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Is the information convayed using the reply command to the wrong person OOC info?
Yes, that information should be considered OOC information. 10%  10%  [ 4 ]
No, that information should be considered IC information. 90%  90%  [ 35 ]
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 Post subject: "Wrong Mind"
PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 8:22 pm 
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Ah yes, the classic mistake of using Reply at bad timing: right when somebody else send you a tell, and that precious information is sent to the wrong person.

What do you all think? Is that information considered OOC info?


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 8:50 pm 
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I voted no because if you're sending a really really precious piece of information, you should always use "tell XXX" to ensure delivery of it to the right person (unless of course someone's being a sneaky little --). Using only the tell command is also useful when you're talking to 5 different people at once. And if you're talking to invisible or hidden "someones," I don't think you should be relaying important info anyway. Just my thoughts.


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 8:56 pm 
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I treat it like a typo and do my best to disregard. My character has done it enough for me to hope others do the same... :oops:


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 9:12 pm 
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things that occur in real life that we must handle the consequnces for:

misdirected texts
misdirected emails
misdirected luggage
misdirected childhoods
misdirected sem--err

i should probably stop there

point being, we make mistakes, and it's wholly conceivable that a character could mentally confuse two people. all that information is fair game, as far as i'm concerned.


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 9:49 pm 
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Hah. I've gotten some interesting mistells before (like Orius claiming he had recalled away while Kawl and I were locked in the Temple of Murder, saying he was coming back, and he sent a mistell that he was right outside, toying with us. :P) and I always treat them ICly. If I lived in a world where I could send magical mental messages to people, I know receiving several messages from several people at once could make anyone confused... it's very IC, in my opinion.

But I wish there was a better way to deal with it than saying "wrong mind" just like I wish there was a better way to leave the realms... I mean, when you log off, where do you go?


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 10:18 pm 
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Nowhere. You cease to exist, like color in a dark room.


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grep wrote:
Nowhere. You cease to exist, like color in a dark room.


Or like happiness in Grep's similes.


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 10:23 pm 
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:( I was referencing Berkeley.

"Omne esse est percipi."


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 3:18 am 
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It's definitely IC.

Just like if you say, "I'm going to go sex that dog. / ooc: whoops, hex* lol" you still said you were going to sex a dog, and best get to explaining yourself in character.

God, that annoys me.


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:06 am 
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I have always played them as IC. I rp out the mishap as well. I have given and received some very juicy info from mistells before. I think it adds spice to communicating via long range telepathy.


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