will communicate DURING the PvE spawn groups through skype (because I do not believe my character should stop all actions and movement, go flat-footed, and lose 3/4th's of his health while I type out a short emote about what he's doing and then say three words out loud).
After the spawn group is cleared, I will, with relative frequency, take the time to put together an IC post or two about the fight- maneuvers, resolution, injuries, etc. I won't always do it with every spawn group, but it happens...however, the first time I stop to type during an encounter and someone drops, I guarantee you I am not typing anything for the rest of the trip until safety is reached.
My concern is this:
Policing RPR to account for people who use Skype to engineer metagaming is understandable, but how does this interact with players whom (in my opinion, legitimately) do not want themselves or their party to die while their character spends 15 seconds standing doing nothing to do something that IC should take a fraction of a second? Will the latter player be punished along with the former, and how will you tell the difference?
Furthermore, I sometimes play on the server with my roommate. If we sit next to each other and talk out loud, are we violating the game's rules because we happen to live together? What about couples who want to play with each other?
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