Ahh yes, thanks for reminding me. I totally forgot, in spite of playing just last night, that SCM also has 'os' and 'op' for OOC say and OOC pose. Also all pages and whispers have [OOC] appended to them. There's no IC whispering, oddly. I guess if you want to be naughty in a public room with someone, you gotta be OOC. *smirks*
I think you're right, though. Having an explicitly OOC area on an IC intended MUCK is a little cagey, but it does work on SCM. Again, though, I think that's primarily due to the geographic design of that MUCK in particular. I guess the 'goooc' zone serves as the obscure part of the geography, mostly because few people want to travel 10 minutes just to have an OOC conference with a few furs. And that's just space travel. You're also expected to be IC at all moments in time, which means looking to see if there's anyone live in each and every single room you travel in, and pose moving if there is. At least, that's the impression I get, since I've several times been page-bitched at for breezing through a room with someone in it when I was on my way to do something non-RP related (I either ignore them, or snap back, depending on my mood). Not to mention, it usually only takes 5 or so OOC comments by someone in a room to get the 'can we get back to IC' response. But of course, Bandari is not going to have these decidedly unique attributes and limitations, so you're right I think, that having a specific OOC zone may not work well.
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Date: 2004-03-08 10:52 (UTC)I think you're right, though. Having an explicitly OOC area on an IC intended MUCK is a little cagey, but it does work on SCM. Again, though, I think that's primarily due to the geographic design of that MUCK in particular. I guess the 'goooc' zone serves as the obscure part of the geography, mostly because few people want to travel 10 minutes just to have an OOC conference with a few furs. And that's just space travel. You're also expected to be IC at all moments in time, which means looking to see if there's anyone live in each and every single room you travel in, and pose moving if there is. At least, that's the impression I get, since I've several times been page-bitched at for breezing through a room with someone in it when I was on my way to do something non-RP related (I either ignore them, or snap back, depending on my mood). Not to mention, it usually only takes 5 or so OOC comments by someone in a room to get the 'can we get back to IC' response. But of course, Bandari is not going to have these decidedly unique attributes and limitations, so you're right I think, that having a specific OOC zone may not work well.