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Shalee Lianne:

Do you think knowing someone OOC has any bearing on your RP?

I personally think some of my best RPs have happened when I don't know the player behind the character at all.

I think it is easier to just RP when you don't know, when you can just immerse yourself into that scene without worry or regard to the typist.

When I play Shalee, I imagine the scene in my mind like a movie.  Sometimes I find it a little difficult to rp her true to her nature when knowing that whatever she may do might irritate or piss off the player....because I know OOC they have had a bad day or their dog died or yada yada.

It isn't that way all the time.  Some people have a definate divide between character and themselves.  A perfect example would be Mitara.  Mitara and Shalee have had a few shouting matches (okay so it's Shalee doing the yelling, but still) and I know that it is completely IC and it never affects any OOC friendship we have.

But with some others, I feel like I have to take into regard their OOC moods, or what-have-you.

So, the question is:

Is rp better or worse for you if you have an ooc connection/friendship with the player?

Casiella:
Generally, better, because I can have a comfort level that the other player won't do something that will make me want to :bash: ...

Silver Night:
I think there are advantages and disadvantages.

If you know the person, you might be able to better compensate for some of the shortcomings of text as a medium of communication. You might better know what they mean. Any bits that require an OOC check of any kind are likely to go more smoothly, and hopefully be less needed.

On the other hand, coming to it without knowing the person does allow you to interact only as characters, which can be good. Most people I RP with, one of my characters 'met' IC first, before I started to get to know them OOC.

Silver Night:

--- Quote from: Casiella on 22 Apr 2010, 14:22 ---Generally, better, because I can have a comfort level that the other player won't do something that will make me want to :bash: ...

--- End quote ---

This also. It is nice to know that you can trust a player to RP in a way that will work with your RP, and that isn't something that can usually be ascertained immediately IC.

Mizhara:
I've found it's no problem separating Miz from myself when it comes to dealing with others. IC/OOC separation fully in effect, and not really a problem. There is bleedthrough however the other way around. When I feel people do too bullshit stuff to Mizhara, I get a little OoC miffed. Especially if there's OoC motivations behind it.

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