OOCW - Whispering Out of Character

[Omerta]

I don't want to have to use languages to say OOC shit privately near people. My character is not saying or thinking those things.

I propose implementing an Out of Character Whisper so we can exchange sensitive information/reminders OOCly to people near us that others cannot overhear and abuse for metagame/abuse.

Things like "pager"(Discord) invites are primarily what I'm thinking but there are other examples I can't drum up on the spot.

Please consider, my friends. Thank you all for reading.

[Wizner]

+1 Needs to be added, current ooc blasts stuff that your saying like discord invites outside the walls

[KingJewMonaclu]

Dm them

 

-1

[Omerta]

21 minutes ago, KingJewMonaclu said:

Dm them

 

-1

You just told me to DM somebody in game? What are you even saying? You're a Seasoned Administrator, for luck's sake.

[KingJewMonaclu]

17 minutes ago, Omerta said:

You just told me to DM somebody in game? What are you even saying? You're a Seasoned Administrator, for luck's sake.

you can dm players to convey OOC shit. If you're not allowed to DM them something, you're definitely not allowed to use LOOC to say it.

[Omerta]

52 minutes ago, KingJewMonaclu said:

you can dm players to convey OOC shit. If you're not allowed to DM them something, you're definitely not allowed to use LOOC to say it.

How exactly am I supposed to DM somebody that I don't know, on the fly, to convey something that's OOC (such as a DIscord invite)?
Or explain that "Pager" means "Discord" without others seeing or having it clog up the text that has people RPing?
Am I seriously crazy here or are you just doing the famous snarky gaslight and overlooking something you're not taking into consideration? Genuinely asking.

[KingJewMonaclu]

25 minutes ago, Omerta said:

How exactly am I supposed to DM somebody that I don't know, on the fly, to convey something that's OOC (such as a DIscord invite)?
Or explain that "Pager" means "Discord" without others seeing or having it clog up the text that has people RPing?
Am I seriously crazy here or are you just doing the famous snarky gaslight and overlooking something you're not taking into consideration? Genuinely asking.

/looc "hey whats your discord"

[Omerta]

14 minutes ago, KingJewMonaclu said:

/looc "hey whats your discord"

Clearly, we have a fundamental disagreement with what should and shouldn't be openly shared in the middle of Roleplay.

The entire point of this suggestion is so that we are not publicly sharing Pager information. The person's personal Discord is obviously included with that.

Especially since text goes through walls/floors.

[Omerta]

Kind of shocked you're not for it. This frees up the text box for RP and minimizes the spam of OOC that caused the global OOC to be taken away.

LOOC having a WOOC (I titled the post OOCW but WOOC makes more sense due to the formatting of LOOC) means that much OOC banter/chat is tucked away on top of protecting certain OOC information you don't want shared with everyone around you. Maybe I don't want the guy in the next room to know that I'm leaving for work but I do want the guy next to me to.

I know "Pager" is a big element and tie-in to the City but I figured encouraging people to stay locked-in and not constantly DM people on Discord to convey messages out of character.

[Toast]

Use the in game pager system if you need to privately share things?

[Omerta]

Just now, Toast said:

Use the in game pager system if you need to privately share things?

You need to have pager contacts, no?

I am talking about conveying information to unknown people near me.

Why are you being so obtuse about this?

[calink]

My 2 cents

WOOC doesn't really have a downside except maybe some weird in game metagaming shit, but people who'd do that would do it over Discord anyway

And all of the counter points are valid and fine too

There is the ingame pager, you can IC-ly whisper a pager username, many people have 'business card' binds, you can make your discord username not cringe and it'll fit right in

If it takes 2 minutes to code why not just add it

If it is a considerable effort - no ones roleplay is *actually* being affected enough to worry

Moshi Moshi Omerta Sama Kun Nippon Japan moment

[Omerta]

Yeah, if it's too much effort, it's not worth the squeeze- I will always understand that fundamental aspect of suggesting ideas. 

But if it's easy, it's something I'm surprised already doesn't exist.

I suppose using the pager and whispering ICly forsakes convenience for the sake of Roleplay so maybe you're right @calink

[SolidSnakeDrive]

FUCK METAGAMERS. I DON'T FEEL SAFE USING /LOOC , HAVE HAD TO GO TO IN PRIVATE BACKROOMS ., just for me to type /looc. WTF, opposite of roleplay.

Edited 2 hours ago by SolidSnakeDrive