~pulls up a block of salt behind him for anyone who needs a grain or two~
It is a disgrace that people perpetually OOC in NY and any other system for all to see, there is PM, Local, and Group Chat for such things. The main channel is for general role play in my eyes and even in Group Chat there should be a demeanor of role play in that as well. I really don't see much of a problem though so long as the OOC stuff stays out of the system chat or to an absolute bare minimum. It's hard to be at a minimum though when you have masses of people + nubs congregating around Manhatten though. There are just too many people, and even though it is rule breaking, Freelancer is a social game and it's hard not to get carried away with the OOC in System Chat and everyone wants to chime in their 2 cents on the subject at hand. And then you have about 10 people trying to tell them to get back in character, before you know it you have a bad situation on your hands and a turn away for serious role players in their first few minutes on the server. Remember when you are in Liberty there are usually nubs around so whatever you do, you are showing them how the Disco RP Server works and what goes on. So do your best to do what needs to be done and by the rules. I got cussed out the other day by some absolute fool, Canonicus, because he left loot at the docking ring at Manhattan. It just so happened to be 25mil in credit cards and he cussed me out in system chat and others. This is childish behavior and I'm pretty sure any nubs around didn't appreciate it. This is just one example of stuff I have seen myself. Now I have done my own bit of OOC in NY as well as a few other systems, and yes it is hard sometimes not to. But I try to keep it very limited or I go into PM with someone. There's no need to have an entire conversation out in the open out of character in System Chat. I'm pretty sure everyone knows this and I'm pretty sure the people who are doing this constantly know this. So there should be a solution to this for major violators of this sanction. Ban them for a few days, maybe it might tighten them up some. I'm pretty sure the Admins are doing all that they can on this anyway, but screen captures help. This presents another problem in itself though doesn't it? You will have those who don't really care about the RP and will just sit there and screen capture every bit they can just to see what kind of trouble they can cause for other players who don't OOC very much at all, and at the other extreme you will have the same extreme for the die hard RP'ers who don't want any OOC around. My suggestion to this? Why don't we just include a ''Hangout'' System in the next mod release? The theory behind this is that anyone who doesn't feel like role playing or just wants to chat with his fellow players have a place they can go to. I know that this promotes people lazing about on the server and idling, but this would also make a neutral ground for discussions that matter in game. Like treaty talks in character or other such things. I don't know, I notice the server can get very full at times and maybe this is not a solution. It's just a thought though. And again, this has been my 25 cents. Kudos to those who RP, it's great.:)