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Jazuela · 08-19-2003, 08:36 AM

I'm a little unclear on the concept here. DM is an RPI, with NPC "bots" that are so declared as being OOC by the staff.

So why would anyone RP attacking something that is decidedly an OOC entity? If it -is- an OOC entity, then players should not be interacting with them -at all- with their characters - because their characters would not recognize these bots as being IC constructs.

If they are allowed to attack them, then the characters must be acknowledging that the bots are -not- OOC constructs, but rather IC entities that need to be killed for whatever reason.

And if they are considered IC entities that need to be killed for whatever reason, then it follows logically that there would be certain characters who would not want these entities to be killed, and RP as such.

I just don't see how you can have it both ways. In an RP-intensive, enforced, required game, the character is a living, breathing, thinking person whose every move is a decision, whether conscious or subconscious. Attacking an NPC is a conscious decision. You are intentionally taking action against another "thing" in the game. Why is your character doing this, if that "thing" is an ooc entity? Why is your character even acknowledging this OOC entity's existence, if it's OOC?

I'd like a bit of help understanding this concept, because honestly, it's just too foreign to grasp.

08-19-2003, 08:36 AM	#6
Jazuela Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: New England Posts: 849	I'm a little unclear on the concept here. DM is an RPI, with NPC "bots" that are so declared as being OOC by the staff. So why would anyone RP attacking something that is decidedly an OOC entity? If it -is- an OOC entity, then players should not be interacting with them -at all- with their characters - because their characters would not recognize these bots as being IC constructs. If they are allowed to attack them, then the characters must be acknowledging that the bots are -not- OOC constructs, but rather IC entities that need to be killed for whatever reason. And if they are considered IC entities that need to be killed for whatever reason, then it follows logically that there would be certain characters who would not want these entities to be killed, and RP as such. I just don't see how you can have it both ways. In an RP-intensive, enforced, required game, the character is a living, breathing, thinking person whose every move is a decision, whether conscious or subconscious. Attacking an NPC is a conscious decision. You are intentionally taking action against another "thing" in the game. Why is your character doing this, if that "thing" is an ooc entity? Why is your character even acknowledging this OOC entity's existence, if it's OOC? I'd like a bit of help understanding this concept, because honestly, it's just too foreign to grasp.