And after a year and a half, I think I deserve to be punched for not realizing this sooner, but...
If players and characters are accepted separately in a group, does it mean an IC char can't post in forums labeled OOC, and a member can't post in forums labeled IC unless they have a character accepted?
Because if this is true, then these options are suddenly crystal clear, LOL. I asked Kim several times to explain the difference between 'players with all their chars', 'one char + player' and 'player and chars separate', and it never fully clicked.
If players and characters are accepted separately in a group, does it mean an IC char can't post in forums labeled OOC, and a member can't post in forums labeled IC unless they have a character accepted?
Because if this is true, then these options are suddenly crystal clear, LOL. I asked Kim several times to explain the difference between 'players with all their chars', 'one char + player' and 'player and chars separate', and it never fully clicked.
You pretty much just hit the nail on the head.
One modification though. Characters are allowed to post on OOC forums. This wasn't true when we opened, and in almost all ways I preferred when this separation was enforced. But we ran into cases where people wanted to ask a question or respond to something said about their anonymous characters, and could not do so without revealing their secret identities. Players are still not allowed to post on IC boards, though. (Moderators need to be given an exception to this rule).
So complicated!
One modification though. Characters are allowed to post on OOC forums. This wasn't true when we opened, and in almost all ways I preferred when this separation was enforced. But we ran into cases where people wanted to ask a question or respond to something said about their anonymous characters, and could not do so without revealing their secret identities. Players are still not allowed to post on IC boards, though. (Moderators need to be given an exception to this rule).
So complicated!
Maybe this should be in the FAQ with some detailed "What can and can't you do" explanations. 
I'm offering myself if you need someone to write it for you in case you could use a hand.
I'm offering myself if you need someone to write it for you in case you could use a hand.
Groups are going to require a metric crap ton of documentation (and videos). But since they are technically alpha and nearly everything will be overhauled and changed in some way before we get to the end, I would rather not generate help files that are going to be made ever increasingly obsolete and need constant work to not conflict with reality until we're closer to the end. Especially since we're clicking up to the top of another bend in the development rollercoaster.
I keep forgetting they're not officially done yet. Somehow you managed to make me imagine an RPR-coaster
Sanne wrote:
I keep forgetting they're not officially done yet. Somehow you managed to make me imagine an RPR-coaster
RPR the theme park: COMING THIS SUMMER!
And you flatter and horrify me.
I'm glad groups work well enough for them to feel done, but oh my do we have a long way to go and a lot of changes to make. Hopefully all for the better. 
RPR theme park?
Count me in
Count me in
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