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The problem we had is that after the ooc channel was taken out, people started to use the question/answer channel as their global ooc chat channel. I would be reluctant to toggle that off, because sometimes people do have actual questions they need help with. But there were times when it just got rediculously spammy.
I felt the same way about osay. No, I didn't want to sit around and listen to people carry on lengthy ooc conversations in the middle of the city square, but I also didn't want to miss when someone had a real question, or needed to clear up something that was going on, which they couldn't do ic. Though I suppose tells can be used instead of osay for most things.
I do believe that it's nice to have some form of ooc communication though. It can be a real help to players who are brand new to the game, and can also give people an outlet which is sometimes dearly needed. I think the key is just to not let ic and ooc lines cross.
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