If a user posts a reply in an RP that ends with
"Then, without saying a word, he walked towards the door of the bar; his intention was to go back into the even murkier streets"

Would it be considered god-modding if the other players had him continue the same action, walking into the streets, and then continuing to walk?

Any opinions would be appreciated.... especially from some of the RPA staff.

As I've already said, I believe having him continue what he was doing as opposed to assuming he has done something else is preferable.

Erego, no, I don't believe it's godmodding.

...I don't think I understand correctly to consider it God-modding or not. Explanation number two, please?

Now if he was pinned by a piano, I'd say god-modding.

But if he was in a conversation, not at all.
Especially how it never says he actually makes it to the street, suggesting that others could interfere, or talk to him if needed.

My two cents.
But what are pennies worth these days?
Nothing?

The other players had his character advance into the streets and continue to walk.


The original character is upset, claiming that it was completely out of line for them to take control of his character like that.


I'm just looking for opinions...

Eymber wrote:The other players had his character advance into the streets and continue to walk.


The original character is upset, claiming that it was completely out of line for them to take control of his character like that.


I'm just looking for opinions...

Whats so bad about walking into the streets? If someone does something, role(roll) with it, make it fun. Tell the person that its a game and to play the game not whine about it.

Now thats 2 cents ^-^

Oh! Well, I guess, it could be considered that. I suppose you'd have to know if the intent was malicious or not.

That doesn't work. I tried.

(5:46:13 PM) :: Lantis :+: Ebonywing is alive! ::: It's not god moding, it's meta gaming.
(5:46:26 PM) :: Lantis :+: Ebonywing is alive! ::: Which most rpers hate. <<
(5:46:29 PM) -=Eymber=- : What's the difference?
(5:47:33 PM) :: Lantis :+: Ebonywing is alive! ::: God moding is dodging everything and never taking any damage or nothing making any difference to your character. Metagaming is taking control of another player's character and making them do stuff without their concent usually.
(5:49:05 PM) -=Eymber=- : and in forum RP is that something that should be considered worthy of stopping an RP, simply because the character was kept walking, as opposed to the alternative of making them stop or another action?
(5:50:09 PM) :: Lantis :+: Ebonywing is alive! ::: You shouldn't post about what another player's character does without that player having already done it, it's considered rude and bad form.
(5:51:12 PM) :: Lantis :+: Ebonywing is alive! ::: That goes for all forms of rp. x.x
(5:51:59 PM) -=Eymber=- : So the fact that the other players took his statement to mean that he was leaving and RP'd that he walked out into the street and continued to walk is something that gives a player reason to get angry?
(5:53:13 PM) :: Lantis :+: Ebonywing is alive! ::: Well from the looks of it it was a bit more serious than that because they had him reacting to things. It also depends on the player.. I'm fairly relaxed so I'll tolerate a bit of metagaming to a few of my characters.. other people are less forgiving especially as it is a blatent no no to anyone who knows rp well.
(5:54:37 PM) :: Lantis :+: Ebonywing is alive! ::: And especially for certain characters.. like with Lantis.. a fair few people have metagamed him and I've allowed it because he's a fairly relaxed character and if someone picks him up like a sack of spuds and carried him off he'd probably not care anyway. If I was rping Dar though.. I'm unlikely to let any metagaming go on because it would throw him OOc.
(5:58:32 PM) :: Lantis :+: Ebonywing is alive! ::: Consider it like this.. it could be extremely frustrating and irritating to someone.. Say you'd worked on a character for years and they had a very deliberate pattern of speech and then just because someone wouldn't wait for you to post your character they made them say something they totally wouldn't in reality.. they ruin the rp for you because they've forced your character ooc and changed their personna.
(5:59:02 PM) -=Eymber=- : But in this case, that is not what happened...
(5:59:21 PM) -=Eymber=- : ....all they did was have his character do as he implied was goign to happen... go into the streets and continue to walk.
(6:01:31 PM) :: Lantis :+: Ebonywing is alive! ::: << It's still considered bad.
(6:02:49 PM) :: Lantis :+: Ebonywing is alive! ::: And it's a precursor to bad habits.

Oh.
So someone ELSE did it.
Rofl.
Sorry!
No wonder why pennies are so useless these days!

I still think its ridiculous to get mad at something like that. Also Lantis = RP Nazi

Saladin is an RP Nazi.
Rightfully so, of course.
Seen him work?
Magic, man.
It's magic.

LOL... WOW.


wow.



That's... wow.

Magic?

Nah, not quite. But, I guess I thank you for the overly kind compliment, Jakob.

Aww, come on.. admit it. Your words are magic! Look what they have sparked today!

That came out wrong.

That was a good thing...
...a compliment.

Psh, I know you're my lover and all, but seriously, no need to suck my arse hole with false ideas.

There are many people a LOT better than me.

So, please... stop trying to big up a mediocre, average RPer into something completely different.

-=Makes epic BATTLE metal love to Eymber=-

((You would have got that whether you complimented me or not))

-= Turns bright red. =-

Good to know....


-= Was Epically given BATTLE metal love =-

-= Now feels refreshed and ready to RP! =-

It IS considered rude and bad for someone to take control of another's character.

I wouldn't have allowed that to happen, at least, not without my permission.

But if the actions were implied...why bitch about it? It was going to happen anyways.

I could understand if the actions were different than implied, but since that wasn't the case...there's no real problem that I can see, really.

Taking Eymber's example I would not consider it to be god modding as long as the next player only took the character out of the immediate area of play in this case out of the bar into the street. Were they to take him further that would be pushing the limits of modding and if the player chose to do anything other than take the character out of the bar it would indeed be god modding. It's a fine line between God modding and following a players lead. If a player has left no doubt that their character intends to perform a certain action but does not do it before finishing the post it is legitimate that the next player to post may have the character perform that action and no more. If there is any doubt at all then the next player must not have the character perform any action at all.

Grim

Indeed.

The only action implied was that the character was going to leave the bar.

Not walk down the street.