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Though all of my own peeves have been more or less covered, I do want to rebut this. I'm not sure I understand the problem with IC tells. The first MUD I seriously played used IC tells, and these were backed with a logical reason and methodology for existing. In fact, these were a sufficiently significant part of the game for another MUD's policy of only OOC tells to strike me as - initially - absurd.
Though I suppose it might be a matter of "high" fantasy, I personally have a hard time considering that in a world where magic (or psionics or miracles or...) is pervasive, nobody comes up with a communication spell (or equivalent). It's fantasy's cellphone. So I'm a bit at a loss as to why it's a peeve - and I've seen the idea of IC tells knocked in places besides here. As long as it has a logical reason for existing, though, I'd guess it would do more to support the idea of a persistent RP world than detract from it.
Can anyone enlighten me as to why it might be otherwise?
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