Implemented OOC zone

well this is a subzone of the RP zone where people make coresponding threads for their RP's that way if they want to discuss story plots or want a discussion or are having an arguement it won't interupt the story of the RP. it's very effective on other forums like for e.g. Narutofan.

Any comments on it and is it plausible.

 

What does ooc stand for?

 

Out of character.

 

I agree with this idea because a lot of the time there will just be pages worth of OOC in RPs, and it can be a bit spamy and rediculous. Also, like you said, it will prevent arguments and such from disturbing the flow of the RP. As to whether the idea will be taken or not I'm not sure, but I like this idea. ^^

 

I also like this idea, it would be very nice because arguements or confusion would not get in the way of the rp

 

Well I can see how that would work but I believe some people once created "player pits" in the social groups for RPs so they could discuss them. The idea could work but at the level of creativity and the amounts of thought put into the posts in the RP section we have here would just mean everything would most likely become an argument about difference of posts as some write about 3-6 lines each post while others do 1 liners and also the way some people dominate the original idea of the plot with their own.
It could work or it may not depending on wether people can still cope with those who have weaker writting capabilities in threads where they expect a standard of a paragraph per post.

But you said it works for Narutofan right? Well me and a few friends joined that forum a while back and it wasn't exactly the nicest place so if you think of how something from a place like that would work here then it would probably be a section full of quarrels.

To be honest I dislike the idea due to the maturity of members and the differences of writing that members have been known to argue about in the past.

 

well i RP in Narutofan and i have some of the greatest fun ever.

If it's a thing of the weakness of writting they also have something called the the training ground thread where experianced RPers teach people weaker at RPing how to write. it is quiet Helpful.

With this it will allow for discussions about the stuff you've mentioned without interupting the storyline.

 

I believe people VM and PM each other when they plan stuff so I don't really see the point of having an entire section which will probably turn into a mini-spamzone/forum family based on a single roleplay which probably won't last long.

 

because that way it would be more open besides a multi-PMing conversation which both annoying and confusing.Well you could allow them as a family besides making a new section?

 

I just don't see it working, probably alot of the ones who write things like "he stood up" as an RP post would rape the section to death but I think the idea would dry up quick.

I'll wait to see what more people think and see if its worth a shot. If it is we'll see if the other staff agree.

 

OK then thats reasonable.

 

Perhaps instead of a new section, each RP can have a moderated or invite only Social Group? It's sort of like a section but more controlled as to who can post there or not, in addition you can add pictures or whatever to the specific RP group.

 

thats a good possibity but if it's invite only people will ask to join on the thread and eventually a convo would start on locations,people etc which would interrupt the rp.

 

I think she means when you join the RP itself someone already in the RP invites you into the social group and there you can discuss it at leisure.

 

Seriously, why not just PM or VM the person(s) or use an Instant Messager, if possible? Talking about the story, what they're planning, etc, will ruin the surprise for ppl who stumble upon it. I don't want to know what other RPers are planning until their plan goes into action.

^This sounds like the best way to do it.^

 

Oh ya, that would definately work.

i've already explained about how that wouldn't work. read the rest of the other replies.

 

I think it's kind of pointless. Honestly because some of the people on this site would ruin it. :/ The maturity of some of the role-players here and the inexperience would cause for just a bunch of spam and pointless arguments or conversations. I've RPed on several forums with an OOC section and I found it tedious that I had to keep going to a separate thread to address something in the RP that had taken place just then, only to have it not read or ignored. When you comment OOC on the actual thread, no one can miss it.

As for what DPwolf said, I think we should just take that one rule about: "No private RPs" away. It's be simpler and it would still be in the RP sections.

But at the same time, I kind of disagree with this suggestion as well. Seeing as how it was separate the "good" role-players and the "bad" role-players. Honestly, people learn from seeing and by being guided and having examples. If the "bad" role-players only role-play with the "bad" role-players...yeah. Then of course, there could be a certain story or RP that a "bad' role-play may want to join but the owner of the Rp would exclude them from it for a reason like: "You can't spell." or "You're no good." Which would escalate into a giant shitstorm within the RP section. Which would honestly suck. ​

 

Personally I don't think this will change much of anything. There are allready mentioned mediums to do almost exactly this. Honestly the problem is that it can be hard to differentiate between what will and won't disrupt the flow until after it's done. I'm a very logical person so when people post something that doesn't make sense I call them out. Usually this is done in two posts and each post stil has IC in it, but sometimes this can take up multiple pages of debate. Usually I'll have moved it before it get's that bad, but still.

For these problems to be solved it would be better to make an OOC rule IMO, but due to the numorous circumstances that could happen it would be very hard to write one because some OOCs are acceptable and some aren't.