[Newworlds]

My thoughts on this are written in a help file on New Worlds - Ateraan which is called help gaor or Golden Rules of Roleplaying. Most of our best players follow this:

Help on the Golden Advice of Roleplay (GAOR)
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Many have asked me during times of frustration and even times of enjoyment, how to find a better niche in the art of roleplaying.

My answer is the answer I've found both for myself and from watching some of the best roleplayers and some of the players that have the most fun with the least amount of frustration.

1) Get rid of IM, ICQ, or any other IRC (Internet Relay Chat) during gameplay

2) Tune chat out 95% of the time you play, but always when you are in a roleplay situation or event.

3) Refrain as best as you can from ever going to Customs, except briefly and only for very important reasons.

4) KEEP it IC no matter what.

5) Never talk ooc in tells, ever.

6) And probably most important: Remember that it is just a GAME.

Follow these suggestions and you will enter into a whole new world of roleplay. A fantastic world.
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