Re: Dealing with RP Attention Hogs
The mud I play has an ignore list, to prevent harassment throughout the pbase, but it's uses are far greater for out of character interactions than in-character ones.
This sounds an awful lot like "ways to punish people who buy into your RP system." Pure and simple, the best way to "deal with" RP attention hogs, aside from simply pulling them aside OOCly and speaking to them about the problem... is probably to HANDLE IT IN THE ROLEPLAY!!
If someone is a horn-blowing douche, rip them a new one! Or get someone else to! Or get a BUNCH of people to! Or organize some kind of movement against said person, even if it's non-violent... but do it IN CHARACTER! And force that person to adjust their play. This will probably result in a lower-key RP.
If someone won't willingly leave the spotlight, you force them out of it. But punishing them for buying into the RP system? Seems silly. 9000
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