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+ | ====== Posting ====== | ||
+ | ===== Posting Etiquette ===== | ||
+ | If you expect an answer from another player or NPC that will alter anyone' | ||
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+ | Without such explicit clarity, a speech will be construed as having no more than the usual and natural conversational pauses. I strongly prefer that non-rhetorical question NOT have if/then amendments, but realize that the realities of time zones and time available to post can sometimes make them unavoidable. | ||
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+ | However, it is equally rude and unacceptable to post multiple single phrase statements that do not require separation into multiple posts to facilitate answers. This will be considered nagging, berating, and harassing and players are at liberty to treat those posts as such IC. | ||
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+ | Such usage is customary in most games, and has been amply precedented in mine. However, apparently it needs to be explicitly mentioned and duly codified. | ||
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+ | ===== Posting Frequency ===== | ||
+ | Players must read and post no less than once per week (1/wk). If one (1) week passes and a player hasn't read/ | ||
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+ | Exceptions: | ||
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+ | (1) If a player notifies me in advance that s/he will be gone, I will make every effort to work around the absence and avoid dropping her/him. However, to keep the game flowing the way it needs to, the rule about playing for the character still stands. | ||
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+ | (2) In the event where even a one week delay has serious negative impact on the game (combat or where a group course of action is required, for example) the grace period drops to two (2) days after the situation arises (or one week from last reading/ | ||
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+ | ===== Back-posting ===== | ||
+ | Occasionally that pesky thing called Real Life gets in the way of gaming and, when the player does log on, he finds that the game has moved forward without his input (even though he would have made an incredibly bright/ | ||
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+ | Under such circumstances back-posting is permitted, even encouraged. However, certain rules apply. A back-post is permitted to provide colour and clarity only; it must never alter another player' | ||
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+ | An example of appropriate back-posting might be | ||
+ | * Boudreaux: "Mon, dat Rippy, he be one mean ' | ||
+ | * Billy Bob: "Yup, yup! You got dat right!" | ||
+ | * Arlene: "Oui, mon frère!" | ||
+ | * Bikerchik: " | ||
+ | * Frisbee: " | ||
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+ | The party raced out the door, headed down to the bayou and commenced 'gator tracking. Bikerchik strangled the 12-foot long water moccasin with her bare hands before it could bite Frisbee. | ||
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+ | //(Three real-life days later)// | ||
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+ | * Thibodeaux: "Be right there!" | ||
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+ | Inappropriate back-posting might be: | ||
+ | * Boudreaux: "Mon, dat Rippy, he be one mean ' | ||
+ | * Billy Bob: "Yup, yup! You got dat right!" | ||
+ | * Arlene: "Oui, mon frère!" | ||
+ | * Bikerchik: " | ||
+ | * Frisbee: " | ||
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+ | The party raced out the door, headed down to the bayou and commenced 'gator tracking. Bikerchik strangled the 12-foot long water moccasin with her bare hands before it could bite Frisbee. | ||
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+ | //(Three real-life days later)// | ||
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+ | * Thibodeaux: Stepping in front of the door to bar the others' | ||
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+ | The first example is fine, the second is not. If Thibodeaux is really convinced that he must stop his fellows from killing Rippy, he needs to run after them and convince them, using the last posted event as the starting point and time stamp. | ||
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+ | In simplest terms, sometimes--in games as in life--if you snooze you lose. | ||
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