[Newworlds]

I agree a lot with what Mina stated, but with a twist. In a strict roleplaying environment, not only does IRC's cause an obvious advantage, coming in and out of character is distracting and harmful to the full enjoyment of roleplaying. On NW, as I'm sure on other strongly enforced roleplay games, players tend to find much more immersion and delight when the shun ooc channels and IRC's as a habit, only using them in the most required instances.

For those who haven't tried this and play a RP enforced game. Try it for a few days. Tune ooc channels and turn off IRC's and play without these distractions (if you can, I realize this is sometimes not possible) and see where the magic takes you.