Argonath RPG - A World of its own

GTA:SA => SA:MP - San Andreas Multiplayer => SA:MP General => Topic started by: Void on September 30, 2010, 04:14:00 pm

Title: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Void on September 30, 2010, 04:14:00 pm
Now, I cannot deny IC OOC because it's not im my right to forbid it, however. When you guys force or "This is essential for roleplaying" IC OOC at an new player, you are just doing it wRONg. Stop copy-cat other servers. IF you are helping an new player. Do not tell anything about OOC IC or such bullshit unless they ask specifically about it. And even if you should happen to teach it, do not say it's an requriement to Roleplay on Argonath, because that's just stupid and you are effectivly playing an owner when you are not one of the owners.

So if someone says IC/OOC is essential in better understanding he copies another server. The term is copied all around RP servers, so I ask you, who copies who then?Its inevitable form Argonath to root it out.As long as there are fresh minds coming who respect that way of playing.
Use it, I encourage you.Just don't use it against others or in your own defining way.

I am used to "mang, /me and public chat" kind of role play, and its all I need, as also the srs RP with extra commands and IC/OOC.You just need to browse around internet, learn a few terms of RP and find what suits you the best.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Gird3r on September 30, 2010, 04:34:11 pm
So if someone says IC/OOC is essential in better understanding he copies another server. The term is copied all around RP servers, so I ask you, who copies who then?Its inevitable form Argonath to root it out.As long as there are fresh minds coming who respect that way of playing.
Use it, I encourage you.Just don't use it against others or in your own defining way.

I am used to "mang, /me and public chat" kind of role play, and its all I need, as also the srs RP with extra commands and IC/OOC.You just need to browse around internet, learn a few terms of RP and find what suits you the best.

Who is copying who, that is an good argument and question. Wich I cannot answer since there's plenty on Roleplay servers in sa:mp.
I would still not encourage the use of IC OOC, sorry, but no.

I got /me, public chat (And Localchat, wich I approve of but only because mainchat would be flooded) /jail /su and TAB to check who's wanted. Nothing more I need.

IC OOC can be desribed as being copied from other server(S), but we also have the problem then of what server introduced the terms.

Anyways, I'd still not say to an new player "Hey, IC OOC is an requirement to roleplay". I won't tell name and shame, but I have had players trying to force me to IC and OOC, funny enough, they seem to not be able to seperate what's RP and normal chatting/discussing.

In my eyes, IC and OOC is just giving the RP and normal chatting/Discussing an dinstict tag around it, not to mention that some people think it's fine to swear as much as they want in "IC", that I do not agree on.

To ends meet, I like your argumenting style and kindness in the discussing, truly remarkable.  :)
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Void on September 30, 2010, 04:43:09 pm
Who is copying who, that is an good argument and question. Wich I cannot answer since there's plenty on Roleplay servers in sa:mp.
I would still not encourage the use of IC OOC, sorry, but no.

I got /me, public chat (And Localchat, wich I approve of but only because mainchat would be flooded) /jail /su and TAB to check who's wanted. Nothing more I need.

IC OOC can be desribed as being copied from other server(S), but we also have the problem then of what server introduced the terms.

Anyways, I'd still not say to an new player "Hey, IC OOC is an requirement to roleplay". I won't tell name and shame, but I have had players trying to force me to IC and OOC, funny enough, they seem to not be able to seperate what's RP and normal chatting/discussing.

In my eyes, IC and OOC is just giving the RP and normal chatting/Discussing an dinstict tag around it, not to mention that some people think it's fine to swear as much as they want in "IC", that I do not agree on.

To ends meet, I like your argumenting style and kindness in the discussing, truly remarkable.  :)

I would throw out /su (But that's another discussion I do not want to engage in)
The point is, I never saw a prson saying "Hey, use IC/OOC" to a new player that has just arrived ... I think we are all able to understand this:

/l lolololo I farted and now it smells trololo
and
/l hurry up there man, the cops are after us.

You can clearly see IC and OOC, without the brackets, but, if I use slang, and we are in the center of an important RP, I , as my mates too will use OOC/IC just to clarify/differ
internet slang and gang slang we use
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Simon_B on September 30, 2010, 05:51:09 pm
Really? I tested other roleplay servers also... Minimum, what I experienced - no any help or even a possibility to get a help...
And as far as I could see - they even ban for saying "Hello" in main chat...  :hah:
Others just disallow the main chat and you experience the boredom driving around, seeing nobody and being confused with the amount of players the server shows, when around you - no any soul and only 20 players silently sit at Pershing Square...
Some servers does helps but its not alot tho, there is some servers that are so selfish that they just nearly bans you if you didnt even checked their forums before connecting to their game because you must know everything and such..
But hopefully we'll change our way to react against new players that everything i can say about this.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Aragorn on September 30, 2010, 05:57:37 pm
You can clearly see IC and OOC, without the brackets, but, if I use slang, and we are in the center of an important RP, I , as my mates too will use OOC/IC just to clarify/differ
internet slang and gang slang we use

No way you can just swear on Argonath and then demand "Hey! That was IC!"... If the player was offended by your swearing - drop it, apologize and continue play... Otherwise its from the same as "I did not swear I just told the truth" stories...

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I am used to "mang, /me and public chat" kind of role play, and its all I need, as also the srs RP with extra commands and IC/OOC.

Then strange that you are here on Argonath... I do not remember any of the owners announcing Argonath as a SRS RP server... Opposite, we never supported such style and did not find an exact fun in it...
Even more... Old gamers and admins (as scripters team as well) remember my policy - less rules as possible, less scripts as possible... There are main rules, that was enough for Argonath to chill around and having fun...

More rules turned Argonath into endless courtcase, who is right and who is wrong...

In one part there is owners'mistake... But it also shows: too much script commands - too much rules appear - too much moaning - too much fights - too much shit - lack of fun...
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Ben. on September 30, 2010, 06:13:27 pm
Really? I tested other roleplay servers also... Minimum, what I experienced - no any help or even a possibility to get a help...
And as far as I could see - they even ban for saying "Hello" in main chat...  :hah:
Others just disallow the main chat and you experience the boredom driving around, seeing nobody and being confused with the amount of players the server shows, when around you - no any soul and only 20 players silently sit at Pershing Square...

Funny, I co-owned an RP server once and we never got any of what you just described :) it wasn't like super strict, but more like argonath, even though the owner wanted a serious RP server (I always prefer RP, but with OOC as well)
You would have in main chat, "Joe_Bloggs, want to RP at *wherever*?" and they would roleplay, but you would also have the RP's like the police and criminals, which was also quite good :)

But then the owner changed the script, and lots of people left xD
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Void on September 30, 2010, 07:22:52 pm
No way you can just swear on Argonath and then demand "Hey! That was IC!"... If the player was offended by your swearing - drop it, apologize and continue play... Otherwise its from the same as "I did not swear I just told the truth" stories...

Then strange that you are here on Argonath... I do not remember any of the owners announcing Argonath as a SRS RP server... Opposite, we never supported such style and did not find an exact fun in it...
Even more... Old gamers and admins (as scripters team as well) remember my policy - less rules as possible, less scripts as possible... There are main rules, that was enough for Argonath to chill around and having fun...

More rules turned Argonath into endless courtcase, who is right and who is wrong...

In one part there is owners'mistake... But it also shows: too much script commands - too much rules appear - too much moaning - too much fights - too much shit - lack of fun...

I got spoiled by too much command.Its all about imagination. On another server back in VC we used to order drugs through public chat or simple /me picks up the phone and calls XXXX. Drugs weren't yet implemeted but we had a lot of fun anyways, RPing the scenario.

If a player gets offended, I immediately apologize, but if he continues to swear in slang of course, I take it as he wants to proceed with the situation and finds it intriguing.
No harm done both ways.

Yes, I see. You never declared Argonath as a SRS server, but yet players shaped the way Argonath is today. Players added IC/OOC as a standard or more commands as a standard. It is how it goes, with more SA:MP update comes more possibilities and varieties to push some limits. Scripts replaced good old imagination. Owners did not request all those commands in SA:MP Ideas board, players did.The exact players that are either unexprienced or play SRS.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Aragorn on September 30, 2010, 07:51:38 pm
It looks like parasites then... From one RPG servers coming to other RPG servers and implementing the same what was on previous... Why in the name of Hell? Just go and OOC/IC as much as you want...

I do not know how to explain people that for roleplay there is no need in a dumb OOC/IC rules... And yeah, I do consider it as a some sort of shit which has nothing to GTA...

And I also consider this OOC/IC thingy just losing many new players...
There is a car, there is a gun, there is a skin, there are houses, jobs, business, admins... All what you need...

All add-ons like non-freecops, non-main chat and OOC/IC just to put on your necks a lable "ZOMG-RPer"...

Its easy to "identify"... Used OOC/IC? Wow, roleplayer... Did not use? A piece of shit...

And if no difference? Then why the fuck you need this identification?

I also do not see a problem the player mixed your " RL going to pee" with the roleplay... The fun is coming where from? From comparison of real life and game...

And one more... You cannot put EVERYTHING under the rule of OOC/IC... Then whats the point of such rule?

As for my point of view - the rule of OOC/IC came from admins of some server... To have more reasons to ban people for... Because there can be different variations of both sides... Nice rule to use against those whom admins do not like...

And all others like monkeys carried the idea, and even came to our Far away Planet...

But we can also answer the same way - we will just disallow this usage not to confuse players... And then lets see who can roleplay and who cannot...
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Void on September 30, 2010, 08:05:12 pm
It looks like parasites then... From one RPG servers coming to other RPG servers and implementing the same what was on previous... Why in the name of Hell? Just go and OOC/IC as much as you want...

I do not know how to explain people that for roleplay there is no need in a dumb OOC/IC rules... And yeah, I do consider it as a some sort of shit which has nothing to GTA...

And I also consider this OOC/IC thingy just losing many new players...
There is a car, there is a gun, there is a skin, there are houses, jobs, business, admins... All what you need...

All add-ons like non-freecops, non-main chat and OOC/IC just to put on your necks a lable "ZOMG-RPer"...

Its easy to "identify"... Used OOC/IC? Wow, roleplayer... Did not use? A piece of shit...

And if no difference? Then why the f**k you need this identification?

I also do not see a problem the player mixed your " RL going to pee" with the roleplay... The fun is coming where from? From comparison of real life and game...

And one more... You cannot put EVERYTHING under the rule of OOC/IC... Then whats the point of such rule?

As for my point of view - the rule of OOC/IC came from admins of some server... To have more reasons to ban people for... Because there can be different variations of both sides... Nice rule to use against those whom admins do not like...

And all others like monkeys carried the idea, and even came to our Far away Planet...

But we can also answer the same way - we will just disallow this usage not to confuse players... And then lets see who can roleplay and who cannot...

1) Propositions have nothing to do with MOANING  regarding RP

2) The problem continues when the FORCING OOC/IC begins.Something a ROLE PLAYER would not do, then a misguided wannabe pretender RPer

3) ROLE-PLAY does not have L33TSRS and BADZOMG. YOU rp how YOU want, de gustibus non est disputandum !

4) OOC/IC in fact brings player because many of them have the perception of ZOMGRP as in constant usage of OOC/IC, so they think this is l33t server, while in fact its not OBLIGATORY to use OOC/IC

5) You can use /piss for example so if you say, "I need to piss" another player will say: "Wtf interrupting RP" ...

6) Who said everything goes under OOC/IC for god sakes, I said, if a player uses brackets, why don't you simply coop or don't use brackets, rather then pointing finger "ZOMGRPer". It would turn into a witch hunt eventually, and players are forced to lave or simply leave in an act of moaning "This server sucks" ....

7) With that attitude you can just scare them away. Calling them parasites and classifying them with names while this is INTERNET.A place with lots of imagination. They just cannot drop they're way of RP. If only people were TOLERANT, and that's the gap to success


Apologies for the red font. I need to point out my opinion so it doesn't get interpreted in other ways, preventing wars or something.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: 9r2e5i3k on September 30, 2010, 08:27:16 pm
4) OOC/IC in fact brings player because many of them have the perception of ZOMGRP as in constant usage of OOC/IC, so they think this is l33t server, while in fact its not OBLIGATORY to use OOC/IC
See? You're doing it again. You're expecting new players to be already role-players with experience.

Argonath is about getting new players (as in: unexperienced - as in: never played RPG in GTA, or even GTA multiplayer before). At least it used to be...

imagination.
> talking about players that can't/don't want to play by rules other than they have learned already

6) Who said everything goes under OOC/IC for god sakes, I said, if a player uses brackets, why don't you simply coop or don't use brackets, rather then pointing finger "ZOMGRPer". It would turn into a witch hunt eventually, and players are forced to lave or simply leave in an act of moaning "This server sucks" ....
Because just dropping whole IC/OOC is not possible to do.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Wash on September 30, 2010, 08:28:38 pm
1) Propositions have nothing to do with MOANING  regarding RP

2) The problem continues when the FORCING OOC/IC begins.Something a ROLE PLAYER would not do, then a misguided wannabe pretender RPer

3) ROLE-PLAY does not have L33TSRS and BADZOMG. YOU rp how YOU want, de gustibus non est disputandum !

4) OOC/IC in fact brings player because many of them have the perception of ZOMGRP as in constant usage of OOC/IC, so they think this is l33t server, while in fact its not OBLIGATORY to use OOC/IC

5) You can use /piss for example so if you say, "I need to piss" another player will say: "Wtf interrupting RP" ...

6) Who said everything goes under OOC/IC for god sakes, I said, if a player uses brackets, why don't you simply coop or don't use brackets, rather then pointing finger "ZOMGRPer". It would turn into a witch hunt eventually, and players are forced to lave or simply leave in an act of moaning "This server sucks" ....

7) With that attitude you can just scare them away. Calling them parasites and classifying them with names while this is INTERNET.A place with lots of imagination. They just cannot drop they're way of RP. If only people were TOLERANT, and that's the gap to success


Apologies for the red font. I need to point out my opinion so it doesn't get interpreted in other ways, preventing wars or something.
meh IC/OOC sucks

I used to use it but I realise there isn't much point to it. It doesn't take an IQ of over 9000 to realise when someone is playing around and when someone is trying to rp something.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Void on September 30, 2010, 08:31:10 pm

2) The problem continues when the FORCING OOC/IC begins.Something a ROLE PLAYER would not do, then a misguided wannabe pretender RPer

3) ROLE-PLAY does not have L33TSRS and BADZOMG. YOU rp how YOU want, de gustibus non est disputandum !


Quoting my previous post.
@Grzesiek: You cannot expect everyone to be inexperienced. We get all sorts of players.
Imagination =/= rules. No boundaries. Rules are respected depending on the player.

@Wash: o/
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Gandalf on September 30, 2010, 08:34:48 pm
If you want to know from where comes IC and OOC, I can tell you.
In the end of 2006 we started preparing to open our SA:MP server, which opned in february 2007. As I was new in PAWNO, we checked out various servers, and checked out if there was any RP script around to start the work from there.
At the time the only free released RP script was PEN1 (Public Enemy Number One), which was released as the server owner and the scripter parted ways and stopped working. This script was the base for the Godfather script and all clones, and was the base for the first Argonath scripts.
In this script local chat was not named, but public chat was called as OOC. We changed this to Public chat, as the IC/OOC concept was not inside our style.
This script also had wanted levels (which we removed as our experience with abuse), the famous Mole missions, and had buying materials to produce products for shops... actually most things people still use or ask for today.
First I tried to adapt the script to Argonath style, then found it took too much effort, so I just took a number of basics that were useful and rewrote the rest. Once finished, we had enough experience to build a completely own script, as we still do today.

So if you want to know where those server got it... from the same source we started scripting with in 2006. As we are still one of the few servers who can actually make a fully own script, most servers take the scripts with IC/OOC and use them as it is... making more and more people think it is RP as it should be.

Our view on IC/OOC has always been the same... it is to hide RL flaming by naming it IC, and to force people in to playing rather than using brains...
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: 9r2e5i3k on September 30, 2010, 08:35:33 pm
@Grzesiek: You cannot expect everyone to be inexperienced. We get all sorts of players.
Imagination =/= rules. No boundaries. Don't include me in that circle.

No, but everyone joining Argonath should play by Argonath rules, not by their own habits.

If you join a new server, you should learn the rules from the start, not assume "oh this is RPG too so rules are same ))"
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Aragorn on September 30, 2010, 09:41:23 pm
Void you should understand the statement of Grzesiek and ours...
The thing is OOC/IC is a strict rule on other servers... And you bring it here calling it "Style"...

It is NOT a style, it is a rule... It is the same as we will go on their servers and will start using public chat for talking and jokes on server... They will ban us faster then we ban cheaters at their spawn positions...

By bringing this rule to our server and using it in play with others you actually provide the rule from other servers on our...

Read also Gandalf's post... When players just started demanding this rule on our server, we asked them to show the point... When they "showed", we asked them "why do server with public and local chat needs OOC/IC shit?"...

It is out of logic, not needed at all, and came from those who have no idea how to get rid of boredom...
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: [NP]Monte Montague on September 30, 2010, 09:45:48 pm
It doesn't take a person with 90000 IQ to realise when someone is rping and when they are not  :lol:


The "OOC / IC" thing is difficult to use - for CMB admins for example.
The questions "What does RP mean?" does not fall under RP unless we're talking about being in real life and asking about a game ... why complicate everything :/

I made a /ad and said "purchasing", people asked "How much you selling for?" or something, it's much easier to say in pm "I'm not selling, i'm buying" then I said "Purchasing = buying, I am buying not sellling"
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Leon. on September 30, 2010, 10:20:33 pm
Yo bro, I ain't gonna deny it, but I used dat IC/OOC stuff before, dawg. Wanna know something cool? Really cool? I never got it from another RP server.

Anyway, I'm what I call myself... a "freedom roleplayer." I don't care if you use IC/OOC or not. If you use IC/OOC, I don't go all "f**k YOU f**kING SRS RP ZOMG ROLEPLAY bad guy ASS MOTHER f**kER" and go to my homies and cry about the srs zomg leet rper. If you DON'T use IC/OOC, I don't go all "f**k YOU f**kING NON RP ZOMG NON ROLEPLAY bad guy ASS MOTHER f**kER" and go to my homies and cry about the stupid noob non-rper.
I'll normally PM a player who I haven't roleplayed with in the past, "Do you use IC/OOC?", because I'm actually afraid of the "f**k YOU f**kING SRS RP ZOMG ROLEPLAY bad guy ASS MOTHER f**kER" people who'll flip if I use the OOC tags. I don't care if someone goes "f**k YOU f**kING NO RP ZOMG NON ROLEPLAY bad guy ASS MOTHER f**kER" when I don't use IC/OOC around them, because I know for a fact that they're wrong.

You know what? I have a confession. I am a serious roleplayer most of the time. You know the ACTUAL definition of it? Please refer to the bottom quote of my signature. People often misinterpret serious roleplay and throw fingers going "SRS RPER" like it's an insult.

Serious roleplay is NOT YOUR AVERAGE STEREOTYPE.
/me stops at door
/me puts his hand on the doorknob
/me puts his fingers around the doorknob
/me twists to the right at about 1km/h
/me stops
/me pulls the door
/me steps back so the door doesn't hit him
/me puts one foot in front of him
/me pushes the door some more
OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, THAT IS NOT SERIOUS ROLEPLAY! That is just over-exaggerated "real life roleplay" (notice the QUOTES AROUND "REAL LIFE ROLEPLAY" TO YOU ANTI-SRS RPERS OUT THERE).

Serious roleplay DOES NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE THIS
/l (( yo bro lol i gotta piss lol hey bro ))

Serious roleplay is ALSO NOT THIS
/l hey cum har ima pres ur buton an shot gun near u wile u speaka jus so i kan skare u lolol
/me takes a gun and cocks it LOL COCK I SAID COCK ELFEWIOFJEQWOIFJweo

Serious roleplay can be any of the following:
/me takes a gun and cocks it
/me opens the door slowly
/l Hey, how's it going?


I don't give a flying firetruck if you use IC/OOC or not. I don't give a flying firetruck if Argonath has rules in favor of IC/OOC (which it doesn't). I don't give a flying firetruck if you just throw in a bunch of random shit into roleplay like PENIS.
I give a flying firetruck when IC/OOC users cry at the guys who don't use IC/OOC about them being NON RP, bad guyS, etc...
I give a flying firetruck when non-IC/OOC users throw fingers and bricks and go "f**kING IC/OOC USER HAS NO BRAIN CANT RP f**kING LOW RP FAG SKILL."

Seriously, guys. I thought Argonath was a free roleplay server, where you could roleplay how YOU PLEASE, not how some other jack-ass judges you for.

Forgot to mention (and I don't feel like looking for where to put this): I like to dick around sometimes too, so I'm not 100% "ZOMG RP."


Let me clarify a few things.
And last but not least
Stop giving a f**k about how another player f**king roleplays. Don't like IC/OOC? f**king deal with it, because it's never going to stop as long as Argonath has it's amazing free roleplay style which I've come to adore.
Don't like when players who don't use IC/OOC? f**king deal with it, because refer to above.
If a player wants to use IC/OOC, f**king let them. Don't call them stupid, incapable of roleplaying, or whatever, because 1. You're stupid for calling them stupid. 2. They're as capable as roleplaying as you.
If a player doesn't want to use IC/OOC, f**king let them. Refer to above.

In the United States of America, Freedom of Religion allows me to be a Satanist, Christian, or Buddhist (not saying I'm religious). In the United States of America, Freedom of Roleplay allows me to use IC/OOC or not use IC/OOC.

Anyone crying about another person's roleplay style/type/way/whatever you want to call it should really burn in Sauron's personal hell.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Dave on September 30, 2010, 10:27:16 pm
In the United States of America, Freedom of Roleplay allows me to use IC/OOC or not use IC/OOC.

Freedom to a certain extent. Argonath is not totally free...there are rules, regulations and guidelines that must be followed.
These guidelines make up the Argonath Vision. With the Vision being the ultimate goal of the community. Through the eyes of the people who created and the supporters of the Vision, OOC and IC are hinderances to the goal of this community becoming the complete ideal that it has always been working towards.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: 9r2e5i3k on September 30, 2010, 10:29:51 pm
(http://cdn3.knowyourmeme.com/i/31854/small/1260710343244.jpg?1261587372)
again Luweegee

And I will go /L brackets >:@ $)*&^%$_@*(&$@+_$   (and that's a 90% exact quote of what I usually say) when someone uses them around me.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Dave on September 30, 2010, 10:35:38 pm
You mad again Luweegee

And I will go /L brackets >:@ $)*&^%$_@*(&$@+_$   (and that's a 90% exact quote of what I usually say) when someone uses them around me.

I just walk away...
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Leon. on September 30, 2010, 10:38:25 pm
Freedom to a certain extent. Argonath is not totally free...there are rules, regulations and guidelines that must be followed.
I didn't say "ARGONATH IS FREE", I said "Argonath is free roleplay." I can roleplay a f**king PENIS if I wanted to. The only restrictions on roleplay are the rules, which they must abide by, just as the United States has laws whether you're religious or not. I can't stab someone in the neck with the excuse "He was possessed." I also can't do f**k THIS SERVER f**k THE ADMINS f**k ALL OF YOU and use the excuse "I was roleplaying."
These guidelines make up the Argonath Vision. With the Vision being the ultimate goal of the community. Through the eyes of the people who created and the supporters of the Vision, OOC and IC are hinderances to the goal of this community becoming the complete ideal that it has always been working towards.
Help me here, Dave. I've got a bad case of astigmatism and have poor eyesight, and I sit beyond arm's reach of my monitor, so if you would be so kind to point out the part that is related in any way to IC/OOC?

Quote from: Gandalf
Argonath RPG was founded in 2006 with a clear target.
The founders were upset with the community they left because of how people treated each other, and how there was a lack of recognition from the administration for the efforts of new players and those who were not in the favour of leaders.
There for it was decided to create a new community that would be open to all people, and where new players were treated same as regulars and veterans. With a new community this was not a problem, as everyone was new and the only veterans were the main leaders.
With the growth of the community over the years, there have been a number of players who do not know about the origins of our community, and the goals that were set when creating it. As a result, there has been a clash between people who feel that they are entitled because of being regulars and the goals and ideas of the owners and developers.
To clarify this, we present our vision.

1.   Argonath was, is, and will always be a community that should be friendly to new people. We will continue to be  a breeding ground for new people to discover the fun of playing by imagination. This is what has brought us official status and creates a regular flow of new players in to our server, keeping the community alive and feeding it.
2.   Argonath gives equal rights to new, experienced and admin players. We do not discriminate between players, and having admin rights or being a long time player does not give any of our players rights to act as better, higher or having more status as another.
3.   Argonath does not offer privileges against payment. The equal status prohibits any possibility of payment for extra possibilities, rights or money in game.
4.   Argonath strives to keep rules simple and understandable. Our community was created as free RP, based on imagination and creativity. We will not ever support it changing in to a jungle of rules that are impossible to understand, follow and adhere to. Our rules will remain the minimal needed to stop players who wish to disturb the fun in playing from doing so, not more and not less.
5.   Argonath leaders will accept new rules and scripts only if they fit the vision. If any suggestion is limiting the possibility to play for new players, strives to give advantage to more experienced players, or creates a more complex rule that would make it hard to understand or follow, it will be rejected, regardless of how much support there is from the community
6.   Argonath players are, regardless of point 5, free to implement within their group or play guidelines and habits of playing. However they are not allowed to force people outside their group to use the same rules, resort to flaming, insulting, or trying to excluse players who do not play by non-official group rules.
7.   Argonath administration team will devote their time primarily to keep players following the guidelines. They apply for this knowingly, and will be given rights and levels according to their devotion, ability to help out others and follow the guidelines given to them. Admin rights shall never be given as reward or to show status. Promotions in the admin team will be based on the perception of the developers and main admins, and shall not be given based on seniority. If at any time admins feel not able to continue their devotion to admin guidelines, they are invited to resign. Resigning from admin rights or losing them should not reflect on the players status or recognition as valuable member of the community.
8.   Argonath recognizes that a part of the community is underage. There for the following shall be prohibited:
a.   Swearing, flaming and insulting. Within roleplay this is allowed very limited and strictly bound to the situation. If there is any doubt about the slang/language used is for ropleplay only,  administration has full right to take any measures they find necessary.
b.   Promotion of usage of alcohol, drugs and other stimulating substances. We respect the freedom of choice, however people should be respecting that others who have different beliefs and choices have this right as well
c.   Explicit sexual content. While within roleplay and discussion a certain freedom is granted, the underage community should be protected from eplicit sexual actions or content.
d.   Cyberharrasment, stalking and bullying of players based on their belief, views, race or choices in life.
9.   Argonath bases its community on respect and friendship between players of all nations.  This means that those who feel that they are allowed to disrespect others, consider others as inferior or treat them as such will be offered the choice to either change their views or leave the community. This includes any groups of players in game.
10.   Argonath will remain as open, friendly and strong community for people worldwide who wish to enjoy playing a game based on imagination and creativity.

I hope everyone will take the time to read this, and take this as their core values.
*GASP* I DIDN'T KNOW ARGONATH WAS FOUNDED TO BE AN ANTI IC/OOC SERVER!!!!1111111

I'll also point out to the OMEGA ANTI IC/OOC people
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6.   Argonath players are, regardless of point 5, free to implement within their group or play guidelines and habits of playing. However they are not allowed to force people outside their group to use the same rules, resort to flaming, insulting, or trying to excluse players who do not play by non-official group rules.
Many of you OMEGA ANTI IC/OOC and OMEGA IC/OOC users have BOTH gone against point 6. You all know who you are, and you should be HIGHLY disappointed in yourselves.

And I will go /L brackets >:@ $)*&^%$_@*(&$@+_$   (and that's a 90% exact quote of what I usually say) when someone uses them around me.
That type of response is acceptable :P
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Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: 9r2e5i3k on September 30, 2010, 10:46:46 pm
Many of you OMEGA ANTI IC/OOC and OMEGA IC/OOC users have BOTH gone against point 6. You all know who you are, and you should be HIGHLY disappointed in yourselves.

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6.   Argonath players are, regardless of point 5, free to implement within their group or play guidelines and habits of playing. However they are not allowed to force people outside their group to use the same rules, resort to flaming, insulting, or trying to excluse players who do not play by non-official group rules.
ITT (at least it started with) interactions between regulars and NEW players. How can a NEW player be in a group already?  :roll:
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Leon. on September 30, 2010, 10:54:50 pm
ITT (at least it started with) interactions between regulars and NEW players. How can a NEW player be in a group already?  :roll:
Ironically enough, you're in a group as soon as the thought of you being born came into existence. Think about it ;)
In your example, the new players are in the unofficial group called "New players." You're in the group called "Veterans."
Also, I'll underline for you too.
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6.   Argonath players are, regardless of point 5, free to implement within their group or play guidelines and habits of playing. However they are not allowed to force people outside their group to use the same rules, resort to flaming, insulting, or trying to excluse players who do not play by non-official group rules.
Notice that I underlined the whole thing. I did this because many OMEGA ANTI-IC/OOC and OMEGA IC/OOC people are often calling each other names and shit just because the other side doesn't/does use IC/OOC, which is going against the end of point 6. And notice that after the "free to implement within their group" part, there's the "or play guidelines and habits of playing." If I wanted to, I could make a guideline for myself to never say the word "Penisbonercockassvagina", as long as I don't go "f**kING bad guyS USE PENISBONERCOCKASSVAGINA THEY ARE bad guyS"
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Dratted on September 30, 2010, 10:56:07 pm
This thread is full of bullshit.

Jus sayin'
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: 9r2e5i3k on September 30, 2010, 11:02:36 pm
Ironically enough, you're in a group as soon as the thought of you being born came into existence. Think about it ;)
In your example, the new players are in the unofficial group called "New players." You're in the group called "Veterans."
Disagreed.

"New players" is not an organized group. They don't have standards or rules (except the main server rules, and the handicap of being new, thus chance of forgiving first rule-breaks with little punishment). It's an experience level, not a group which you can join or leave.

Same as blaming "Freecops" for being an organized group which objective is to purposely abuse and annoy other players...
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Leon. on September 30, 2010, 11:09:01 pm
Disagreed.

"New players" is not an organized group. They don't have standards or rules (except the main server rules, and the handicap of being new, thus chance of forgiving first rule-breaks with little punishment). It's an experience level, not a group which you can join or leave.

Same as blaming "Freecops" for being an organized group which objective is to purposely abuse and annoy other players...
Emos, Jocks, and Geeks aren't organized groups, but we still call them a group.

The new players are a group of people, not a group like Argonath Veterans (=AV=). Veterans are just a group of people, not a group like White Shadows ([WS]). Regulars are just a group of people, not a group like the Rockstars Clan ([Rstar])
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: 9r2e5i3k on September 30, 2010, 11:21:27 pm
Emos, Jocks, and Geeks aren't organized groups, but we still call them a group.

The new players are a group of people, not a group like Argonath Veterans (=AV=). Veterans are just a group of people, not a group like White Shadows ([WS]). Regulars are just a group of people, not a group like the Rockstars Clan ([Rstar])
Yes. But different types of groups have their specific names, like subcultures or nationalities.

But people keep treating a group of one kind (with just something in common, eg. experience level) as a group of the other kind (organized group).
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Leon. on September 30, 2010, 11:26:54 pm
But people keep treating a group of one kind (with just something in common, eg. experience level) as a group of the other kind (organized group).
This.

Anyway, players do have a right to impose their own habits and guidelines of playing as long as they abide to the rules of the server. They also have the right to do it without others nagging on what they do and without others calling them fucktards and what-not just because they do things a little differently from another person. The real point of my post was to get across this message:
Stop crying/moaning/complaining/bitching over someone's (non)usage of IC/OOC, and stop flaming them with terms such as NON-RP, BAD RP, STUPID, INCAPABLE, NON-IMAGINATIVE, or whatever.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: [NP]Monte Montague on September 30, 2010, 11:59:45 pm
This so called officer Tickle said they had no money and wanted a car, just as I parked outside LSPD.

TLDR: So I took them to a dealer, bought them a nice new 80k cheetah, me thinking this is some new person was fooled by them.

Continued:

I bought them there car, so I asked "do you have a house?" they said "No".

I went searching for a house.

Now this officer tickle was off duty.

We ended up in willowfield, officer Ruddy Russel pm'd me in pm and I told him if he could donate 50k for this person to get here first house, he did!. But this person "Tickle" was like "GTF_" "Ruddy Please leave", I thought this was highly rude, just because they where a cop this person was being rude and unwelcoming - they had no clue they sent money to me for them.

So, I told them he isn't going to leave he just donated $50k to buy a new home.

This person ended up becoming greedy and saying "Buy me this house, I know a $100k house" then when I said "No, I can't afford it", they where like "OMFG, You have mills, you was giving $50k to everyone".
Then I said, something like "FFS, fine, did /kill and left them in there new vehicle."
They ended up pming me "YOU RUINED MY LIFE, I need that 49k"  Then they said later on "I GTG, btw I lied, I had $300k".

It shows people who are generally unwelcoming to new (free)cops are usually greedy and selfish  :neutral:


If only I had realised the same person as in Aragons story :/ I'd still have that 80k to spend on a real new player   :hit:.

I learned something today - let people work there asses off instead of giving them handouts - credits to JCstods.

Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Xander on October 01, 2010, 02:45:27 am
I use IC/OOC with brackets when im in a decent roleplay where i don't wanna mix everything up. I also don't constantly use IC/OOC methods. I talk normally and make it clear whether im talking as a black gangster im roleplaying or myself.
These guidelines make up the Argonath Vision. With the Vision being the ultimate goal of the community. Through the eyes of the people who created and the supporters of the Vision, OOC and IC are hinderances to the goal of this community becoming the complete ideal that it has always been working towards.

They are defiantly not hindering anything. IC/OOC is an optional form of distinguishing roleplay and the real world. The things that are hindering anything are people like you who will constantly disregard people who use it and disrespect them. Just because you don't use it in a SRS OMG rp and i do sometimes, doesn't mean im going to force it on you. Although the way you speak you seem to want to force your 'method' onto us. Somewhat hypocritical if i may say.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Leon. on October 01, 2010, 02:47:34 am
This so called officer Tickle said they had no money and wanted a car, just as I parked outside LSPD.

TLDR: So I took them to a dealer, bought them a nice new 80k cheetah, me thinking this is some new person was fooled by them.

Continued:

I bought them there car, so I asked "do you have a house?" they said "No".

I went searching for a house.

Now this officer tickle was off duty.

We ended up in willowfield, officer Ruddy Russel pm'd me in pm and I told him if he could donate 50k for this person to get here first house, he did!. But this person "Tickle" was like "GTF_" "Ruddy Please leave", I thought this was highly rude, just because they where a cop this person was being rude and unwelcoming - they had no clue they sent money to me for them.

So, I told them he isn't going to leave he just donated $50k to buy a new home.

This person ended up becoming greedy and saying "Buy me this house, I know a $100k house" then when I said "No, I can't afford it", they where like "OMFG, You have mills, you was giving $50k to everyone".
Then I said, something like "FFS, fine, did /kill and left them in there new vehicle."
They ended up pming me "YOU RUINED MY LIFE, I need that 49k"  Then they said later on "I GTG, btw I lied, I had $300k".

It shows people who are generally unwelcoming to new (free)cops are usually greedy and selfish  :neutral:


If only I had realised the same person as in Aragons story :/ I'd still have that 80k to spend on a real new player   :hit:.

I learned something today - let people work there asses off instead of giving them handouts - credits to JCstods.
Makes me sick.
I use IC/OOC with brackets when im in a decent roleplay where i don't wanna mix everything up. I also don't constantly use IC/OOC methods. I talk normally and make it clear whether im talking as a black gangster im roleplaying or myself.
They are defiantly not hindering anything. IC/OOC is an optional form of distinguishing roleplay and the real world. The things that are hindering anything are people like you who will constantly disregard people who use it and disrespect them. Just because you don't use it in a SRS OMG rp and i do sometimes, doesn't mean im going to force it on you. Although the way you speak you seem to want to force your 'method' onto us. Somewhat hypocritical if i may say.
Everything this guy just said, he stole from my brain.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: 9r2e5i3k on October 01, 2010, 10:29:15 am
They are defiantly not hindering anything.
I use IC/OOC with brackets when im in a decent roleplay
You already show that you hold in higher esteem those who use it.


Somewhat hypocritical if i may say.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Aragorn on October 01, 2010, 10:30:25 am
MetalLuigiX

What will happen, if you go on other RP server and start chillin around as on Argonath? With no OOC/IC shit?
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Gandalf on October 01, 2010, 10:52:33 am
I use IC/OOC with brackets when im in a decent roleplay where i don't wanna mix everything up. I also don't constantly use IC/OOC methods. I talk normally and make it clear whether im talking as a black gangster im roleplaying or myself.
They are defiantly not hindering anything. IC/OOC is an optional form of distinguishing roleplay and the real world. The things that are hindering anything are people like you who will constantly disregard people who use it and disrespect them. Just because you don't use it in a SRS OMG rp and i do sometimes, doesn't mean im going to force it on you. Although the way you speak you seem to want to force your 'method' onto us. Somewhat hypocritical if i may say.
How do you mix things up when in a decent roleplay ?

Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Aksel on October 01, 2010, 11:16:15 am
How do you mix things up when in a decent roleplay ?



Maybe you're in a meeting and says something like "GET OUT". I mean, it could've mean everything.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Xander on October 01, 2010, 01:01:03 pm
How do you mix things up when in a decent roleplay ?

Alright here's a good one. I am going over to my friend's house in game, i go inside and notice he is with a few cop's because they have a warrant and they are roleplaying checking his house and cuffing him etc. So im inside and i say '/l sup guy's..Patton i need to talk to you on msn.' then i continue with saying '/l Man school today was terrible, yah know.' '/l i got loads of homework to do tonight.' then he responds '/l yea i got some college homework to do, it has been a rough few weeks'.....My point is that it's getting mixed up because us talking about school IRL and going on MSN(although i could implement MSN into the rp) have nothing to do with the roleplay at all. How does my homework go with police searching my brother's house? It doesn't. Now as i said before i don't use brackets all the time because i feel it does get annoying adding them at the end, especially when you hanging out with friends and just talking....But as i was saying if i am the cop and i see say Aksel come in and start talking to his friend while im arresting him or something it tends to mix things up and distract people.

Gandalf, it is kinda like writing a Essay. Your going to write about Blue and Green, so you say in your thesis that's what you are going to write about. Then in Body paragraph 1 you talk about Either Blue or Green. If i talk about Green i must stay green if i do not, and go off on a tangent on something else my grade drops. BUT if i stay Green then my grade will not drop. This is how were are taught to write in College, and it work's great so why not implement the idea on something else :) . As i said before i don't always use brackets because it does get annoying to always use them especially when im hanging out with friends. That's why i like Argonath so much is because the freedom of roleplay we have...i don't HAVE to use brackets, nobody is forcing them on me. I also don't HAVE to not use them..although i do feel that not using them is being pressured upon me and the people doing so are also being disrespectful about it...Which the disrespect also hinders the Argonath Image. Go read it again to see what i mean if necessary.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: 9r2e5i3k on October 01, 2010, 02:34:22 pm
Stupid example.

Why would you go especially to someone's in-game house when he got cops inside to talk about school IRL or that you need him on MSN? If you really needed him on MSN, you would've PM'ed him. If his PM is off, you can ask in /P.

And how could you mix that up with the RP scenario going on anyway, if it's so obviously not related...
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Tai on October 01, 2010, 02:47:07 pm
Nice story RON it's like I know that from somewhere already ;D
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Void on October 01, 2010, 03:58:54 pm
I don't give a flying firetruck if you use IC/OOC or not. I don't give a flying firetruck if Argonath has rules in favor of IC/OOC (which it doesn't). I don't give a flying firetruck if you just throw in a bunch of random shit into roleplay like PENIS.
I give a flying firetruck when IC/OOC users cry at the guys who don't use IC/OOC about them being NON RP, bad guyS, etc...
I give a flying firetruck when non-IC/OOC users throw fingers and bricks and go "f**kING IC/OOC USER HAS NO BRAIN CANT RP f**kING LOW RP FAG SKILL."

Seriously, guys. I thought Argonath was a free roleplay server, where you could roleplay how YOU PLEASE, not how some other jack-ass judges you for.

Forgot to mention (and I don't feel like looking for where to put this): I like to dick around sometimes too, so I'm not 100% "ZOMG RP."


Let me clarify a few things.
  • Using IC/OOC doesn't make a player stupid. Those who say it does make you stupid actually cause themselves to be stupid, because they broke the golden rule - NO FLAMING
  • Using and not using IC/OOC doesn't make a player a bad roleplayer. It's just a little thing some players opt in for, opt out of...it's their choice.
  • IC/OOC Extremists are retards if they call non-IC/OOC users bad roleplayers, tards, etc...
  • Non-IC/OOC extremists are retards if they call IC/OOC users bad roleplayers, people who can't use their brain, tards, etc...
And last but not least
Stop giving a f**k about how another player f**king roleplays. Don't like IC/OOC? f**king deal with it, because it's never going to stop as long as Argonath has it's amazing free roleplay style which I've come to adore.
Don't like when players who don't use IC/OOC? f**king deal with it, because refer to above.
If a player wants to use IC/OOC, f**king let them. Don't call them stupid, incapable of roleplaying, or whatever, because 1. You're stupid for calling them stupid. 2. They're as capable as roleplaying as you.
If a player doesn't want to use IC/OOC, f**king let them. Refer to above.

This, well, partially.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Xander on October 01, 2010, 08:49:49 pm
Stupid example.

Why would you go especially to someone's in-game house when he got cops inside to talk about school IRL or that you need him on MSN? If you really needed him on MSN, you would've PM'ed him. If his PM is off, you can ask in /P.

And how could you mix that up with the RP scenario going on anyway, if it's so obviously not related...

Oh then you should make a example on how to 'properly roleplay' in your little world. How about grow up and deal with the freedoms we have. If you dislike it and fail to show respect feel free to leave. I was giving a quick example like 15 minutes before school so take that into consideration.


And what Void highlighted in Leon's post is my overall point. As long as we have fun roleplaying with each other who care's whether we use IC/OOC methods or not. Im here to have fun not bicker with people who fail to take off their blinders.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Gandalf on October 01, 2010, 08:53:49 pm
Gandalf, it is kinda like writing a Essay. Your going to write about Blue and Green, so you say in your thesis that's what you are going to write about. Then in Body paragraph 1 you talk about Either Blue or Green. If i talk about Green i must stay green if i do not, and go off on a tangent on something else my grade drops. BUT if i stay Green then my grade will not drop. This is how were are taught to write in College, and it work's great so why not implement the idea on something else :) . As i said before i don't always use brackets because it does get annoying to always use them especially when im hanging out with friends. That's why i like Argonath so much is because the freedom of roleplay we have...i don't HAVE to use brackets, nobody is forcing them on me. I also don't HAVE to not use them..although i do feel that not using them is being pressured upon me and the people doing so are also being disrespectful about it...Which the disrespect also hinders the Argonath Image. Go read it again to see what i mean if necessary.
If you are going to talk about Blue AND Green, and then stay on only Blue OR Green, your mark will be pretty low if I would have to give it. Perhaps where you live it is accepted to do it your way.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Xander on October 01, 2010, 09:21:13 pm
If you are going to talk about Blue AND Green, and then stay on only Blue OR Green, your mark will be pretty low if I would have to give it. Perhaps where you live it is accepted to do it your way.
What that means is you want to stay on point. When your writing an essay your proving something and when you write your Intro paragraph you want to Start broad then go into your Thesis aka your theme. Say my theme is about how Blue is better than green but they are still each a color. Then Body paragraph 1(if its a small 4 paragraph essay) will be about Blue. The 2nd body paragraph will be on green, yes you would add in why Green is worse or in paragraph 1 why blue is better. The point is stay on topic. I won't be talking about how blue is a really good color but yet Red is pretty decent as well and orange is cool too. That totally obliterates the essay and i can guarantee that if you were to hand it in to a teacher or Professor or whatever you would get a terrible grade. Now if you stay on point then you will get a decent grade. We are taught here in America that when we write we need to have a point and stick to it. Not to go off on some other topic, if you stay Blue and Green then it will be organized and be better overall. Now i don't know if where you live you can write up a load of information that is not relevant to each other and do good. But we are taught to make it look decent and such.

Either or, this topic is not about writing skills, Roleplay types and things like that. What it is on is how Aragorn was treated as a UC new player. The way he was treated was terrible and people need to quit the nonsense and re-read the first post to understand what it was about. Im done and i hope people take Aragorns first post into consideration.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: 9r2e5i3k on October 01, 2010, 09:42:25 pm
Oh then you should make a example on how to 'properly roleplay' in your little world.

After the question >>
How do you mix things up when in a decent roleplay ?

You described a situation where you went to someone's house while a scenario was already rolling and started a conversation in /L, which is clearly non-relevant and hard to mix up with what was going on "IC". >>
Alright here's a good one. I am going over to my friend's house in game, i go inside and notice he is with a few cop's because they have a warrant and they are roleplaying checking his house and cuffing him etc. So im inside and i say '/l sup guy's..Patton i need to talk to you on msn.' then i continue with saying '/l Man school today was terrible, yah know.' '/l i got loads of homework to do tonight.' then he responds '/l yea i got some college homework to do, it has been a rough few weeks'.....My point is that it's getting mixed up because us talking about school IRL and going on MSN(although i could implement MSN into the rp) have nothing to do with the roleplay at all. How does my homework go with police searching my brother's house? It doesn't. [...]

I said that it's a "stupid example" because: first you say that it's easy to mix up things in a decent role-play, and then give an example [assuming: of decent role-play, hence the "here's a good one"] showing that it's the opposite of what you stated.


I was giving a quick example like 15 minutes before school so take that into consideration.
Why didn't you just drop it or save the Firefox session or something and give a good example when you got the time to write it?

And why should I consider your school time anyway... I'm not your parent or relative, nor a real-life friend, how should I even know it. Yet another example of requiring knowledge about everything from others. (first example being demanding knowledge of all rules and personal standards from new players).
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Gandalf on October 01, 2010, 09:59:36 pm
What that means is you want to stay on point. When your writing an essay your proving something and when you write your Intro paragraph you want to Start broad then go into your Thesis aka your theme. Say my theme is about how Blue is better than green but they are still each a color. Then Body paragraph 1(if its a small 4 paragraph essay) will be about Blue. The 2nd body paragraph will be on green, yes you would add in why Green is worse or in paragraph 1 why blue is better. The point is stay on topic. I won't be talking about how blue is a really good color but yet Red is pretty decent as well and orange is cool too. That totally obliterates the essay and i can guarantee that if you were to hand it in to a teacher or Professor or whatever you would get a terrible grade. Now if you stay on point then you will get a decent grade. We are taught here in America that when we write we need to have a point and stick to it. Not to go off on some other topic, if you stay Blue and Green then it will be organized and be better overall. Now i don't know if where you live you can write up a load of information that is not relevant to each other and do good. But we are taught to make it look decent and such.

Either or, this topic is not about writing skills, Roleplay types and things like that. What it is on is how Aragorn was treated as a UC new player. The way he was treated was terrible and people need to quit the nonsense and re-read the first post to understand what it was about. Im done and i hope people take Aragorns first post into consideration.
On which point exactly were you trying to stay here ?
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Xander on October 01, 2010, 10:34:24 pm
On which point exactly were you trying to stay here ?
Since you cannot pull out information from text i will give you a tip. Click the 6 to travel to page 6 to find your answer. Very simple.

After the question >>
You described a situation where you went to someone's house while a scenario was already rolling and started a conversation in /L, which is clearly non-relevant and hard to mix up with what was going on "IC". >>
I said that it's a "stupid example" because: first you say that it's easy to mix up things in a decent role-play, and then give an example [assuming: of decent role-play, hence the "here's a good one"] showing that it's the opposite of what you stated.

Why didn't you just drop it or save the Firefox session or something and give a good example when you got the time to write it?

And why should I consider your school time anyway... I'm not your parent or relative, nor a real-life friend, how should I even know it. Yet another example of requiring knowledge about everything from others. (first example being demanding knowledge of all rules and personal standards from new players).

I didn't do it on my school time i typed it in 15 minutes before school even started. Goes to show how much information you take in when you read. If you feel that it's not good, i know its not perfect but its a bland example, then you should come up with a way to perfectly roleplay in your world. If you fail to do so i will disregard the rest because like i said, you aren't taking off your blinders. I love how we all get off track from the main topic(yes i did too i will admit it) because people begin criticizing and showing disrespect towards other people's form of roleplay.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Leon. on October 01, 2010, 10:37:32 pm
MetalLuigiX

What will happen, if you go on other RP server and start chillin around as on Argonath? With no OOC/IC shit?
If you mean that I don't have an option between using IC/OOC or not (I can only use one or the other), then I could cope, but it'd get boring as the server only opens to one group of people (e.g., non-IC/OOC users only), as opposed to Argonath (<3) being open to BOTH groups of people.

What that means is you want to stay on point. When your writing an essay your proving something and when you write your Intro paragraph you want to Start broad then go into your Thesis aka your theme. Say my theme is about how Blue is better than green but they are still each a color. Then Body paragraph 1(if its a small 4 paragraph essay) will be about Blue. The 2nd body paragraph will be on green, yes you would add in why Green is worse or in paragraph 1 why blue is better. The point is stay on topic. I won't be talking about how blue is a really good color but yet Red is pretty decent as well and orange is cool too. That totally obliterates the essay and i can guarantee that if you were to hand it in to a teacher or Professor or whatever you would get a terrible grade. Now if you stay on point then you will get a decent grade. We are taught here in America that when we write we need to have a point and stick to it. Not to go off on some other topic, if you stay Blue and Green then it will be organized and be better overall. Now i don't know if where you live you can write up a load of information that is not relevant to each other and do good. But we are taught to make it look decent and such.

Either or, this topic is not about writing skills, Roleplay types and things like that. What it is on is how Aragorn was treated as a UC new player. The way he was treated was terrible and people need to quit the nonsense and re-read the first post to understand what it was about. Im done and i hope people take Aragorns first post into consideration.
Rule 25.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: 9r2e5i3k on October 01, 2010, 10:53:53 pm
If you mean that I don't have an option between using IC/OOC or not (I can only use one or the other), then I could cope, but it'd get boring as the server only opens to one group of people (e.g., non-IC/OOC users only), as opposed to Argonath (<3) being open to BOTH groups of people.
You can use it in a closed group (let's say, when playing in Gvardia HQ with your gang mates). In this situation no one limits you. Groups can make up as many internal rules as they like.

I didn't do it on my school time i typed it in 15 minutes before school even started.
You're still requiring me to know when do you go to school. Like I need to know, or even care.

If you feel that it's not good, i know its not perfect but its a bland example, then you should come up with a way to perfectly roleplay in your world. If you fail to do so i will disregard the rest because like i said, you aren't taking off your blinders.
Example for what?
I'm not the one stating that things in a decent role-play can get mixed up. Why should I prove your point?
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Leon. on October 01, 2010, 11:06:22 pm
You can use it in a closed group (let's say, when playing in Gvardia HQ with your gang mates). In this situation no one limits you. Groups can make up as many internal rules as they like.
I respectfully think you misinterpreted what I said on your quote.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Xander on October 01, 2010, 11:50:53 pm
You can use it in a closed group (let's say, when playing in Gvardia HQ with your gang mates). In this situation no one limits you. Groups can make up as many internal rules as they like.
You're still requiring me to know when do you go to school. Like I need to know, or even care.
Example for what?
I'm not the one stating that things in a decent role-play can get mixed up. Why should I prove your point?

Take off your blinders. Until you do this, your impossible to talk to because you always feel like your right. I don't require you to know anything as far as me going to school...i said i typed it up 15 minutes before school...Common Sense says that i obviously typed it up in the morning and i don't party all night every night i sleep. You expect me to write up a college grade type of paper to please you so you can yet again shoot it down with your dense information.

My overall point from where i have started reading this topic to now is....*drum roll*....
That people need to learn to quit criticizing other people's form of roleplay, in doing so you are disrespecting them due to the criticism. Therefore the ones who are criticizing and preaching about the 'Argonath Image' are also tainting the image. How may you ask? Quite Simple If you read through it you notice that the Leaders were getting tired of the lack of respect among community members in their old community(Look at how people treat each other now  :neutral: ), so they decided to make their own. They did a splendid job if i may say. Now as far as you tainting it...thats right your disrespect about other people's roleplay is in fact tainting it. If you disagree with this, please....Feel free to read from page 1 to page 7 and im sure you will see what im saying. Also i recommend you do re-read the Argonath image so you know what your looking for, it will aid in you picking out information that is necessary and relevant to my point.
Thank you.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Leon. on October 02, 2010, 03:13:19 am
My overall point from where i have started reading this topic to now is....*drum roll*....
That people need to learn to quit criticizing other people's form of roleplay, in doing so you are disrespecting them due to the criticism. Therefore the ones who are criticizing and preaching about the 'Argonath Image' are also tainting the image. How may you ask? Quite Simple If you read through it you notice that the Leaders were getting tired of the lack of respect among community members in their old community(Look at how people treat each other now  :neutral: ), so they decided to make their own. They did a splendid job if i may say. Now as far as you tainting it...thats right your disrespect about other people's roleplay is in fact tainting it. If you disagree with this, please....Feel free to read from page 1 to page 7 and im sure you will see what im saying. Also i recommend you do re-read the Argonath image so you know what your looking for, it will aid in you picking out information that is necessary and relevant to my point.
Thank you.
Basically a TL;DR version of everything I just wrote regarding this subject, for you lazy people out there.
And a TL;DR version of what he just said (lazy -.-)...
You criticizing (and putting hate) on how other people roleplay pleading that it "goes against the Argonath Vision" is YOU going against the Argonath Image and YOU spreading false interpretations, and all disrespect towards roleplay styles should be dropped.
C'mon guys...Argonath is a relaxed roleplay server, but doesn't necessarily have to BE a strictly relaxed roleplay server (e.g., NO FUCKING IC/OOC OR BAN). Argonath is open to all styles, genders, and types of roleplay. Keep it that way, and stop downing other styles of roleplay (e.g., you saying IC/OOC is stupid and anyone who uses it is incapable of properly roleplaying and using their brain, as many of you would insultingly and falsely say).

@Xander
Brilliant minds think alike :cool:
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Aragorn on October 02, 2010, 09:00:54 am
Funny how you guys did not answer my small question on page 6...

Its nice to defend the OOC/IC and to ignore that with its usage you implement into Argonath the rule from other server, which is not in Argonath rules at all...

What will happen to you on those RP servers where is this OOC/IC shit and start talking like on Argonath?
You do not answer because its clear: you will be banned...

Then why you want Argonath to use other servers rules?

I can say how we see it... It is just disrespect to the Argonath rules... Our rules you do not follow but f**king trying to implement the other servers rules...

I am really pissed of reading thie two f**king pages... And if two piece of OOC/IC will not f**king stop to bring into Argonath this stupid rule from other servers I will just f**king disallow it by power...

Wanna OOC/IC? Then f**k off from Argonath... FFS...
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Gandalf on October 02, 2010, 09:05:50 am
Since you cannot pull out information from text i will give you a tip. Click the 6 to travel to page 6 to find your answer. Very simple.

So you mean to say that you made a point on page 6 and then start to digress randomly with rants about colours and other things, yet wish to tell other people that they should stay to the point ? Interesting way of getting it across, and it seems rather contrary to what they teah you to do.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Squeak on October 02, 2010, 09:10:42 am
Oh lord, the OOC/IC war is still going on? :rofl:
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Gandalf on October 02, 2010, 10:07:18 am
Oh lord, the OOC/IC war is still going on? :rofl:
People will abuse any topic to try and make war... I just wonder why it is IC/OOC and not Cops vs Criminals this time...
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: 9r2e5i3k on October 02, 2010, 10:30:26 am
I just wonder why it is IC/OOC and not Cops vs Criminals this time...
Oh that one is in the Suspects topic in SAMP Ideas :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Void on October 02, 2010, 11:56:46 am
Are we claiming that everyone should use OOC/IC? No.
Are we claiming that it is the best way to RP? No.
Are we moaning about someone not using it? No.
Are we disrespecting people through it? No.

Do we force it on other people? No.
Do we rate people if they or if they don't use this technique? No.
Do we require a ghetto of srs RPers to be divided from so called bad RPers? No.


IC/OOC is skill? No.
IC/OOC is leet? No.
IC/OOC should be treated like shit? No.
IC/OOC divides people from bad and srs RPers? No.
IC/OOC should be banned? No.
You ask why?We don't need retarded insecure people forcing it on others and as long as it is that way, you should respect a players choice.
I don't care if you RPed on Tetris or Super Mario, I will always enjoy ANY effort in RP, with ANY person...

Retards will stay retards
Retards will misuse IC/OOC
Retards will force it(Face it)
Retards will always moan(Face it)
Retards will always be "net badasses".
Retards are very friendly with /kick, /ban.

People like yourself will always generalize and categorize us with retards.
Why? Because you are superficial. Do some RP with any of these two fellas( Luigi and Xander) and you'll see their quality without and with IC/OOC(All the same).

Consider it as this: Would you kill a hippie if he said "Peace bro" to you?
1+1 is how much?



Shall we proceed on the topic point?
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: 9r2e5i3k on October 02, 2010, 12:27:08 pm
Are we claiming that it is the best way to RP? No.
Then why use it, if it's not the best?

Do we force it on other people? No.
If you use it AT ALL, new players will follow your path and also learn to use it, not even thinking what's the sense in it. That's how people learn to play games, they watch others and do same, even if it's plain stupid and illogical. I play games, I know that from experience.

Do we rate people if they or if they don't use this technique? No.
That's what you think.

Ever saw the "Rate the RP of person above" topic? People that use IC/OOC give lower grades to people not using it, than to people they haven't even played with.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Void on October 02, 2010, 12:46:55 pm
1)Then why use it, if it's not the best?

2)If you use it AT ALL, new players will follow your path and also learn to use it, not even thinking what's the sense in it. That's how people learn to play games, they watch others and do same, even if it's plain stupid and illogical. I play games, I know that from experience.
That's what you think.

3)Ever saw the "Rate the RP of person above" topic? People that use IC/OOC give lower grades to people not using it, than to people they haven't even played with.

1) I got used to it, after several years of RPing that way. If a person uses it in interaction with me, I use it too.If not, then I don't either.

2) Refer to superficial people

3) Refer to retards
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Freedom on October 02, 2010, 04:22:12 pm
Argonath has had great influence from players from "RLRP" servers, changing players style and demands pretty much, I guess.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Cero on October 02, 2010, 06:40:08 pm
Before I came to SA:MP, I was playing World of Warcraft on Defias Brotherhood, a roleplay server.

On DB we used OOC/IC, powergaming, metagaming etc.. Now, I dont support having those kind of things in Argonath, but. Playing WoW I experienced the best roleplayes I have ever been a part of, it was fun and creative. I met some people I hold great respect for in there, all of them using "RLRP".

Dont go around saying people who use "RLRP" are stupid, unimaginative and dull. Because they're not, they're the funniest, most creative and best roleplayers I have ever had the pleasure to play with. Going around saying "RLRPers are shit" seriously insults me, it's where I have my roots of roleplaying. They're not shit, stupid or anything like that, they're roleplayers doing what they think is fun.

Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Gandalf on October 02, 2010, 07:17:11 pm
Before I came to SA:MP, I was playing World of Warcraft on Defias Brotherhood, a roleplay server.

On DB we used OOC/IC, powergaming, metagaming etc.. Now, I dont support having those kind of things in Argonath, but. Playing WoW I experienced the best roleplayes I have ever been a part of, it was fun and creative. I met some people I hold great respect for in there, all of them using "RLRP".

Dont go around saying people who use "RLRP" are stupid, unimaginative and dull. Because they're not, they're the funniest, most creative and best roleplayers I have ever had the pleasure to play with. Going around saying "RLRPers are shit" seriously insults me, it's where I have my roots of roleplaying. They're not shit, stupid or anything like that, they're roleplayers doing what they think is fun.
Actually games like WOW etc is where the IC/OOC and RLRP has come from.......
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: newguy on October 02, 2010, 07:29:52 pm
What saddens me most is that WE'RE TALKING here and not DOING anything about it :(
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Xander on October 02, 2010, 08:11:23 pm
What saddens me most is that WE'RE TALKING here and not DOING anything about it :(

The thing that needs to be done is for people to accept the different forms of roleplay and deal with it. Nothing bad is happening due to it, except people who don't distinguish ic/ooc are forcing people who sometimes do with their philosophy.  Which is utter BS and is disrespectful. They preach that people who use ic/ooc methods are ruining the Argonath image. In fact the ones forcing not to use ic/ooc methods are the ones ruining the image and will not take off their blinder's and see this. They have thick skin and it isn't sinking in that they are the ones tarnishing it. As i said i use it sometimes, other times i don't, i don't force using or not using it on anybody. That's why people, like Argonath because we can roleplay as we please as long as we follow the Community Rules. Open your eye's remove the blinder's and understand the other party's meaning. That is what needs to be done...and to respect other people and what they are saying.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: newguy on October 02, 2010, 08:19:06 pm
The thing that needs to be done is for people to accept the different forms of roleplay and deal with it. Nothing bad is happening due to it, except people who don't distinguish ic/ooc are forcing people who sometimes do with their philosophy.  Which is utter BS and is disrespectful. They preach that people who use ic/ooc methods are ruining the Argonath image. In fact the ones forcing not to use ic/ooc methods are the ones ruining the image and will not take off their blinder's and see this. They have thick skin and it isn't sinking in that they are the ones tarnishing it. As i said i use it sometimes, other times i don't, i don't force using or not using it on anybody. That's why people, like Argonath because we can roleplay as we please as long as we follow the Community Rules. Open your eye's remove the blinder's and understand the other party's meaning. That is what needs to be done...and to respect other people and what they are saying.

That's hardly gonna happen
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Aragorn on October 02, 2010, 08:58:39 pm
The thing that needs to be done is for people to accept the different forms of roleplay and deal with it.

Its not a form... It is the rule from other servers... We have our own rules - Obey them...
And do not confuse players with OOC/IC rule... It is not Argonath then...
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Leon. on October 02, 2010, 10:32:04 pm
What will happen to you on those RP servers where is this OOC/IC shit and start talking like on Argonath?
You do not answer because its clear: you will be banned...
Actually, I didn't answer due to unrelated reasons that you may find slightly offensive, and I'd rather not set you off.

And in all honesty...I didn't know one of the main purposes of Argonath was to be an anti IC/OOC legion who want to call themselves creative because they used a method older than IC/OOC itself (which is NOT using IC/OOC).
And if two piece of OOC/IC will not f**king stop to bring into Argonath this stupid rule from other servers I will just f**king disallow it by power...
We're not (for the most part, anyway; the retards are the ones trying to do this and don't even deserve to be a roleplayer) trying to bring Argonath as a whole into the IC/OOC rule that we implement on OURSELVES AND OUR GROUPS with the sole purpose of being comfortable playing according to their needs, habits, or whatever on Argonath.

If you honestly think that we're setting out to destroy Argonath and trying to bring it under an IC/OOC rule, then go right the fuck ahead ahead and disallow it. Players like me and Void will honestly not give a flying fuck what you do, because we're open minded and simple people.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Xander on October 02, 2010, 10:34:47 pm
Its not a form... It is the rule from other servers... We have our own rules - Obey them...
And do not confuse players with OOC/IC rule... It is not Argonath then...

Yes it is a form, go on www.dictionary.com (http://www.dictionary.com) and look that word up. It is not a rule of roleplay, that doesn't make any sense, yes on other srs rp server's you have to separate ooc/ic. But HERE in ARGONATH we aren't required to do it. If we want we can with our friends, but we do not have the authority to tell people the proper way of roleplaying without disrespecting them. Therefore it all falls back on the Argonath Image and how it is getting tarnished by the disrespect. Honestly i don't understand how you guy's still continue to fight it out even though you are making hypocritical remarks saying we are ruining the Argo Image when in fact we are not.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: 9r2e5i3k on October 02, 2010, 10:41:13 pm
@ Luweegee
> arguing about it
> not caring about it
 :neutral:

@ Xander
blinders blinders hypocrites disrespecting blinders.
Telling the owners what is Argonath and what it's supposed to be... lol
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Leon. on October 02, 2010, 11:01:05 pm
@ Luweegee
> arguing about it
> not caring about it
 :neutral:
Who the fuck do you think you are to judge if I care or not?
If you hate SA:MP and its community so much with it's so-called "srsbsns" behavior, then take your over-opinionated ass back to MTA:VC and cry there. We don't want to hear it.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Xander on October 02, 2010, 11:03:27 pm
@ Luweegee
> arguing about it
> not caring about it
 :neutral:

@ Xander
blinders blinders hypocrites disrespecting blinders.
Telling the owners what is Argonath and what it's supposed to be... lol

Yet i got all my information from none other than this topic here http://www.argonathrpg.eu/forum/index.php?topic=38482.0 (http://www.argonathrpg.eu/forum/index.php?topic=38482.0) . You have been blinded by darkness, come to the light my son and realize the truth behind this madness. Oh figured id point out what's backing me up.

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9.   Argonath bases its community on respect and friendship between players of all nations.  This means that those who feel that they are allowed to disrespect others, consider others as inferior or treat them as such will be offered the choice to either change their views or leave the community. This includes any groups of players in game.
10.   Argonath will remain as open, friendly and strong community for people worldwide who wish to enjoy playing a game based on imagination and creativity.

They should be tweaked because a lot of people are being disrespected so treating people who use IC/OOC methods as Inferior and saying they are not welcome is going against that up there(as it says, leave or change your view(s). So for #9 instead of it saying "Any groups of players in game" add in the people that are excused, because im noticing a few people who seem to think they are.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Void on October 02, 2010, 11:06:30 pm
Its not a form... It is the rule from other servers... We have our own rules - Obey them...
And do not confuse players with OOC/IC rule... It is not Argonath then...

Never was a rule. If it was a rule, there would be wannabe/miss-interpreting RP moaners crying over who RPs badass and who cannot RP ....
That, is the problem of OOC/IC. Otherwise, it is not forced.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: 9r2e5i3k on October 02, 2010, 11:32:35 pm
Who the f**k do you think you are to judge if I care or not?
If you hate SA:MP and its community so much with it's so-called "srsbsns" behavior, then take your over-opinionated ass back to MTA:VC and cry there. We don't want to hear it.
You mad again.
And you said yourself that you don't care. Not judging, quoting (actually paraphrasing, reduced the swear word).
Players like me and Void will honestly not give a flying f**k what you do, because we're open minded and simple people.


@Xander
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4.   Argonath strives to keep rules simple and understandable. Our community was created as free RP, based on imagination and creativity. We will not ever support it changing in to a jungle of rules that are impossible to understand, follow and adhere to. Our rules will remain the minimal needed to stop players who wish to disturb the fun in playing from doing so, not more and not less.
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8.   Argonath recognizes that a part of the community is underage. There for the following shall be prohibited:
a.   Swearing, flaming and insulting. Within roleplay this is allowed very limited and strictly bound to the situation. If there is any doubt about the slang/language used is for ropleplay only,  administration has full right to take any measures they find necessary.

IC/OOC breaks 4. and 8.a.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Void on October 02, 2010, 11:40:23 pm
If a player says, "Why do you swear" or "Hey don't flame/insult me" or anything similar, what do you do Grzesiek?
You start defending yourself that it was IC or you stop it and apologize?

As said in paragraph 8)a:

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Within roleplay this is allowed very limited and strictly bound to the situation. If there is any doubt about the slang/language used is for ropleplay only,  administration has full right to take any measures they find necessary.

If I say "Puta madre" and he says " Go f**k yourself pendejo" Is that an agreement to continue a certain situation?Does the other party consider the situation interesting?There is a line, and the other RP party will show it certainly(as long as it is not racial, nationality, etc discriminating)

If I say "Puta madre" and he says " Don't insult me, you are reported" you don't go berserk rage and kill him, nor do you start moaning, "noob non-rper, it was IC" ....

You generalize all IC/OOC-ers: The douches: Force this shit yo, they be like non RP and shit, yo.We be tite and rockin this kno wha' am sayin'
                                         The free minded: Those who don't give a damn what you use, just valuate yours, and respect others.


I don't care if you RP Super Mario or lady Gaga, I just like people who give an effort, to create an interesting situation.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: 9r2e5i3k on October 02, 2010, 11:50:13 pm
If a player says, "Why do you swear" or "Hey don't flame/insult me" or anything similar, what do you do Grzesiek?
You start defending yourself that it was IC or you stop it and apologize?
It's not me who's swearing and "ic" flaming.

If I say "Puta madre" and he says " Go f**k yourself pendejo" Is that an agreement to continue a certain situation?Does the other party consider the situation interesting?
That's flaming, from both sides. No matter if English name-calling or not, it's still flaming. Rules don't show any exceptions about flaming "IC/OOC" being allowed. If the only slang words you know are flames, better not use such slang at all.

I don't care if you RP Super Mario or lady Gaga, I am just interested in people giving effort to create an interesting situation.
What's interesting in flaming each other?
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Dave on October 02, 2010, 11:56:14 pm
I'd just like for Aragorn to not hold back in his next post, and come straight out with the full answer.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Void on October 03, 2010, 12:02:11 am
1)It's not me who's swearing and "ic" flaming.
2)That's flaming, from both sides. No matter if English name-calling or not, it's still flaming. Rules don't show any exceptions about flaming "IC/OOC" being allowed. If the only slang words you know are flames, better not use such slang at all.
3)What's interesting in flaming each other?

1)  I was explaining a common example so you can get it better.Don't get all defending
2)
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Within roleplay this is allowed very limited and strictly bound to the situation.  If there is any doubt about the slang/language used is for ropleplay only,  administration has full right to take any measures they find necessary.
After that here goes a sentence you obviously missed:
There is a line, and the other RP party will show it certainly(as long as it is not racial, nationality, etc discriminating)
other player will know when to stop RP, when he feels uncomfortable etc.Here we have different reactions of the RP starter, adn I've made a profile of IC/OOC users that fit these reactions, here:

You generalize all IC/OOC-ers: The douches: Force this shit yo, they be like non RP and shit, yo.We be tite and rockin this kno wha' am sayin'
                                         The free minded: Those who don't give a damn what you use, just valuate yours, and respect others.

3) Flaming was an example of numerous of punch lines, jokes that can start and develop a stable and fun RP situation.
I can step on your shoes to create a conversation and start a potential RP, can I?
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Void on October 03, 2010, 12:16:28 am
I will deliberately double post so some people can realize what is my main propaganda:

RP cannot be evaluated, its just like DNA. Every person has his own style, wants, demands in a RP situation.
Its just stupid to argue what's best and what's worst regarding RP.

You RP your way, I'll practice it my way and we will find a compromise for a mutual satisfaction if we ever meet and RP.


Thank you for reading and understanding. Don't criticize! Don't show shallowness.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Gandalf on October 03, 2010, 12:21:07 am
Actually, I didn't answer due to unrelated reasons that you may find slightly offensive, and I'd rather not set you off.

And in all honesty...I didn't know one of the main purposes of Argonath was to be an anti IC/OOC legion who want to call themselves creative because they used a method older than IC/OOC itself (which is NOT using IC/OOC).
We allow freedom, but we are not in favour of teaching new player to follow rules from other servers.
If other servers allow racism, should we allow it because they do ?


We're not (for the most part, anyway; the retards are the ones trying to do this and don't even deserve to be a roleplayer) trying to bring Argonath as a whole into the IC/OOC rule that we implement on OURSELVES AND OUR GROUPS with the sole purpose of being comfortable playing according to their needs, habits, or whatever on Argonath.
If you are forcing this rule in your GROUP, then perhaps we were wRONg to give your GROUP official status and it shoud be removed from the GROUP.

If you honestly think that we're setting out to destroy Argonath and trying to bring it under an IC/OOC rule, then go right the f**k ahead ahead and disallow it. Players like me and Void will honestly not give a flying f**k what you do, because we're open minded and simple people.
No use as people would find a way to sneak it in anyhow, as they already did with many rules from other servers. It will just cause some surprise now and then when players find that something they thought was a rule never was.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Gandalf on October 03, 2010, 12:27:55 am

They should be tweaked because a lot of people are being disrespected so treating people who use IC/OOC methods as Inferior and saying they are not welcome is going against that up there(as it says, leave or change your view(s). So for #9 instead of it saying "Any groups of players in game" add in the people that are excused, because im noticing a few people who seem to think they are.
IC/OOC is not treated as inferior but as unnecesary. That is a difference you do not seem to grasp.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Void on October 03, 2010, 12:32:32 am
We allow freedom, but we are not in favour of teaching new player to follow rules from other servers.
If other servers allow racism, should we allow it because they do ?

If you are forcing this rule in your GROUP, then perhaps we were wRONg to give your GROUP official status and it shoud be removed from the GROUP.
No use as people would find a way to sneak it in anyhow, as they already did with many rules from other servers. It will just cause some surprise now and then when players find that something they thought was a rule never was.

Those are "the douches" and they should be punished severely. They ruin the rest of us that actually want to RP and coexist with others, rather then moan what's srs and what's not.

Valuate yours, respect others.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Leon. on October 03, 2010, 02:40:44 am
You mad again.
And you said yourself that you don't care. Not judging, quoting (actually paraphrasing, reduced the swear word).
Not quoting, misinterpreting.
I meant that if IC/OOC is removed, I won't care about that. I care that fucktards are flaming the people who use IC/OOC and the people who don't and it's really fucking stupid, and the stupid immaturity needs to stop, or they can carry their fancy-pantsy little disgraceful ass out of the server.

It's nothing new for you closed-minded people to misinterpret shit like this.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Xander on October 03, 2010, 02:44:22 am
IC/OOC is not treated as inferior but as unnecesary. That is a difference you do not seem to grasp.

Actually i have grasped it, if you look back like i said before you will notice that i said i don't always use it. In fact i rarely do anymore because it is unnecessary to use. Now look back at what Grz and the mare saying, they are treating the PEOPLE that use it as Inferior, not IC/OOC itself. Im not posting to fight or hate other's i still feel the same about everyone whether you disagree with me or not. Im just having a debate.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Leon. on October 03, 2010, 03:29:18 am
@Xander
IC/OOC breaks 4. and 8.a.
What the fuck is this?

4. IC/OOC is not an official rule in Argonath, and therefore does not break that in the first place.

8.a. You only break this if you use IC as an excuse for flaming, and anyone who does this in the first place is likely retarded.
1)We allow freedom, but we are not in favour of teaching new player to follow rules from other servers.
1a)If other servers allow racism, should we allow it because they do ?

2)If you are forcing this rule in your GROUP, then perhaps we were wRONg to give your GROUP official status and it shoud be removed from the GROUP.
3)No use as people would find a way to sneak it in anyhow, as they already did with many rules from other servers. It will just cause some surprise now and then when players find that something they thought was a rule never was.
1) Rules are SUPPOSED to be followed, or disciplinary action will be taken. We're not telling a new player, "USE IC/OOC OR I FUCKING PUNISH U I DONT KNOW HOW I DONT GOT ADMIN POWERS BUT I STILL PUNISH U" by using IC/OOC. Besides, don't you spam the living crap out of them with your rules when they first join (yes, I'm exaggerating by A LOT)?

1a) Oh, well allow me to retort.
No, you shouldn't, because it'd make you look cool and rebellious to be different and you should run everything the exact opposite of the server that allows racism.

2) Way to go and contradict yourself.
Quote from: GANDALF ON THE ARGONATH VISION TOPIC
5.   Argonath leaders will accept new rules and scripts only if they fit the vision. If any suggestion is limiting the possibility to play for new players, strives to give advantage to more experienced players, or creates a more complex rule that would make it hard to understand or follow, it will be rejected, regardless of how much support there is from the community
6.   Argonath players are, regardless of point 5, free to implement within their group or play guidelines and habits of playing. However they are not allowed to force people outside their group to use the same rules, resort to flaming, insulting, or trying to excluse players who do not play by non-official group rules.
Using IC/OOC is a guideline or habit of playing, not a rule, as you and Aragorn ignorantly imply it to be. In another server, it classes as a rule there, because it literally is a rule that is REQUIRED to be followed or face a ban. In Argonath, it's a choice. When you take that choice away from YOUR players, you truly hurt the very hope that the players will get fun from the server, rather than being raped with rules like "NO USING IC/OOC BECAUSE ITS FUCKING FORBIDDEN BECAUSE (insert rp server name that isn't Argonath here) USES IT"

3) Didn't your mother teach you not to think pessimistically on things all the time?

You might as well do what you're doing to IC/OOC users to me just because I disallow myself to do something, which another guy also happens to do as well. You might as well call me unnecessary names because I happen to use his idea to make myself satisfied and happy (which many of you have already revealed your immaturity by directly insulting the users).

:ps: What's with this wRONg fad going around here? I get the pun, yes...but seriously.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Xander on October 03, 2010, 04:18:35 am

@Xander
IC/OOC breaks 4. and 8.a.

Actually it doesn't at all. If you read, swearing in a rp situation is allowed in limited cases. Unless it is not with the RP situation then administration will handle it. How does this finger out Ic/OOC usage? It doesn't, it goes on all forms of roleplay whether you use brackets or not. As far as 4 goes, still does not work with you. It's yet again working against you. If you begin disallowing our free roleplay, then your the one breaking it, not us. Also again you are the one's who are disturbing our roleplay by disrespecting the people who distinguish ic/ooc. Therefore you yet again are tarnishing more of the Argonath image. Please feel free to point out more, the Image is more in the free roleplayer's favor than yours.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: rJCaiG on October 03, 2010, 09:38:42 am
IC/OOC is for people without a brain.
/end
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Aragorn on October 03, 2010, 09:52:14 am
You brought this rule from other servers... If you do not use it there - you will be banned...
Thats why its a rule...
And stop fooling us and yourselves here around...

Other servers ban for not using it...

As I said - stop fucking confuse players and think that we are one of those OOC/IC servers...

Any new comment like "It is not a rule!!!" "We do not want to destory Argonath's vision" will just lead to the strict actions against this shit...

Why the fuck we should allow the spread of "srs" RP servers here if we are on our own world...

Forget about OOC/IC on Argonath... If you do not like this - go there where its a normal rule/style/whatever...
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: 9r2e5i3k on October 03, 2010, 10:51:19 am
If you read, swearing in a rp situation is allowed in limited cases.
People keep twisting and abusing this "exception for role-play", by treating flaming as only swearing. Flaming is not allowed at all, without any exceptions.

You can quote the vision as you like, but remember about the basic RULES too.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: JDC on October 03, 2010, 11:11:15 am
IC/OOC creates unnecessary complications that lead to player confusion and allows for flaming.

If I say "F*ck you, you stupid b*tch!" to another player in RP, then I am still flaming that player as what I said goes against the Argonath Vision (and even against the basic rules!)... which stands against IC/OOC. We are not here confuse players or to flame them subversively.

The Argonath Vision (along with the basic rules) is the set of core values on which Argonath RPG revolves, and one of the reasons for the successful community like this. Sauron, Gandalf, Aragorn, and Legolas did not found a community just to have people f*ck it up by implementing things that do nothing but turn it into a complicated mess of incomprehensible rules!

If the "Champions of IC and OOC", especially my dear and beloved MetalLuigiX, still do not understand this statement, then you must have no comprehension ability or common sense at all...

Call me old-fashioned, call me afraid of change, call me licker of developers' asses and all the other false bullshit you could come up with in this world... but I will stand by what I believe to be right, which is in this case, the Vision that has made Argonath into a successful and player-friendly community as it is today... and I will continue to stand by it as long as Argonath RPG remains what it is.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Gandalf on October 03, 2010, 11:28:02 am
Besides, don't you spam the living crap out of them with your rules when they first join (yes, I'm exaggerating by A LOT)?
That was made on request of players who find it too distressing to help new people understand therules.

1a) Oh, well allow me to retort.
No, you shouldn't, because it'd make you look cool and rebellious to be different and you should run everything the exact opposite of the server that allows racism.
That is not reorting, but it is making fun of what I said. Obviously because you can not counter the point in question.

2) Way to go and contradict yourself.Using IC/OOC is a guideline or habit of playing, not a rule, as you and Aragorn ignorantly imply it to be. In another server, it classes as a rule there, because it literally is a rule that is REQUIRED to be followed or face a ban. In Argonath, it's a choice. When you take that choice away from YOUR players, you truly hurt the very hope that the players will get fun from the server, rather than being raped with rules like "NO USING IC/OOC BECAUSE ITS f**kING FORBIDDEN BECAUSE (insert rp server name that isn't Argonath here) USES IT"
Not a contradiction at all. And if you feel that "fun" depends on the usage of IC/OOC I guess that you have no clue about fun.

3) Didn't your mother teach you not to think pessimistically on things all the time?
Yes but certain players showed me the opposite.

Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Void on October 03, 2010, 03:57:32 pm


The Argonath Vision (along with the basic rules) is the set of core values on which Argonath RPG revolves, and one of the reasons for the successful community like this. Sauron, Gandalf, Aragorn, and Legolas did not found a community just to have people f*ck it up by implementing things that do nothing but turn it into a complicated mess of incomprehensible rules!

Call me old-fashioned ...

Every server has its vision, not only Argonath and they too, believe that its unique. Please check the SA:MP Ideas then review the red bold part in your post.
We could go on and on.

Old-fashioned? You think by hanging on a certain server for almost 3 years brings you something? Knowledge is something that is gained your whole life.I give you credit for being here and contributing this community but we aren't from yesterday either.We know something about RP too. I was getting pwned back in MTA VC 0.2 when the "Unhandled exception error" gave me nerdrages.Played MTA:VC in 2007 while waiting for them to add extra commands other than plain chat and /me ...
Afraid of changes? Everything must change, it is the way it goes. Why not letting people RP how they want, instead classifying douches and  IC/OOC-ers under same term.


The only way you actually can prevent changes is to remove the server from Hosted tab and prevent players entering it. Its inevitable.
Leave the OOC/IC-ers alone, and conclude this topic as I only see narrow minded crap posted here.

Quote
RP cannot be evaluated, its just like DNA. Every person has his own style, wants, demands in a RP situation.
Its just stupid to argue what's best and what's worst regarding RP.

You RP your way, I'll practice it my way and we will find a compromise for a mutual satisfaction if we ever meet and RP.

Then instead we have people like Giac, a great example of narrow minded stubborn stupidity.Tell me Giac, have you ever RPed with any of these IC/OOC supporting/tolerant lads here?

I just want people to coexist together as I consider Argonath a getaway from the reality, a place to relax, talk to people with same experiences, have a laugh now and then, talk seriously, exchange experiences and most of all gain some acquaintances.I guess many of us have the same goal.

Thank you for reading and regards,

Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: MisterSjeiks on October 03, 2010, 07:05:34 pm
Nice post ;)
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Leon. on October 03, 2010, 08:45:10 pm
IC/OOC is for people without a brain.
/end
Silly Giac, flaming is for kids! The missionary for the Argonath Vision just showed his true colors!
If the "Champions of IC and OOC", especially my dear and beloved MetalLuigiX, still do not understand this statement, then you must have no comprehension ability or common sense at all...
Awesome! I have a fan! High-five!
On the contrary, JDC. It appears you have failed to comprehend my statement(s) at all, which I reworded about three times, specially for you.
And "Champion of IC and OOC"?
LOL. Who do you think you are to judge that? You haven't even had the balls to roleplay with me because you're so judgmental on every thing and everyone. Like I said, I DO NOT strictly use IC/OOC. It depends on the majority of the crowd I'm using. For example, if I'm roleplaying with you, Giac, Dave, and Grz, then fuck-all IC/OOC (like you guys would roleplay with me (with the exception of Dave) considering you guys have nothing to do other than show prejudice towards other players (again, with the exception of Dave) ).
See, I'm a lot like Vince. Vince, like me, does not give a truck's muffler if you use IC/OOC. He's just happy to be roleplaying with you. But since your mind is as narrow as your ass, you fail to realize this.
<3 You, Vince.
If I say "F*ck you, you stupid b*tch!" to another player in RP, then I am still flaming that player as what I said goes against the Argonath Vision (and even against the basic rules!)... which stands against IC/OOC. We are not here confuse players or to flame them subversively.
We don't use IC/OOC as an excuse to flame. Flame is flame, no matter what characters from the keyboard surround what is said. If people say "ITS IC" and use it as an excuse to flame, then they probably deserve the insults you throw at the general population + punishment for breaking the golden rule.

Please read this
Why not letting people RP how they want, instead classifying douches and  IC/OOC-ers under same term.
This is all I ask. Really. This is all, I, ask, from you anti-srs rpers and your anti-IC/OOC legion.

If you don't want me using IC/OOC, fine. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. But all I ask in return is
Why not letting people RP how they want, instead classifying douches and  IC/OOC-ers under same term.
In other words, please, I ask of respect as a person, not because of how I roleplay.

And I'll repeat again before you judge me strictly under the IC/OOC category. I use both depending on my audience. I'll do what makes you happy, because when you're happy, then I'm happy, and we can all be friends.
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Dave on October 03, 2010, 08:57:47 pm
(with the exception of Dave)...(again, with the exception of Dave) ).

lol.

May I just point out the fact that some of you may be overlooking the posts by Aragorn and Gandalf about this subject. You know, the posts that sophisticatedly tell you where to put your IC / OOC stuff, right?
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Leon. on October 03, 2010, 09:08:02 pm
lol.
You're one of the few who actually has a level of respect, or at least shows it despite the level of disrespect you MAY have.
May I just point out the fact that some of you may be overlooking the posts by Aragorn and Gandalf about this subject. You know, the posts that sophisticatedly tell you where to put your IC / OOC stuff, right?
In the bin?
Title: Re: Re: Kostya_Ernst: One Day in U.S.A.
Post by: Void on October 03, 2010, 09:13:23 pm
Please read thisThis is all I ask. Really. This is all, I, ask, from you anti-srs rpers and your anti-IC/OOC legion.

If you don't want me using IC/OOC, fine. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. But all I ask in return isIn other words, please, I ask of respect as a person, not because of how I roleplay.

And I'll repeat again before you judge me strictly under the IC/OOC category. I use both depending on my audience. I'll do what makes you happy, because when you're happy, then I'm happy, and we can all be friends.

Same here.Depends on the other party.IF the other player uses it, I use it too, if he doesn't, I don't too.It is in fact, very simple.  :)
I just want tolerance between all(Might sound hippie, but what can I do)
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Void on October 03, 2010, 09:44:49 pm
Topic divided from the previous one by Gandalf.

Discuss.Now lets show we can have a decent conversation without any bursts.Tell me your opinion about IC/OOC, what does it do, what impact does it have on the Argonath community. Is it a srsserver thing? ban it?
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Pablo on October 03, 2010, 09:53:31 pm
So, Lot of people use OOC/IC at Argonath server, we shouldn't forbid it. But there are people who don't support it, so that's why we don't get scripted chat command for it like /b .
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Void on October 03, 2010, 10:00:15 pm
So, Lot of people use OOC/IC at Argonath server, we shouldn't forbid it. But there are people who don't support it, so that's why we don't get scripted chat command for it like /b .

I agree, but many people abuse IC/OOC and flame on nationality,skin tone, and in general basis. Many actually have that saying "It was IC, nonRP srs". I understand that the conservative people of this community have a different perspective but as SA:MP emerged, changes were inevitable.You just cannot stop it.I've met many fine RPers that sometimes use IC/OOC(You too Pablo), and I've met some wannabe trolls,who say they know how to RP while in fact their opinion stands always higher, like: "This community is shit, nonRper noobs" like he is the best and everyone else is worse.Sadly, these people do not leave the server as they announce 10000 times.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Pablo on October 03, 2010, 10:03:52 pm
I admit that I use OOC/IC, but there's nothing wrong with that. I use it how it is supposed to use. I don't do things like you just stated above about trolls 'n shii'.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: JayL on October 03, 2010, 10:55:02 pm
What part of the fact that by using OOC/IC, you mislead people into following these rules too, which are NOT Argonath rules, intentionally or not do you people not understand?

Look how many times this has been said by developers just in this topic:

We allow freedom, but we are not in favour of teaching new player to follow rules from other servers.
If other servers allow racism, should we allow it because they do ?
stop f**king confuse players and think that we are one of those OOC/IC servers...
Its not a form... It is the rule from other servers... We have our own rules - Obey them...
And do not confuse players with OOC/IC rule... It is not Argonath then...
Its nice to defend the OOC/IC and to ignore that with its usage you implement into Argonath the rule from other server, which is not in Argonath rules at all...
we will just disallow this usage not to confuse players...
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Leon. on October 03, 2010, 11:03:25 pm
What part of the fact that by using OOC/IC, you mislead people into following these rules too (not Argonath rules) intentionally or not do you people not understand?

Look how many times this has been said by developers just in this topic:
The mislead may be misguided at birth, then, if you catch my drift.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: 9r2e5i3k on October 03, 2010, 11:06:32 pm
The mislead may be misguided at birth, then, if you catch my drift.
That's the point, to stop misguiding at birth  :poke:
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: JayL on October 03, 2010, 11:09:07 pm
That's the point, to stop misguiding at birth  :poke:

Exactly.

Stop confusing players, stop confusing players, stop confusing players, stop confusing players.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Leon. on October 04, 2010, 12:30:58 am
Exactly.

Stop confusing players, stop confusing players, stop confusing players, stop confusing players.
Name one player who has been or is confused.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Cero on October 04, 2010, 12:47:21 am
Let people roleplay the way they want. If I start a roleplay and the other person starts using IC/OOC I do too. If he doesn't start with IC/OOC, I dont. Simple as.

I have never tried to enforce OOC/IC or tried to stop someone from using it. It's their way of roleplaying, who the hell are we to judge? As long as they dont purposefully go around trying to teach IC/OOC to players who DONT want to learn about it, no problem.



Giac, nice way of going ahead with a example as a SA:MP Moderator saying that OOC/IC users dont have a brain.. Provoking is not allowed here..
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Leon. on October 04, 2010, 12:58:16 am
Let people roleplay the way they want. If I start a roleplay and the other person starts using IC/OOC I do too. If he doesn't start with IC/OOC, I dont. Simple as.

I have never tried to enforce OOC/IC or tried to stop someone from using it. It's their way of roleplaying, who the hell are we to judge? As long as they dont purposefully go around trying to teach IC/OOC to players who DONT want to learn about it, no problem.



Giac, nice way of going ahead with a example as a SA:MP Moderator saying that OOC/IC users dont have a brain.. Provoking is not allowed here..
This guy read my mind and TL;DR'd all of what I said.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Aksel on October 04, 2010, 01:08:19 am
Okay, so...

Let everyone roleplay as they want, but don't enforce it.

Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Xander on October 04, 2010, 02:06:31 am
Okay, so...

Let everyone roleplay as they want, but don't enforce it.

Within the Argonath rules of course. That's what makes this community enjoyable.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Cofiliano on October 04, 2010, 03:37:26 am
Where do you people get time for this? I really wanna know.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Cero on October 04, 2010, 03:56:29 am
Where do you people get time for this? I really wanna know.

(http://i53.tinypic.com/2mgte82.jpg)
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: rJCaiG on October 04, 2010, 06:53:05 am
Silly Giac, flaming is for kids! The missionary for the Argonath Vision just showed his true colors!Awesome! I have a fan! High-five!
The Argonath Vision says nothing about flaming :lol:
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: JDC on October 04, 2010, 07:34:54 am
You guys are really waiting to piss off RON, aren't you?

He and Gandalf have given reasons over and over again why IC/OOC is discouraged on the server and is on the verge of being disallowed. As you constantly fail to understand those posts (from RON and Gandalf alone, if which combined are enough for a huge sticky topic of their own), you are the ones with no comprehension ability!

Simple. If you want to drag in "rules" from other servers, then leave this place and go to those other servers. Stop defending your sad excuses to deviate the server from what it is supposed to be.

I respect freedom of players on the server but I do not, have not, and will not ever respect the act of players misleading other players into the sad and pathetic misconception that you need a whole lot of rules and bullshit to RP, which is known as IC/OOC, as it confuses players! I would rather use my brain, thank you very much.

Inb4 "JDC f**k off with your 'ARGOorGTFO' attitude", remember that Aragorn said the same thing... only that he was harsher than me. :lol:

Funny how you guys did not answer my small question on page 6...

Its nice to defend the OOC/IC and to ignore that with its usage you implement into Argonath the rule from other server, which is not in Argonath rules at all...

What will happen to you on those RP servers where is this OOC/IC shit and start talking like on Argonath?
You do not answer because its clear: you will be banned...

Then why you want Argonath to use other servers rules?

I can say how we see it... It is just disrespect to the Argonath rules... Our rules you do not follow but f**king trying to implement the other servers rules...

I am really pissed of reading thie two f**king pages... And if two piece of OOC/IC will not f**king stop to bring into Argonath this stupid rule from other servers I will just f**king disallow it by power...

Wanna OOC/IC? Then f**k off from Argonath... FFS...

You brought this rule from other servers... If you do not use it there - you will be banned...
Thats why its a rule...
And stop fooling us and yourselves here around...

Other servers ban for not using it...

As I said - stop f**king confuse players and think that we are one of those OOC/IC servers...

Any new comment like "It is not a rule!!!" "We do not want to destory Argonath's vision" will just lead to the strict actions against this shit...

Why the f**k we should allow the spread of "srs" RP servers here if we are on our own world...

Forget about OOC/IC on Argonath... If you do not like this - go there where its a normal rule/style/whatever...
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Void on October 04, 2010, 10:13:54 am
We brought this rule from our "Gaming nurture".We didn't brought it here, to preach it.
We aren't some kind of Franco bishops in the 10th century.

Its like, everyone is eating pasta, and we like to put on parmigiano on it.If a player sees we are eating it with our pasta, he might say "Hey pass me some of that, I like it too"
and you(just an example) will get of the table in rage and flip our plate and start yelling madly about how parmigiano is not allowed on this table.Then others, present at the table will start mocking us and pointing fingers at us.

Another example: If I see someone at the table saying: Put parmigiano on it, it tastes good, otherwise its just lame, and you can't feel the al dente!I simply aim him with my fork and shoot(or I let the "green people" and the table do it).After this situation I facepalm, and await some more plate throwing,criticism from you.

It goes round and round.

From this story, there is no other solution then sniffing the parmigiano under the table before I get a roll of pasta.  :lol:
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: JDC on October 04, 2010, 11:49:19 am
A better example, rather.

Bringing IC/OOC into Argonath is like mixing salt into a sugar cake. You can still eat it but it doesn't taste as good as the sugar cake itself, not to mention the cake has been tainted by the salt and that we will have to remove the salt from the cake.

Or an even more excellent example...

There were a group of people who had the ability to walk around. In time, someone introduced a pair of crutches as he felt that it saved him the effort of walking, however, some individuals did not use the crutches. In the passage of time, those who used the crutches had a hard time getting along without using them as opposed to those who didn't.

The walkers are roleplayers and the crutches are IC and OOC.

If you look in the past, it did not exist yet but we had excellent RP... which was so excellent it is still being esteemed today.

And as somebody said,
"Why the f**k we should allow the spread of "srs" RP servers here if we are on our own world..."
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Dave on October 04, 2010, 04:45:11 pm
The server owner's answer to this discussion:

Fuck off with the OOC and IC shit.

Simple. Learn some fucking respect and obey the owners' wishes, after all, they give up their own personal time with their families, and their own money to deal with your constant fucking complaining.

If only I could ask Aragorn or Gandalf to give me 5 minutes alone in the server with all the people who bitch about everything.
Actually, comming to think of it, it would take more than 5 minutes to issue all of those bans.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: JayL on October 04, 2010, 07:18:05 pm
*pic*

Since you ran out of things to say just get off the topic.

We brought this rule from our "Gaming nurture".We didn't brought it here, to preach it.
We aren't some kind of Franco bishops in the 10th century.

Good Lord, how many millions of posts saying the same thing will make you realize you still misguide people into following rules which are not enforced by Argonath (OOC/IC), INTENTIONALLY OR NOT.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Void on October 04, 2010, 11:07:21 pm
I am talking from my perspective.An individual using various techniques for RPing, NOT how IC/OOC should be implemented, ruled/classified and enforced and used by a crowd.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Leon. on October 04, 2010, 11:38:07 pm
You guys are really waiting to piss off RON, aren't you?

He and Gandalf have given reasons over and over again why IC/OOC is discouraged on the server and is on the verge of being disallowed. As you constantly fail to understand those posts (from RON and Gandalf alone, if which combined are enough for a huge sticky topic of their own), you are the ones with no comprehension ability!

Simple. If you want to drag in "rules" from other servers, then leave this place and go to those other servers. Stop defending your sad excuses to deviate the server from what it is supposed to be.

I respect freedom of players on the server but I do not, have not, and will not ever respect the act of players misleading other players into the sad and pathetic misconception that you need a whole lot of rules and bullshit to RP, which is known as IC/OOC, as it confuses players! I would rather use my brain, thank you very much.

Inb4 "JDC f**k off with your 'ARGOorGTFO' attitude", remember that Aragorn said the same thing... only that he was harsher than me. :lol:
JDC fuck off with your 'ARGOorGTFO' attitude.
No, just kidding, mate. :lol:

Other servers use IC/OOC to separate Leon Gvardia's testicles and (Insert my RL full name here)'s testicles. Yes, anyone can just say
My balls itch
IG?
No, IRL
lol
But think about it. You save a FULL TWO LINES of chat messages if you had put that shit in brackets!
(http://myfacewhen.com/images/177.jpg)
TWO LINES BRO!!!!1111

Ok, seriously now.
Stop defending your sad excuses to deviate the server from what it is supposed to be.
>Implying we're trying to turn Argonath into a serious roleplay server
>Implying our "excuses" are sad
>Implying you know what it is supposed to be
I respect freedom of players on the server but I do not, have not, and will not ever respect the act of players misleading other players into the sad and pathetic misconception that you need a whole lot of rules and bullshit to RP, which is known as IC/OOC, as it confuses players! I would rather use my brain, thank you very much.
>Implying that the majority of the players are actually stupid enough to be mislead in the first place
>Implying people are stupid enough to be confused by two pairs of parenthesis
>Implying IC/OOC is a whole lot of rules
>Implying IC/OOC is a misconception
>Implying IC/OOC users don't have a brain
>Implying you even use your brain


Look, like I give a fuck if IC/OOC is removed. The only reason I'm arguing here is:
1. You think everyone who uses IC/OOC is an uneducated moron - You're wRONg and likely stupid yourself just by implying this
2. You think that every single new player is stupid and easily confused - You're wRONg and you underestimate the power of the human brain
3. You think IC/OOC is a whole lot of rules - It isn't, it's a method of differentiating between your character and your IRL self. Yes, I know this can be managed without IC/OOC, but IC/OOC shortens the process.
4. You think everyone who uses IC/OOC is a 'very srs roleplayer' and is trying to turn Argonath into a 'generic roleplay server' - Not true. Argonath and its other servers is/was my first and ONLY SA:MP server. The last time I had played Grand Theft Auto was on the PS2 at my dad's house, a year after it came out. Also, people like me and Void are "mixed-IC/OOC". Definition: We use and don't use IC/OOC, depending on a given situation.
5. You talk about how much IC/OOC is tabooed on Argonath and how it's going to be disallowed - Fucking disallow it then. You should have fucking disallowed it when you first saw it if you were going to turn Argonath from a fun, relaxed roleplay server to a FUCKALL IC/OOC Legion of wanna-be Leet-anti-IC/OOC-roleplayers. Maybe if you hadn't whined about IC/OOC in the first place or tried to imply that it's super-duper tabooed on Argonath, then maybe we wouldn't even have this discussion. Maybe if you hadn't classed IC/OOC'ers into the same category as retards and douche bags.
Your MOANING about IC/OOC is the problem, not IC/OOC itself. MOANERS like you are constantly MOANING about "FUCKING IC/OOC FUCKING STUPID FUCKING LERN TO ROLEPLAY FUCKING STUPID FUCK FUCK FUCK YOU FUCK THIS FUCK ME FUCK HIM YOU USE IC/OOC GET THE FUCK OUT YOU'RE A DOUCHE" (TL;DR, you think IC/OOC is stupid and constantly cry about it because you don't know how to show self restraint). So stop MOANING, or Argonath will turn into one of the very things you're trying to stop it from becoming (in this case, "MOANVILLE").

Seriously guys. You're insulting the entire community by saying we're going to confuse people (especially new players) into thinking IC/OOC is a rule. The only way that's going to happen is if some retarded dipshit PMs a new player "Hey, using IC/OOC is a rule and is strictly forbidden not to use it." If someone's actually done that, then on behalf of all people who use IC/OOC in Argonath, I genuinely apologize to that player. But we don't have morons on this server (starting to think otherwise now), so that isn't the case, NOW IS IT?

If you think we're going to confuse new players, and if you honestly think the new players are incapable of knowing that IC/OOC is not a rule, then add it on there when they join the server.
"IC/OOC IS NOT A RULE - YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO USE IT"

They say empathy is an important part of a relationship. Show some empathy towards those who use IC/OOC, and imagine being constantly attacked with "CANT USE YOUR BRAIN" "YOURE A FAGGOT FOR USING IC/OOC" "OMG U USE IC/OOC THEREFORE U R A DOUCHE AND RETARDED" every two hours.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: JayL on October 04, 2010, 11:54:36 pm
>Implying we're trying to turn Argonath into a serious roleplay server

No but if you continue with OOC/IC the new player waves will continue learning it too and thinking it's better/superior to non-OOC/IC. It will be and endless cycle as long as this OOC/IC stuff is dealt with for once and all. And we will become an OOC/IC dictatorship (read below).

>Implying that the majority of the players are actually stupid enough to be mislead in the first place
>Implying people are stupid enough to be confused by two pairs of parenthesis

So you think when a new player meets an OOC/IC user, they won't think ''so that how he does it... hmm... cool... ok seems like I am gonna have to use that now'', and will instead immediately predict what is the Argonath view towards OOC/IC.

I have seen OOC/IC defenders saying ''I use OOC/IC because I was taught like that'', ''I used OOC/IC because that's how it worked with people around me''. So the new players of today who start liking the OOC/IC and become totally distant from the Argonath Vision will be the regulars of the future who will claim the same thing I wrote in the start of this paragraph and who will teach the new players of the future into doing the same thing.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Crysis_Warhead on October 04, 2010, 11:59:38 pm
leon went over 9000

dont front
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Cero on October 05, 2010, 12:22:04 am
Since you ran out of things to say just get off the topic.



Ehm, what? I tried posting a funny picture to lighten the mood.

But if you insist, you can "Just get off the topic" because all you ever do is repeat yourself saying the same shit over and over again.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Romeo on October 05, 2010, 12:22:59 am
Where do you people get time for this? I really wanna know.

Oh the joys of being young and free.  :neutral:
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: JDC on October 05, 2010, 03:17:39 pm
JDC f**k off with your 'ARGOorGTFO' attitude.
No, just kidding, mate. :lol:

Other servers use IC/OOC to separate Leon Gvardia's testicles and (Insert my RL full name here)'s testicles. Yes, anyone can just say
My balls itch
IG?
No, IRL
lol
But think about it. You save a FULL TWO LINES of chat messages if you had put that shit in brackets!
(http://myfacewhen.com/images/177.jpg)
TWO LINES BRO!!!!1111

Ok, seriously now.>Implying we're trying to turn Argonath into a serious roleplay server
>Implying our "excuses" are sad
>Implying you know what it is supposed to be>Implying that the majority of the players are actually stupid enough to be mislead in the first place
>Implying people are stupid enough to be confused by two pairs of parenthesis
>Implying IC/OOC is a whole lot of rules
>Implying IC/OOC is a misconception
>Implying IC/OOC users don't have a brain
>Implying you even use your brain


Look, like I give a f**k if IC/OOC is removed. The only reason I'm arguing here is:
1. You think everyone who uses IC/OOC is an uneducated moron - You're wRONg and likely stupid yourself just by implying this
2. You think that every single new player is stupid and easily confused - You're wRONg and you underestimate the power of the human brain
3. You think IC/OOC is a whole lot of rules - It isn't, it's a method of differentiating between your character and your IRL self. Yes, I know this can be managed without IC/OOC, but IC/OOC shortens the process.
4. You think everyone who uses IC/OOC is a 'very srs roleplayer' and is trying to turn Argonath into a 'generic roleplay server' - Not true. Argonath and its other servers is/was my first and ONLY SA:MP server. The last time I had played Grand Theft Auto was on the PS2 at my dad's house, a year after it came out. Also, people like me and Void are "mixed-IC/OOC". Definition: We use and don't use IC/OOC, depending on a given situation.
5. You talk about how much IC/OOC is tabooed on Argonath and how it's going to be disallowed - f**king disallow it then. You should have f**king disallowed it when you first saw it if you were going to turn Argonath from a fun, relaxed roleplay server to a f**kALL IC/OOC Legion of wanna-be Leet-anti-IC/OOC-roleplayers. Maybe if you hadn't whined about IC/OOC in the first place or tried to imply that it's super-duper tabooed on Argonath, then maybe we wouldn't even have this discussion. Maybe if you hadn't classed IC/OOC'ers into the same category as retards and douche bags.
Your MOANING about IC/OOC is the problem, not IC/OOC itself. MOANERS like you are constantly MOANING about "f**kING IC/OOC f**kING STUPID f**kING LERN TO ROLEPLAY f**kING STUPID f**k f**k f**k YOU f**k THIS f**k ME f**k HIM YOU USE IC/OOC GET THE f**k OUT YOU'RE A DOUCHE" (TL;DR, you think IC/OOC is stupid and constantly cry about it because you don't know how to show self restraint). So stop MOANING, or Argonath will turn into one of the very things you're trying to stop it from becoming (in this case, "MOANVILLE").

Seriously guys. You're insulting the entire community by saying we're going to confuse people (especially new players) into thinking IC/OOC is a rule. The only way that's going to happen is if some retarded dipshit PMs a new player "Hey, using IC/OOC is a rule and is strictly forbidden not to use it." If someone's actually done that, then on behalf of all people who use IC/OOC in Argonath, I genuinely apologize to that player. But we don't have morons on this server (starting to think otherwise now), so that isn't the case, NOW IS IT?

If you think we're going to confuse new players, and if you honestly think the new players are incapable of knowing that IC/OOC is not a rule, then add it on there when they join the server.
"IC/OOC IS NOT A RULE - YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO USE IT"

They say empathy is an important part of a relationship. Show some empathy towards those who use IC/OOC, and imagine being constantly attacked with "CANT USE YOUR BRAIN" "YOURE A bad guy FOR USING IC/OOC" "OMG U USE IC/OOC THEREFORE U R A DOUCHE AND RETARDED" every two hours.

...

...

(http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o27/prodigal_son_photo/Funny%20Stuff/big_rofl_512.gif)

MEGA ROFL.

 
 
I am challenging you to say that to RON and Ronnel.

Why? Those two server owners are people to whom I have similar views on IC/OOC. The only thing lacking is the part where I say "If you want to IC/OOC here, then fuck off". Everything you just said to me may as well be addressed to them as they too have spoken against IC/OOC.

Just because I am an SA:MP Moderator without 3 years of admin credentials or developer history under his belt, you bomb me with statements which you can't even contemplate saying to a server owner with quite similar views.

You, my friend, are the moaner. Not me. Learn what a f**king mirror is.

Notice how I basically posted a copy of the things he said... it is not because I lick their asses. Rather, I have a high respect for them (people who gave much of their time to deal with people like you)... and that is very different from licking ass.

It is because I have mostly the same views as them on IC/OOC... if you cannot handle what people like Gandalf, RON, Dave, Giac, and me say- then no one's stopping you from LEAVING.

Oh, you're too scared to take up the challenge, aren't you?

I am serious with that challenge. :)



Oh and btw.

Quote
"IC/OOC IS NOT A RULE

Read this.

You brought this rule from other servers... If you do not use it there - you will be banned...
Thats why its a rule...
And stop fooling us and yourselves here around...

Other servers ban for not using it...

As I said - stop f**king confuse players and think that we are one of those OOC/IC servers...

Any new comment like "It is not a rule!!!" "We do not want to destory Argonath's vision" will just lead to the strict actions against this shit...

Why the f**k we should allow the spread of "srs" RP servers here if we are on our own world...

Forget about OOC/IC on Argonath... If you do not like this - go there where its a normal rule/style/whatever...

Seems like I'm not the one without common sense. :rofl:
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Cero on October 05, 2010, 04:24:18 pm
Question to Aragorn and Gandalf. (NOT YOU JDC!)

Is IC/OOC allowed, or has it been prohibited now and should admins punish it?
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Cofiliano on October 05, 2010, 04:33:22 pm
The server owner's answer to this discussion:

f**k off with the OOC and IC shit.

Simple. Learn some f**king respect and obey the owners' wishes, after all, they give up their own personal time with their families, and their own money to deal with your constant f**king complaining.

If only I could ask Aragorn or Gandalf to give me 5 minutes alone in the server with all the people who bad girl about everything.
Actually, comming to think of it, it would take more than 5 minutes to issue all of those bans.
Ban some people who just has a different way of role play without forcing others to it? Common give it a rest mate.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Cofiliano on October 05, 2010, 04:38:20 pm
Question to Aragorn and Gandalf. (NOT YOU JDC!)

Is IC/OOC allowed, or has it been prohibited now and should admins punish it?
I know you directed the questions to them, but they already answered on this same topic ( and few more times on similar topics). Use what ever role play you want, don't force others to do it, and all will be fine.
Okay, so...

Let everyone roleplay as they want, but don't enforce it.


That's about it.
Now rest of you, take a chill pill.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: DHR.Mike on October 05, 2010, 04:43:34 pm
if seen a billion of topic's like this and the only Awnser the owners give on it is

there is no sutch thing as IC/OOC

so to keep it Simpel your always both no matter what  :rofl: i guess  :trust:
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Altair_Carter on October 05, 2010, 05:26:48 pm
Just saddens me even mature people try to argue over a retarded topic for kids like this is.

Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Dave on October 05, 2010, 06:23:56 pm
Ban some people who just has a different way of role play without forcing others to it? Common give it a rest mate.

Can you not read?

:-

You brought this rule from other servers... If you do not use it there - you will be banned...
Thats why its a rule...
And stop fooling us and yourselves here around...

Other servers ban for not using it...

As I said - stop f**king confuse players and think that we are one of those OOC/IC servers...

Any new comment like "It is not a rule!!!" "We do not want to destory Argonath's vision" will just lead to the strict actions against this shit...

Why the f**k we should allow the spread of "srs" RP servers here if we are on our own world...

Forget about OOC/IC on Argonath... If you do not like this - go there where its a normal rule/style/whatever...

Its not a form... It is the rule from other servers... We have our own rules - Obey them...
And do not confuse players with OOC/IC rule... It is not Argonath then...

Funny how you guys did not answer my small question on page 6...

Its nice to defend the OOC/IC and to ignore that with its usage you implement into Argonath the rule from other server, which is not in Argonath rules at all...

What will happen to you on those RP servers where is this OOC/IC shit and start talking like on Argonath?
You do not answer because its clear: you will be banned...

Then why you want Argonath to use other servers rules?

I can say how we see it... It is just disrespect to the Argonath rules... Our rules you do not follow but f**king trying to implement the other servers rules...

I am really pissed of reading thie two f**king pages... And if two piece of OOC/IC will not f**king stop to bring into Argonath this stupid rule from other servers I will just f**king disallow it by power...

Wanna OOC/IC? Then f**k off from Argonath... FFS...

Keep digging your hole.



All of you posting in this topic. Grow some balls and repeat what you have just said to the the owners' faces, specifically Aragorn.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Crysis_Warhead on October 05, 2010, 07:10:23 pm
Just saddens me even mature people try to argue over a retarded topic for kids like this is.

ohboyherewegoagain.jpg
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Void on October 05, 2010, 11:27:45 pm
Seems that Luigi went over 9000.

I wouldn't go that far then, peace bro.Use what you use, I'll use what I use and if we ever meet we will think of how to RP in both ways(we will adapt).

Regards,
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Leon. on October 05, 2010, 11:43:10 pm
Why? Those two server owners are people to whom I have similar views on IC/OOC. The only thing lacking is the part where I say "If you want to IC/OOC here, then fuck off". Everything you just said to me may as well be addressed to them as they too have spoken against IC/OOC.
Only they actually bring up their own points and ideas, while you just quote and don't even bother to use your own point.
You, my friend, are the moaner. Not me. Learn what a f**king mirror is.
I know what it is, but sadly, I broke it because I ran out of things to facepalm with, including my hand, which I seem to have developed facepalm syndrome in.
I'll admit (because I have the balls and know how to take responsibility), I HAVE moaned before, and I still will moan in the future. However, at least I know the boundaries between a complaint and excessively overdoing it. Overdoing it would go something like...
"Fucking IC/OOCers are trying to turn Argonath into a generic RP server!!1111"
"Fucking IC/OOCers are trying to turn Argonath into a generic RP server!!1111"
"Fucking IC/OOCers are trying to turn Argonath into a generic RP server!!1111"
"Fucking IC/OOCers are trying to turn Argonath into a generic RP server!!1111"
(btw, IC/OOC =/= srs generic rp. 78 rules covering each and every situation = srs generic rp. IC/OOC is only one out of 78 rules)
Stop moaning about IC/OOCers trying to turn Argonath into a "very generic rp server." You act like we're out there to hunt you down with our kitty claws and Rape-X tubes. You are so paranoid... maybe if I were to walk in a school with a shirt with the metal sign (\m/) on it (which actually depicts devil horns), the security will be like "DEVIL SIGN, HE DO BAD DEEDS AND BURN BUILDING", much like how you guys see the OOC tags, and you say "OH SHIT, OOC TAGS, HE TRY TURN ARGO TO SRS RP SERVER."
Notice how I basically posted a copy of the things he said... it is not because I lick their asses. Rather, I have a high respect for them (people who gave much of their time to deal with people like you)... and that is very different from licking ass.
People like me? Lol. To them, dealing with someone defending his points about IC/OOC compared to a hacker stealing scripts and hijacking accounts from the server is like dealing with a crippled ant compared to a hornet's nest.
They've really got nothing to deal with; I'm not breaking a rule. They're simply CHOOSING to argue their points about IC/OOC, much like I am. We're having a mature conversation (mature, meaning, not doing this: "FUCK YOU IC/OOC" "NO FUCK YOU NON IC/OOC" "NO FUCK YOU" "NO FUCK" "FUCKFUCKFUCK").
Why? Those two server owners are people to whom I have similar views on IC/OOC. The only thing lacking is the part where I say "If you want to IC/OOC here, then fuck off". Everything you just said to me may as well be addressed to them as they too have spoken against IC/OOC.
Uhh...no, not really. The way they different from you is that Aragorn and Gandalf are not

>Implying our "excuses" are sad - They are actually taking our points and giving reasons why they dissent with our opinion, not saying our excuses are sad.
>Implying you know what it is supposed to be - Why should they have to imply it? THEY CREATED IT (It = Argonath)
>Implying IC/OOC is a whole lot of rules - They know it's simply one little rule out of the hundreds a generic "RLRP" server may have...
>Implying IC/OOC users don't have a brain - Unlike you, they actually bother to respect those who use it by not using "IC/OOC users can't use a brain/don't have a brain." Instead of insulting the users, they insult the idea of IC/OOC itself, which is not even harmful to a human being.


And your challenge is declined. Here's why, so read VERY CLOSELY[/u].
I have no fear what so ever of saying what I said to you to them. I do, however, have the fear that they'll no longer have any trust in me because I lied about them. I'll also fear that they'll feel insulted when I say they are (doing something) they are not.
Gandalf and Aragorn aren't actually moaning. Calling them moaners would give them every right to call me a liar. It's hard to fix your reputation of being a liar, even if you aren't a liar.
Oh and btw.

Read this.
I meant that IC/OOC is not a rule within ARGONATH. Someone as smart as you should be able to realize that. owait...
Seems like I'm not the one without common sense. :rofl:
Yeah, that explains about everything.

I'll accept your challenge if you allow me to only say the things I said to you to them that are the truth when directed at them. Until then, no. I refuse to lie; it's degrading. And you just encouraged me to lie! :lol:
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Julio. on October 05, 2010, 11:53:07 pm
May I add one thing.

A lot of players. Such as Gvardia (will not name names), cannot even distinguish ooc and ic whether you use brackets or not

I said to a car full of them (( hey guys, gonna kill anyone soon? )). They replied by shooting me full of lead, how thoughtful of them. 
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Void on October 05, 2010, 11:55:37 pm
Thank you Joe for your comment, it is acknowledged and it will be proceeded to the carebox and examined in details.
Did I say this is a moan/insult topic? No. If you have anything against their group, PM Cofiliano.
Regards,

JDC, tell me what happened on that day of May 01, 2008? Who were you here and what tempted you to join?
Everyone is starting from the same position.

I assure you, RP with Luigi. I believe you can make an arrangement.Only decent solution for your stubbornness.
I am keen to organize a RP without IC/OOC but with players who sometimes use this technique.
What is your answer?
Can you get online this weekend(question for all participators in this conversation)

Regards,
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Leon. on October 06, 2010, 12:03:25 am
Thank you Joe for your comment, it is acknowledged and it will be proceeded to the carebox and examined in details.

Did I say this is a moan/insult topic? No. If you have anything against their group, PM Cofiliano.

Regards,
Or me.
Or Eugene.
Or Tommy.

We have a low tolerance on shit like that. That's poor roleplay, even beyond IC/OOC standards. Even if one didn't recognize IC/OOC, someone asking you if you're going to kill anyone soon is not even a real reason to kill...

On their application, they are asked if they understand the IC and OOC rules and what not. They are required to say yes truthfully, otherwise, they would not have been accepted in the first place. If they lied, then that's more of a reason for them to remove their tag.

The leadership of Gvardia should be trusted by other players if another member is misbehaving. Don't hesitate to add me on MSN or PM me if you're having issues with a member or members.

Back on topic.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Julio. on October 06, 2010, 12:17:55 am
Thank you Joe for your comment, it is acknowledged and it will be proceeded to the carebox and examined in details.
Did I say this is a moan/insult topic? No. If you have anything against their group, PM Cofiliano.
Regards,

JDC, tell me what happened on that day of May 01, 2008? Who were you here and what tempted you to join?
Everyone is starting from the same position.

I assure you, RP with Luigi. I believe you can make an arrangement.Only decent solution for your stubbornness.
I am keen to organize a RP without IC/OOC but with players who sometimes use this technique.
What is your answer?
Can you get online this weekend(question for all participators in this conversation)

Regards,

Only my friends call me Joe, you may refer to me as my ingame name 'Julio' Have fun with your imaginary carebox, I am sure your sarcasm will get you as far in life as washing dishes.

Bye
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Void on October 06, 2010, 12:21:46 am
Only my friends call me Joe, you may refer to me as my ingame name 'Julio' Have fun with your imaginary carebox, I am sure your sarcasm will get you as far in life as washing dishes.

Bye

This is internet, you see?
Sarcasm will get me in life as far as your personal insult regarding a correct information post of a person you don't know.
Here, I will put a tl;dr for better understanding: Shallow ego trip.

Quit the discussion, you can make more posts in Forum Games board.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Julio. on October 06, 2010, 12:25:09 am
This is internet, you see?
Sarcasm will get me in life as far as your personal insult regarding a correct information post of a person you don't know.
Here, I will put you a tl;dr word: Shallowness.

Quit the discussion, you can make more posts in Forum Games board.

I have only just joined the discussion, I have no intention of leaving it.
If you are trying to use the forum Games as an insult, let me remind you that this is based IN a game, so calling me childish would therefore mean nothing.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Void on October 06, 2010, 12:33:51 am
I have only just joined the discussion, I have no intention of leaving it.
If you are trying to use the forum Games as an insult, let me remind you that this is based IN a game, so calling me childish would therefore mean nothing.

So it seems I will have to write a tl;dr of every word I write.

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Only my friends call me Joe, you may refer to me as my ingame name Julio"
- giving me notice as in "act professional", my response: "This is internet"

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I am sure your sarcasm will get you as far in life as washing dishes.
My answer: Sarcasm will get me in life as far as your personal insult regarding a correct information post of a person you don't know..Every work is decent, as so is washing dishes.Respect every hard working person who tries to success.Its called "struggling for existence".

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Bye
It seems you have left.According to your post.

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you are trying to use the forum Games as an insult
What?

If you have something to post regarding this subject, please do before you confuse yourself.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Julio. on October 06, 2010, 12:38:24 am
So it seems I will have to write a tl;dr of every word I write.
- giving me notice as in "act professional", my response: "This is internet"
My answer: Sarcasm will get me in life as far as your personal insult regarding a correct information post of a person you don't know..Every work is decent, as so is washing dishes.Respect every hard working person who tries to success.Its called "struggling for existence".
It seems you have left.According to your post.
What?

If you have something to post regarding this subject, please do before you confuse yourself.


Yes every work is decent
Yes some work is more decent than others
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Void on October 06, 2010, 12:40:25 am
Yes some work is more decent than others

Wrong.
All work is decent. if you enjoy your profession it will fulfill you as a person.

By using decent as a term of happiness, you are very wrong.

Decent = More money ....  no.
Do what you love, not what brings more money.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Julio. on October 06, 2010, 12:47:01 am
Wrong.
All work is decent. if you enjoy your profession it will fulfill you as a person.

By using decent as a term of happiness, you are very wrong.

Decent = More money ....  no.
Do what you love, not what brings more money.
I did not even mention money
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Gandalf on October 06, 2010, 12:51:59 pm

On their application, they are asked if they understand the IC and OOC rules and what not. They are required to say yes truthfully, otherwise, they would not have been accepted in the first place. If they lied, then that's more of a reason for them to remove their tag.
Official status removed from Gvardia until they drop IC/OOC requirement.
If have have misread this text, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Cero on October 06, 2010, 01:02:47 pm
Question to Aragorn and Gandalf. (NOT YOU JDC!)

Is IC/OOC allowed, or has it been prohibited now and should admins punish it?

Answer please, owners are sending mixed messages.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Gandalf on October 06, 2010, 01:15:20 pm
Answer please, owners are sending mixed messages.
We never said it is not permitted. We do say that anyone who tries to bring it in as a rule increases the chance of us making it a rule of NOT being allowed.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Cero on October 06, 2010, 01:18:57 pm
We never said it is not permitted. We do say that anyone who tries to bring it in as a rule increases the chance of us making it a rule of NOT being allowed.

Thanks for clearing it up.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Julio. on October 06, 2010, 04:53:09 pm
I'd like to say sorry Void.

I was tired, irritable, and to be honest, I wasn't angry at you, just my school work.
Sorry for insulting you the way I did. Please accept my apology.

Joe :(
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Cofiliano on October 06, 2010, 05:02:39 pm
Can you not read?
I can but you can't obviously. Read it again, carefully.
Ban some people who just has a different way of role play without forcing others to it? Common give it a rest mate.
All that Aragorn says is he/them forbids the spreading of it in Argonath and making it a "rule", which is perfectly fine,  since its not the goal Argonath is going toward, but also that they allow  the usage of it, like Gandalf posted this morning and many many many times before :
We never said it is not permitted. We do say that anyone who tries to bring it in as a rule increases the chance of us making it a rule of NOT being allowed.

Now stop criticizing anyone who has a different opinion then you, and start respecting other peoples choices already.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Void on October 06, 2010, 08:58:14 pm
We never said it is not permitted. We do say that anyone who tries to bring it in as a rule increases the chance of us making it a rule of NOT being allowed.

Then what's left untold?
I do not see any sanctions regarding this subject.

Joe: No need for an apology, I understand the pressures of schooling.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Julio. on October 06, 2010, 09:38:52 pm
Then what's left untold?
I do not see any sanctions regarding this subject.

Joe: No need for an apology, I understand the pressures of schooling.

:)
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Leon. on October 06, 2010, 09:39:09 pm
If have have misread this text, please do not hesitate to contact me.
I take it you're indirectly insulting me? :roll:
Don't even answer that question.
We never said it is not permitted. We do say that anyone who tries to bring it in as a rule increases the chance of us making it a rule of NOT being allowed.
I know you guys said the reason perhaps 4 times total EACH (and even had a little sidekick to repeat every exact word you said...), but your reasoning seems vague. I understand that it's a "rule" brought from other servers and that it may confuse players, etcetera, but I ask that you elaborate on why you have a low level of tolerance (definition used in this case: accepting another person's difference, e.g., an opinion, and not showing any sign of dissent) against IC/OOC. Yes, you said something along the lines of... "poor creativity and imagination" and that it could be implementing "a rule from another server," but if we want to get any resolution out of this, then I'll need you to elaborate and highlight (not literally highlight) each and every reason, so I won't be in doubt one bit of what you say.
Elaborate, meaning, make a "TL;DR" - I'll read it twice. You know what they say - You read it once, you'll probably remember 30-40% of what you read. You read it twice, and you'll remember around 80% of what you read; reading any more times won't make much of a difference.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Gandalf on October 06, 2010, 11:22:05 pm
I take it you're indirectly insulting me? :roll:
Don't even answer that question.I know you guys said the reason perhaps 4 times total EACH (and even had a little sidekick to repeat every exact word you said...), but your reasoning seems vague. I understand that it's a "rule" brought from other servers and that it may confuse players, etcetera, but I ask that you elaborate on why you have a low level of tolerance (definition used in this case: accepting another person's difference, e.g., an opinion, and not showing any sign of dissent) against IC/OOC. Yes, you said something along the lines of... "poor creativity and imagination" and that it could be implementing "a rule from another server," but if we want to get any resolution out of this, then I'll need you to elaborate and highlight (not literally highlight) each and every reason, so I won't be in doubt one bit of what you say.
Elaborate, meaning, make a "TL;DR" - I'll read it twice. You know what they say - You read it once, you'll probably remember 30-40% of what you read. You read it twice, and you'll remember around 80% of what you read; reading any more times won't make much of a difference.
It is not us who have a low tolerance. It is the people who are used to using IC/OOC who constantly wish to remind those who do not about the usage.

With apologies to the LGBT community: We have no problem whatsoever with people being gay in their bedroom, however if they constantly wish to remind everyone they are gay and make a public display of how they need to be tolerated, that will cause problems with more people as it will solve.

Replace gay with IC/OOC.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Void on October 06, 2010, 11:40:03 pm
It is not us who have a low tolerance. It is the people who are used to using IC/OOC who constantly wish to remind those who do not about the usage.

With apologies to the LGBT community: We have no problem whatsoever with people being gay in their bedroom, however if they constantly wish to remind everyone they are gay and make a public display of how they need to be tolerated, that will cause problems with more people as it will solve.

Replace gay with IC/OOC.

Now, we come to the conclusion. Generalizing.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Gandalf on October 07, 2010, 12:19:50 am
Now, we come to the conclusion. Generalizing.
That is what we all do...
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Cofiliano on October 07, 2010, 12:25:48 am
Its one thing to ban a gay parade, and another to send homosexual person in Siberia for labor till the rest of their life. :D
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Shockk on October 07, 2010, 12:26:30 am
I primarily do not use IC/OOC. Although, I do separate IC and OOC in some situations.

A couple of brackets, I fail to see what the fuss is about. :flame: :trust:
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: 9r2e5i3k on October 07, 2010, 12:29:10 am
And I fail to see why use them if you can clearly manage without them.  :roll:
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Shockk on October 07, 2010, 12:35:19 am
Yes you're correct. We can manage without it so we should start a debate spanning countless threads and posts about a pair of brackets to challenge those who clearly find a use for them and tell them how inhumane the use of those brackets are. :roll:

Just for the record, I hardly use the forbidden brackets.  :drunk:
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Void on October 07, 2010, 10:54:58 am
That is what we all do...

In this exact situation, I do not see a problem between our ways of RP.
However, many force it, sadly, leaving owners and the Argonath "builders" no option then generalizing. I understand.

Those people, obviously don't know how RP works, and they should be banned(guessing of constant moaning).
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: JDC on October 07, 2010, 04:16:22 pm
Viewer discretion advised... read this post maturely or not at all.



Only they actually bring up their own points and ideas, while you just quote and don't even bother to use your own point.I know what it is, but sadly, I broke it because I ran out of things to facepalm with, including my hand, which I seem to have developed facepalm syndrome in.
I'll admit (because I have the balls and know how to take responsibility), I HAVE moaned before, and I still will moan in the future. However, at least I know the boundaries between a complaint and excessively overdoing it. Overdoing it would go something like...
"f**king IC/OOCers are trying to turn Argonath into a generic RP server!!1111"
"f**king IC/OOCers are trying to turn Argonath into a generic RP server!!1111"
"f**king IC/OOCers are trying to turn Argonath into a generic RP server!!1111"
"f**king IC/OOCers are trying to turn Argonath into a generic RP server!!1111"
(btw, IC/OOC =/= srs generic rp. 78 rules covering each and every situation = srs generic rp. IC/OOC is only one out of 78 rules)
Stop moaning about IC/OOCers trying to turn Argonath into a "very generic rp server." You act like we're out there to hunt you down with our kitty claws and Rape-X tubes. You are so paranoid... maybe if I were to walk in a school with a shirt with the metal sign (\m/) on it (which actually depicts devil horns), the security will be like "DEVIL SIGN, HE DO BAD DEEDS AND BURN BUILDING", much like how you guys see the OOC tags, and you say "OH SHIT, OOC TAGS, HE TRY TURN ARGO TO SRS RP SERVER."People like me? Lol. To them, dealing with someone defending his points about IC/OOC compared to a hacker stealing scripts and hijacking accounts from the server is like dealing with a crippled ant compared to a hornet's nest.
They've really got nothing to deal with; I'm not breaking a rule. They're simply CHOOSING to argue their points about IC/OOC, much like I am. We're having a mature conversation (mature, meaning, not doing this: "f**k YOU IC/OOC" "NO f**k YOU NON IC/OOC" "NO f**k YOU" "NO f**k" "f**kf**kf**k").Uhh...no, not really. The way they different from you is that Aragorn and Gandalf are not
And your challenge is declined. Here's why, so read VERY CLOSELY[/u].
I have no fear what so ever of saying what I said to you to them. I do, however, have the fear that they'll no longer have any trust in me because I lied about them. I'll also fear that they'll feel insulted when I say they are (doing something) they are not.
Gandalf and Aragorn aren't actually moaning. Calling them moaners would give them every right to call me a liar. It's hard to fix your reputation of being a liar, even if you aren't a liar.I meant that IC/OOC is not a rule within ARGONATH. Someone as smart as you should be able to realize that. owait...Yeah, that explains about everything.

I'll accept your challenge if you allow me to only say the things I said to you to them that are the truth when directed at them. Until then, no. I refuse to lie; it's degrading. And you just encouraged me to lie! :lol:

1. So what if my point is similar to theirs? That still makes it as my own as I am the one who uses it and brings it up and as I constantly argue against IC/OOC using not only quotes and based statements, but also statements that I did not derive from any of the owners' posts, but which I spoke simply because I found them to be true.

2. Who are you to say that a script-stealing hacker is the biggest pain in the ass for them... hackers come through now and then and each attempt has made Argonath into a stronger community.
 On the other hand, people like you, who constantly b*tch and point fingers at those who stick to community, who help those who are bringing in bullshits from other communities and DEFENDING those bullshits, are constantly around to cause headaches for the developers and owners.
 Did RON and CBF try to leave because of the hackers who tried to steal scripts or the hackers who simply tried to fly around on server with cars? No. They tried to leave because of people like YOU, MetaLuigiX!

3. You already are a liar. You posted shit about me as I spoke against IC/OOC and even posted many quotes from Owners' posts. I speak as much as I can without going over the edge and adhering to The Vision as much as possible, yet you cannot criticize them the way you criticized me, for speaking against it.

4. My dear Champion of IC/OOC, all of what you posted just proves you cannot criticize owners for saying the same sort of things as I have said. Until the day you call them moaners for saying IC/OOC is shit and telling IC/OOC users to f**k off (I did the former as well, the latter I did in a subtler way), then I will hold the assumption that you are an asslicker.



JDC, tell me what happened on that day of May 01, 2008? Who were you here and what tempted you to join?
Everyone is starting from the same position.

It would be my pleasure.

April 27, 2008- I was happy as I finally downloaded the MTA mod for GTA:VC, which meant I could finally play online with other VC players. When going through the server list, Argonath RPG caught my attention (as I had a prior interest in video-game RPGs, such as pokemon and etc... yes, I was a pokemon fan :lol:), as it was the RPG with the highest amount of players at that exact moment.

When I joined the server, I saw some people driving around, chatting with each other, and role playing. First admin who helped me get started on Argonath RPG was =AV=Grzesiek, and this he started by teaching me to enter a car as passenger. :lol:

Over the next few days, I noticed that the people who were role playing were having a lot of fun (and this odd guy who was AFK almost 24/7 in the server named "[R*]RON", I used to wonder who he was), so I decided to join in more and more of their roleplay. One of the first RPs in Argonath I participated in was running a convenience store (RP started by Grzesiek, once again. He hired people to manage the store and paid us for our work... imagine an MTA:VC version of Jcstodds).

As time passed by, I took a liking to the Cop skin as some other cops who I worked with would share money and I had some fun RPs with criminals there as well (I remember one time when some criminal was stuck on top of a building and tried to find ways to get us to help him down without him getting caught :lol:), so I decided to stay. I met a few friends who I had tons of fun with, such as Jingle, ArjunSforza (now known as Cutt3r), SpikeSforza, TonySforza, and the rest of the Sforza Mafia.

Eventually, I applied for MTA:VCPD, taking after Jingle, and the rest is history.



It was after my trip to Argonath SA:MP in July 2008 that I first saw IC/OOC, first being talked about here in Argonath (yes, the bringing in of shit was already happening), then I went to those other servers to see for myself what all the hype was about. After I joined as yet another "noob" on a certain RP Server (not elesarpea... though similar), what did I see?

Empty server... with 100+ players in TAB list. Where is everyone?
Elitist players who shunned anyone who did not RP with their standards (explained below)
Admins spamming me with "NO OOC CHAT IN /B" whenever I tried to chill around like I did so often in Argonath.
Very few cars and none that I can drive since they were all owned and all new players had to get a key before driving any car...
Server that forced roleplay and rigid standard of it that was meant as a replacement for brainpower... what is that standard? Today I call it IC/OOC.
After that, I visited 7 other RP Servers and found the exact same things.

Since then I have come to love Argonath more.

And yes this is all a true story...
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Cero on October 07, 2010, 06:36:40 pm


Empty server... with 100+ players in TAB list. Where is everyone?
Elitist players who shunned anyone who did not RP with their standards (explained below)
Admins spamming me with "NO OOC CHAT IN /B" whenever I tried to chill around like I did so often in Argonath.
Very few cars and none that I can drive since they were all owned and all new players had to get a key before driving any car...
Server that forced roleplay and rigid standard of it that was meant as a replacement for brainpower... what is that standard? Today I call it IC/OOC.
After that, I visited 7 other RP Servers and found the exact same things.




You realize this topic is purely about people who want to use a couple of brackets, right? They dont want to turn Argonath into L**P.

IC/OOC =/= Real-life RP server rules

IC/OOC =

/l My fucking exhaust fell off the car five minutes ago, you dont happen to know a good mechanic do you?
/l (( lol man did you see the football game yesterday? It was fucking hilarious when Zinedane headbutted the guy ))

Some people find bursting out with about a football game in a RP situation a bit immersion breaking. That's why they use brackets, and brackets is what's being discussed in this topic. Not real life RP rules.

And again, they dont go around telling people to "(( BRACKETS OR GTFO NOOB ))". And IF they do, expect a swift fucking ban from me.(Atleast on IV:MP)
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Void on October 07, 2010, 09:32:04 pm
... then I went to those other servers to see for myself what all the hype was about. After I joined as yet another "noob" on a certain RP

Empty server... with 100+ players in TAB list. Where is everyone?
Elitist players who shunned anyone who did not RP with their standards (explained below)
Admins spamming me with "NO OOC CHAT IN /B" whenever I tried to chill around like I did so often in Argonath.
Very few cars and none that I can drive since they were all owned and all new players had to get a key before driving any car...
Server that forced roleplay and rigid standard of it that was meant as a replacement for brainpower... what is that standard? Today I call it IC/OOC.
After that, I visited 7 other RP Servers and found the exact same things.

Since then I have come to love Argonath more.

And yes this is all a true story...

Reflect on this post, as this part is valuable. Thank you for posting this, as it was the key part I was wanting to hear from you.
I moved from srsRP server because of the same reason, and here, after weeks of playing I saw nothing is actually, forced.That was the main factor I stayed here.
I started using the IC/OOC techinque and I encountered on many players who used it to communicate with me.I forgot a bracket here and there, and what was really great, was that no one warned me for that. So why denying such liberty?Without forcing it, of course.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: 9r2e5i3k on October 07, 2010, 09:39:28 pm
I started
Is it me or did you previously say that you use it only when others use it?

And if you do play without it, why play with it?

So, you're saying that using IC/OOC is an excuse to bring crap into /L instead of sending a private message to the person you're talking to... Do you know that there already are chats, not related to role-play, in example the private messaging system and the public chat?
What he said.

Oh and CB radio.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Leon. on October 07, 2010, 09:46:57 pm
It is not us who have a low tolerance. It is the people who are used to using IC/OOC who constantly wish to remind those who do not about the usage.

With apologies to the LGBT community: We have no problem whatsoever with people being gay in their bedroom, however if they constantly wish to remind everyone they are gay and make a public display of how they need to be tolerated, that will cause problems with more people as it will solve.

Replace gay with IC/OOC.

300 words summarized into 51. To be honest, Gandalf, I underestimated you, and I dearly apologize to you for it.
Viewer discretion advised... read this post maturely or not at all.




2.
 On the other hand, people like you, who constantly b*tch and point fingers at those who stick to community, who help those who are bringing in bullshits from other communities and DEFENDING those bullshits, are constantly around to cause headaches for the developers and owners.
 Did RON and CBF try to leave because of the hackers who tried to steal scripts or the hackers who simply tried to fly around on server with cars? No. They tried to leave because of people like YOU, MetaLuigiX!
Your mind is severely tainted.
1. I constantly bitch and point fingers at those who think them and their generation are better than everyone else's. I have absolutely NO problem with those who stick to the community. Dave sticks to the community. Do I have problems with him? No, I don't. Me and Dave get along well, as a matter of fact.
2. Other communities? Around to cause headaches for developers and owners? For one, Argonath is/was my first and only community. Yes, I've been to a retarded RLRP server before - It was terrible. 10 minute tutorial, about 87 rules total that covered literally EVERYTHING, more than half of which can be interpreted by common sense, NO CAR, and a God-awful admin team who rarely wants to help you. Yes, my experience was VERY similar to yours.
And for two, if my sole purpose was to cause headaches for developers and owners on this community... well, let's just say I wouldn't still be here after a year. Let's also just say that developers would disrespect me (which they don't, I know for a fact) and that the owners would place multiple sanctions on me to prevent causing any further headaches.
Tell me something, JDC. Would I cause total hell in a server that provides me with the most entertaining activity I can find after school? Yeah, sure, I could go outside - No thanks, temperatures are already dropping close to freezing, and they will drop as low as 15 degrees Fahrenheit. I could hang out with friends - What, with all of the homework my school mates are being issued and all the stress that's being put on them?
3. People like me? The absolute worst thing I've ever done on this server was crack quite a few n****r jokes. I'm doing nothing to cause people like CBF to consider leaving (unless CBF was black - which he isn't). Please check the "ACSD Is banned" topic somewhere in SA:MP General, and you'll see what's been driving CBFasi nuts.
3. You already are a liar. You posted shit about me as I spoke against IC/OOC and even posted many quotes from Owners' posts. I speak as much as I can without going over the edge and adhering to The Vision as much as possible, yet you cannot criticize them the way you criticized me, for speaking against it.
1. I am not a liar.
Prove me wrong.[/u]
2. Well, you tried to adhere to The Vision, but you failed after you disrespected and regarded the people who use IC/OOC as retards.
Quote
9.   Argonath bases its community on respect and friendship between players of all nations.  This means that those who feel that they are allowed to disrespect others, consider others as inferior or treat them as such will be offered the choice to either change their views or leave the community. This includes any groups of players in game.
So, JDC, what's it going to be? Are you still going to insult and generalize IC/OOC users, or are you going to leave the community?
3. I cannot criticize them the way I criticized you, because Gandalf and Aragorn approached the matter with the proper attitude. Gandalf in particular maintained a great level of respect and avoided generalizing an entire group. You, on the other hand, jumped into the deep end with your hands tied behind your back and your feet tied to your hands without a life jacket.
4. My dear Champion of IC/OOC, all of what you posted just proves you cannot criticize owners for saying the same sort of things as I have said. Until the day you call them moaners for saying IC/OOC is shit and telling IC/OOC users to f**k off (I did the former as well, the latter I did in a subtler way), then I will hold the assumption that you are an asslicker.
>Implying I only use IC/OOC and don't respect or welcome any other style of roleplay
1. Correction: I cannot criticize owners for saying the same sort of things you copied and pasted right after they said it.
Correction 2: I cannot criticize owners because of their general approach to the IC/OOC crap. You approach it as going against The Vision (which I still fail to see which point of the vision goes against - If you'd be so kind to point out which one it goes against...) and as it turning Argonath into a real-life roleplay server. Tell me something. Do we use double parentheses in real life in the first place? No, we don't, hence you are wRONg.
Gandalf in particular, on the other hand, approaches it as said here:
It is not us who have a low tolerance. It is the people who are used to using IC/OOC who constantly wish to remind those who do not about the usage.

With apologies to the LGBT community: We have no problem whatsoever with people being gay in their bedroom, however if they constantly wish to remind everyone they are gay and make a public display of how they need to be tolerated, that will cause problems with more people as it will solve.

Replace gay with IC/OOC.


The difference between this quote and what your approach is that Gandalf's point is correct - yours is based off of theories, imagination, and paranoia.
2. All of what you have said just proves that you refuse to say any point you make is proven wrong, regardless if it's actually bullshit. Refer to
you know who you are?? your the sort type of guy whereas IF you says 1 thing and if new information was added then the idea deserves to be re-valuated BUT you will not give a chance and will just argue further to defend your position although you know its bullshit...why though?
Now before you accuse me of that, I just admitted defeat to Gandalf due to the quote I posted above. I asked him to provide a reason, and he delivered.
Until the day you call them moaners for saying IC/OOC is shit and telling IC/OOC users to f**k off (I did the former as well, the latter I did in a subtler way), then I will hold the assumption that you are an asslicker.
You sure can dish out the "asslicker" insult, but you sure as hell can't take it, Mr. MTA:VC Veteran.
Oh and CB radio.
Oh and not everyone around might not be in the CBRadio
Oh and not everyone will join the CBRadio
Oh and not everyone will want to see my bullshit (and maybe I don't want them to see it :P ) in public chat
Oh and not everyone will take the time to PM each and every person out of the however many may be there what needs to be said.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: 9r2e5i3k on October 07, 2010, 10:20:03 pm
So from all of the available chats ( /p /cb /pm AND MORE) which have both higher range and/or better privacy level, you have to use /L... with brackets.

 :lol:
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Void on October 07, 2010, 10:46:36 pm
Is it me or did you previously say that you use it only when others use it?

It is called adaption to the other party.
I respect anyone's RP standards and I always try to adapt to another player regarding IC/OOC.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Leon. on October 07, 2010, 10:50:38 pm
So from all of the available chats ( /p /cb /pm AND MORE) which have both higher range and/or better privacy level, you have to use /L... with brackets.

 :lol:
Imagine this:
The POIUY mafia wants a meeting with the ASDFGH mafia. The ASDFGH mafia doesn't want to join one CB channel, so the POIUY mafia doesn't give a damn and goes on with it. They sit at one table...many people...and all of the sudden, ASDFGH starts DMing everyone. SmartGuy_POIUY (who I'm not saying is smart because he uses OOC tags in this exampler) says to ASDFGH
"(( ASDFGH, if you can't fucking act maturely, then leave the damn meeting ))
Now the cops already know that both POIUY and ASDFGH are reputable groups and often participate in illegal activities, so they're going to take into assumption "HAY, THEY BE MAKIN CRIMINAL MEETING" and barge in and detain for investigation (yes, this HAS happened before) if they saw POIUY say it via /P. Plus, take into consideration that ASDFGH was stubborn and didn't want to join the CB channel. Also take into consideration that 15 members of ASDFGH were present at the meeting, and all 15 of them were DMing. It's quite hard to just
/pm 1 STOP DMING
/pm 2 STOP DMING
...
/pm 15 STOP DMING
So, to prevent the terrible feeling of embarrassment and awkwardness, the tags are used in the first place. /L is also used, because it's sent to ASDFGH, who are close enough, and no cops are present.

And, just to remind JDC:

I respect anyone's RP standards and I always try to adapt to another payer regarding IC/OOC.

Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: 9r2e5i3k on October 07, 2010, 11:16:23 pm
Imagine this:
The POIUY mafia wants a meeting with the ASDFGH mafia. The ASDFGH mafia doesn't want to join one CB channel, so the POIUY mafia doesn't give a damn and goes on with it. They sit at one table...many people...and all of the sudden, ASDFGH starts DMing everyone
Why would POIUY want a meeting with ASDFGH if they are an uncooperative group of 15 DMers?
Why invite everyone to the table, not just representative members/consultants?
Why didn't POIUY just break the meeting and drive away to their HQ, to plan some non-DM revenge like stealing all of ASDFGH's cars or planning to kidnap one of their members?

(( ASDFGH, if you can't f**king act maturely, then leave the damn meeting ))
Why use brackets for that?
If it's OOC, then he isn't told to leave IC... so how would his character know that he is ordered to leave?



It is called adaption to the other party.
I respect anyone's RP standards and I always try to adapt to another player regarding IC/OOC.
How is it adaptation if you start it?
If you're scanning for IC/OOC users (checking who uses it), that's a sign of preferring to play with IC/OOC users, not a logic of "I don't care if you use it or not"
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Void on October 07, 2010, 11:35:36 pm
How is it adaptation if you start it?
If you're scanning for IC/OOC users (checking who uses it), that's a sign of preferring to play with IC/OOC users, not a logic of "I don't care if you use it or not"

Scanning? If you knew with who I RP, at least. I wouldn't adapt if I RP with IC/OOC-ers only.Logic?
Try not to be superficial.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: 9r2e5i3k on October 08, 2010, 12:16:16 am
@void
meh, nvm, I read it a bit out of context. my bad.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Void on October 08, 2010, 12:43:29 am
The only actual difference between you and me is that I don't point fingers: "Non imaginative people, even a retard can differ"
While I know what you say is truth, but I do not use that kind of a response. I just co-op.Simple, as it is.
If I use no brackets whatsoever, while creating a situation with an OOC/IC user, he wouldn't understand some of my lines and it would confuse him, so I use them.

And if I see a mang-era fellow RPer I won't use brackets as I know that then, we had "necessary" commands such as /me and public chat.
Some additions later like local chat, first experience was awesome.Never heard of IC/OOC too. When I entered the San Andreas world, I saw this technique.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: JDC on October 08, 2010, 02:14:40 pm
1. I constantly bitch and point fingers at those who think them and their generation are better than everyone else's. I have absolutely NO problem with those who stick to the community. Dave sticks to the community. Do I have problems with him? No, I don't. Me and Dave get along well, as a matter of fact.

I stick to the community as well... as you have noticed I go against things which seek to infect Argonath by turning it into some generic shadow of its former self if not a SRSRP Server altogether.



2. Other communities? Around to cause headaches for developers and owners? For one, Argonath is/was my first and only community. Yes, I've been to a retarded RLRP server before - It was terrible. 10 minute tutorial, about 87 rules total that covered literally EVERYTHING, more than half of which can be interpreted by common sense, NO CAR, and a God-awful admin team who rarely wants to help you. Yes, my experience was VERY similar to yours.
And for two, if my sole purpose was to cause headaches for developers and owners on this community... well, let's just say I wouldn't still be here after a year. Let's also just say that developers would disrespect me (which they don't, I know for a fact) and that the owners would place multiple sanctions on me to prevent causing any further headaches.

If you love Argonath so much and hate the hostility present in all the SRSRP Servers... then tell me. Why in the flying fuck are you standing up for and defending something that comes from them, and threatens to turn Argonath into one of them as well?!

I see the same pattern from others like you... "I love Argonath but I want to turn it like other server it be more awesomer like that". If you truly love this community then you will help preserve it rather than standing up for something that endangers it, my dear "Champion of IC/OOC".



3. People like me? The absolute worst thing I've ever done on this server was crack quite a few n****r jokes. I'm doing nothing to cause people like CBF to consider leaving (unless CBF was black - which he isn't). Please check the "ACSD Is banned" topic somewhere in SA:MP General, and you'll see what's been driving CBFasi nuts.1. I am not a liar.
Prove me wrong.[/u]

What you have done is worse than just those few n____r jokes... as I mentioned above you support what endangers this community.
Ever noticed that dangerous and revolutionary (in the negative sense) radical political parties use the same pattern? They present something to the populace as a blessing when in fact it will be bad for them.



2. Well, you tried to adhere to The Vision, but you failed after you disrespected and regarded the people who use IC/OOC as retards.So, JDC, what's it going to be? Are you still going to insult and generalize IC/OOC users, or are you going to leave the community?

Do not act as if people senior to me (I speak of experience as well, not just in terms of admin credentials)... the very same people you refuse to contradict, possess similar views.

I respect other players, groups, races, views (with certain exceptions), and et cetera... however I do not have respect for those who try to bring it in here (and especially stand up for and trying to justify it) despite the proven fact that the owners from the start have tried to direct this community away from becoming just another one of the 9,000 generic RP ones out there. Even the chat used for general discussion (known as main chat from MTA:VC times) was named so instead of "OOC Chat"... and that was a very long time ago.



3. I cannot criticize them the way I criticized you, because Gandalf and Aragorn approached the matter with the proper attitude. Gandalf in particular maintained a great level of respect and avoided generalizing an entire group. You, on the other hand, jumped into the deep end with your hands tied behind your back and your feet tied to your hands without a life jacket.>Implying I only use IC/OOC and don't respect or welcome any other style of roleplay
1. Correction: I cannot criticize owners for saying the same sort of things you copied and pasted right after they said it.
Correction 2: I cannot criticize owners because of their general approach to the IC/OOC crap. You approach it as going against The Vision (which I still fail to see which point of the vision goes against - If you'd be so kind to point out which one it goes against...) and as it turning Argonath into a real-life roleplay server. Tell me something. Do we use double parentheses in real life in the first place? No, we don't, hence you are wRONg.

Avoided generalizing... you are wRONg. It is what we all do, consciously or not.
Many people have said that IC/OOC (or elements of) are indications of poor brainpower... Gandalf included. You can even read it in that "Replace gay with IC/OOC" speech, as it refers to IC/OOC users/misusers as a group, so you cannot say it does not generalize.

Many people (including myself, Dave, Giac, etc...) have called IC/OOC as "shit" or "bullshit" in one way or another, and one of them is Aragorn.

In fact, Dave even told IC/OOC users to fuck off (and that was after Aragorn did) and you never criticized him at all for saying a statement previously said by an Owner, despite the fact that Dave possesses very similar views to Aragorn... even more similar than I do to both owners.

I could only see that you did not criticize them for it because they are the owners and you think yourself powerless to do so. If you are not afraid to criticize them for their stance on the subject, then why not stand up for IC/OOC (as you usually do) and do so instead of just talking? (@Correction 2)

Also, if we don't use double parenthesis in real life when talking then why does every damned SRSRP server have it? :rofl:
For that reason it has become part of ZOMGRP gameplay.

I could already imagine you giving me the same favoritism if I was one of the owners / community leaders rather than just another slightly-extremist SA:MP admin. :rofl:
(Don't get me wrong, I'm happy with my post :] )

@Correction 1: IC/OOC breaks these points of the Argonath Vision.

Quote from: Argonath Vision
4.   Argonath strives to keep rules simple and understandable. Our community was created as free RP, based on imagination and creativity. We will not ever support it changing in to a jungle of rules that are impossible to understand, follow and adhere to. Our rules will remain the minimal needed to stop players who wish to disturb the fun in playing from doing so, not more and not less.

IC/OOC goes against Point 4 of the Argonath Vision by creating a series of complicated rules and an unnecessary standard for RP... it attempts to replace sheer brainpower (if you are not a retard you can find ways to tell if someone is talking about real life or ingame without having to rely on IC/OOC) with a complicated structure of rules and guidelines for RP, which even confuses some new players.

Quote from: Argonath Vision
5.   Argonath leaders will accept new rules and scripts only if they fit the vision. If any suggestion is limiting the possibility to play for new players, strives to give advantage to more experienced players, or creates a more complex rule that would make it hard to understand or follow, it will be rejected, regardless of how much support there is from the community

IC/OOC goes against Point 5 as well... as its implementation in the server will only benefit those who are experienced from it, enabling the general population of unexperienced players to be all the more termed as  "Noobs" since they can't "RP" (read: use IC/OOC) properly.

Quote from: Argonath Vision
10.   Argonath will remain as open, friendly and strong community for people worldwide who wish to enjoy playing a game based on imagination and creativity.

Finally, IC/OOC contradicts Point 10, which is one of those that specify in general the goal and orientation of the community. It kills imagination and creativity by being one of the key elements in the other servers' robot-like pseudo-RP play.



The difference between this quote and what your approach is that Gandalf's point is correct - yours is based off of theories, imagination, and paranoia.

Theories, imagination, and paranoia? If you use those terms when referring to a logical and common sense-oriented approach, then you have to be the theoretical and imaginative paranoid, as that isn't me... unless it can be unmistakably proven. :rofl:

2. All of what you have said just proves that you refuse to say any point you make is proven wrong, regardless if it's actually bullshit. Refer toNow before you accuse me of that, I just admitted defeat to Gandalf due to the quote I posted above. I asked him to provide a reason, and he delivered.You sure can dish out the "asslicker" insult, but you sure as hell can't take it, Mr. MTA:VC Veteran

The points I have made...
"IC/OOC is a bullshit rule from another server" (proven by Owners)
"It is another replacement for using brainpower in roleplay" (proven by examples and common sense)
"It can turn Argonath into a jungle of rules" (proven by its nature and referred to indirectly by The Vision)
and et cetera... they are proven right.

I have stated many reasons time and time again for my points... yet you say that I don't have any? The question "can you even read?" comes to my mind here, to be honest.

And as for the part where I concluded the connection between you and asslicking... I will refer to an earlier part of this post. Why is it that you don't criticize Dave as well for having similar views (even telling IC/OOCers to fuck off)?

I know about your tendency to be biased against what I post... and don't try to argue it. Notice that you tend to disagree with what I post (specifically: observations) about almost every single time, even if almost all of it is right virtually every single time? :rofl:



Also... you are taking the CBradio for granted.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Void on October 08, 2010, 03:09:08 pm
Sorry for the irrelevance, but this song is dedicated to Luweegee.
Search up for lyrics, it will make more sense  ;)

Agnostic Front - Victim in pain (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_akYLilAHk#)
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Leon. on October 08, 2010, 09:06:48 pm
Sorry for the irrelevance, but this song is dedicated to Luweegee.
Search up for lyrics, it will make more sense  ;)

Agnostic Front - Victim in pain (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_akYLilAHk#)
Lyrics make sense. A lot.
I have stated many reasons time and time again for my points... yet you say that I don't have any? The question "can you even read?" comes to my mind here, to be honest.
Something we actually agree on!
And because we share the same view on that matter, we might as well stop right here. We're getting absolutely nowhere, and what we're doing is absolutely the wrong way to deal with a conflict.

If you're curious, the only reason why I defended IC/OOC was...
If you're familiar with the American Civil War back in the (shitty) 1800's, many Southern states seceded from the Union to form the Confederacy, not because they wanted slavery (they DID want slavery, though - there's no denying that), but because they were being denied "States' Rights" after the Emancipation Proclamation was put into effect.
I defended IC/OOC, not because I want IC/OOC to take over, but because my opinion was that the players who use IC/OOC as their primary roleplay way were being denied their right to play how they feel is comfortable when people throw insults at them (e.g., not having a brain) and when they're shunned.
The Confederacy didn't necessarily go "HEY UNION, DO SLAVERY OR YOU'RE DOUCHES." IC/OOC users (for the most part, anyway - correct me if I'm wrong on this one respectably) also didn't go "HEY NON-IC/OOC USERS, DO IC/OOC OR YOU'RE BAD RPERS."

In short, JDC, let's go for a coffee break.
/report 1 ASDFGH group dm.

Problem solved.
And the busy admin(s) are busy with other reports and shit.

Problem not solved.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Void on October 08, 2010, 09:10:47 pm
Lyrics make sense. A lot. IC/OOC users (for the most part, anyway - correct me if I'm wrong on this one respectively) also didn't go "HEY NON-IC/OOC USERS, DO IC/OOC OR YOU'RE BAD RPERS."

Some do that, sadly. That's where people like JDC got their opinion.From those kind of people.
I suggest a coffee break, too.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: JayL on October 08, 2010, 09:25:06 pm
IC/OOC users (for the most part, anyway - correct me if I'm wrong on this one respectably) also didn't go "HEY NON-IC/OOC USERS, DO IC/OOC OR YOU'RE BAD RPERS."

They don't need to say it. New players who watch OOC/IC users will already think that themselves.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Leon. on October 08, 2010, 09:30:05 pm
New players who watch OOC/IC users will already think that themselves.
Well, maybe if they had low self-esteem...
Someone with low self-esteem likely has a high stress level, so they wouldn't be playing a game like Argonath and SA:MP in the first place; they'd probably be in their bed, staring off into the ceiling... depressed...
Speaking from experience.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: JayL on October 08, 2010, 09:32:56 pm
New players learn mostly by watching others doing things. So if they start meeting OOC/IC users, they will think ''well looks like you have to use these brackets in this server, time to get used to it''. They think it's the correct form, and not following it would be incorrect.

I will try to give a similar example. If you are guided into using drugs, you will probably like them. If you like them, you will think ''it's cool, oh damn cool!'' But you will most likely damage your relations with your parents etc. OOC/IC is similar. Guy sees people using it, likes it and starts using it too, but ignores the fact he is following rules that aren't Argonath's.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Leon. on October 08, 2010, 10:26:38 pm
New players learn mostly by watching others doing things. So if they start meeting OOC/IC users, they will think ''well looks like you have to use these brackets in this server, time to get used to it''. They think it's the correct form, and not following it would be incorrect.

I will try to give a similar example. If you are guided into using drugs, you will probably like them. If you like them, you will think ''it's cool, oh damn cool!'' But you will most likely damage your relations with your parents etc. OOC/IC is similar. Guy sees people using it, likes it and starts using it too, but ignores the fact he is following rules that aren't Argonath's.
Very understandable, however, I roughly estimate that 1/10 of new players are confused into thinking that IC/OOC is actually an Argonath rule (later to discover that it actually isn't - these discussions go on a lot in main chat: "IC/OOC is not supported in Argonath").
I also understand that you want to make that 1/10 into 0/10. :)
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: JDC on October 10, 2010, 10:16:49 am
TL;DR of the above posts:

If a new player goes into server and sees everyone in his immediate vicinity using and separating IC/OOC, then they will think that you have to IC/OOC in order to fit into the server ("since all the regulars and older guys are doing it anyways"), leading to them coming up with the concept of "Argonath is an IC/OOC Server". Once they think that, they think the server is about a complicated set of rules and guidelines, thus contradicting The Vision.

THAT is how it confuses players and is one of the three major reasons why I have been against it all this time.



As for the analogy between Slavery and IC/OOC... there is another way the analogy can be applied.
The concept of allowing slavery misleads people into thinking that one person has the right to own another, just as IC/OOC usage on Argonath misleads new players into thinking the server is an IC/OOC Server.

Notice that not everyone outside the IC/OOC user-group uses MTA:VC RP, but others use "RP in General" instead, as I would like to refer to it as.

Also, for those who are wondering... I am an avid fan of Starbucks Coffee. :lol:
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Void on October 10, 2010, 01:24:13 pm
If a new player goes into server and sees everyone in his immediate vicinity using and separating IC/OOC, then they will think that you have to IC/OOC in order to fit into the server ("since all the regulars and older guys are doing it anyways"), leading to them coming up with the concept of "Argonath is an IC/OOC Server". Once they think that, they think the server is about a complicated set of rules and guidelines, thus contradicting The Vision.
As for the analogy between Slavery and IC/OOC... there is another way the analogy can be applied.
The concept of allowing slavery misleads people into thinking that one person has the right to own another, just as IC/OOC usage on Argonath misleads new players into thinking the server is an IC/OOC Server.

>Implying newcomers are inferior within RP, not possessing an ideal myself
>Implying that they do not have a mind of their own
> Implying that newcomers  ... oh wait


Also, for those who are wondering... I am an avid fan of Starbucks Coffee. :lol:
I shall proceed this note to the Starbucks e-mail, and describe it as "negative brain effect on people".
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: JDC on October 10, 2010, 06:37:20 pm
^ Implying you expect all new players to have roleplay knowledge upon initial server entry.

I have seen many new people asking to be taught how to roleplay.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Leon. on October 10, 2010, 08:21:19 pm
Also, for those who are wondering... I am an avid fan of Starbucks Coffee. :lol:
Really? To be honest, I've never really had it.
7/11 Coffee is what I get. Taste real good. I especially love their French vanilla.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Chris_Knight on October 10, 2010, 09:33:56 pm
I read all pages,and seriously guys are you don't know how to spend time??? I mean where is problem? Everyone RP by own style how he finds it usefull . I meet many rp servers and jesus thats a big boredoom . Argonath is build on fun so do not need overtake it whit other server rulles. How som one told i forgot who  - Argonath got soul . And don't shit in soul and let it be clean.  ;)
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Void on October 10, 2010, 09:36:52 pm
^ Implying you expect all new players to have roleplay knowledge upon initial server entry.

Oh, where did the Aristotle's golden mean disappear ...
Those who ask, are children. Aging of 10 to 13 years old.What do you expect?
There can be, for example, lazy typers?1000 of people, 1000 of characters. They have their own mind and please don't over exaggerate. Not all players use this technique.
They can see a variety of people and meet most of them. That means they choose, at the end of the day.Only one thing can solve this issue.Ban. Simply ban/excommunicate them all!All the obtrusive RPers.

>Implying newcomers are inferior within RP, not possessing an ideal myself
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Castlevania on October 11, 2010, 08:08:20 pm
I stick to the community as well... as you have noticed I go against things which seek to infect Argonath by turning it into some generic shadow of its former self if not a SRSRP Server altogether.



If you love Argonath so much and hate the hostility present in all the SRSRP Servers... then tell me. Why in the flying f**k are you standing up for and defending something that comes from them, and threatens to turn Argonath into one of them as well?!

I see the same pattern from others like you... "I love Argonath but I want to turn it like other server it be more awesomer like that". If you truly love this community then you will help preserve it rather than standing up for something that endangers it, my dear "Champion of IC/OOC".



What you have done is worse than just those few n____r jokes... as I mentioned above you support what endangers this community.
Ever noticed that dangerous and revolutionary (in the negative sense) radical political parties use the same pattern? They present something to the populace as a blessing when in fact it will be bad for them.



Do not act as if people senior to me (I speak of experience as well, not just in terms of admin credentials)... the very same people you refuse to contradict, possess similar views.

I respect other players, groups, races, views (with certain exceptions), and et cetera... however I do not have respect for those who try to bring it in here (and especially stand up for and trying to justify it) despite the proven fact that the owners from the start have tried to direct this community away from becoming just another one of the 9,000 generic RP ones out there. Even the chat used for general discussion (known as main chat from MTA:VC times) was named so instead of "OOC Chat"... and that was a very long time ago.



Avoided generalizing... you are wRONg. It is what we all do, consciously or not.
Many people have said that IC/OOC (or elements of) are indications of poor brainpower... Gandalf included. You can even read it in that "Replace gay with IC/OOC" speech, as it refers to IC/OOC users/misusers as a group, so you cannot say it does not generalize.

Many people (including myself, Dave, Giac, etc...) have called IC/OOC as "shit" or "bullshit" in one way or another, and one of them is Aragorn.

In fact, Dave even told IC/OOC users to f**k off (and that was after Aragorn did) and you never criticized him at all for saying a statement previously said by an Owner, despite the fact that Dave possesses very similar views to Aragorn... even more similar than I do to both owners.

I could only see that you did not criticize them for it because they are the owners and you think yourself powerless to do so. If you are not afraid to criticize them for their stance on the subject, then why not stand up for IC/OOC (as you usually do) and do so instead of just talking? (@Correction 2)

Also, if we don't use double parenthesis in real life when talking then why does every damned SRSRP server have it? :rofl:
For that reason it has become part of ZOMGRP gameplay.

I could already imagine you giving me the same favoritism if I was one of the owners / community leaders rather than just another slightly-extremist SA:MP admin. :rofl:
(Don't get me wrong, I'm happy with my post :] )

@Correction 1: IC/OOC breaks these points of the Argonath Vision.

IC/OOC goes against Point 4 of the Argonath Vision by creating a series of complicated rules and an unnecessary standard for RP... it attempts to replace sheer brainpower (if you are not a retard you can find ways to tell if someone is talking about real life or ingame without having to rely on IC/OOC) with a complicated structure of rules and guidelines for RP, which even confuses some new players.

IC/OOC goes against Point 5 as well... as its implementation in the server will only benefit those who are experienced from it, enabling the general population of unexperienced players to be all the more termed as  "Noobs" since they can't "RP" (read: use IC/OOC) properly.

Finally, IC/OOC contradicts Point 10, which is one of those that specify in general the goal and orientation of the community. It kills imagination and creativity by being one of the key elements in the other servers' robot-like pseudo-RP play.



Theories, imagination, and paranoia? If you use those terms when referring to a logical and common sense-oriented approach, then you have to be the theoretical and imaginative paranoid, as that isn't me... unless it can be unmistakably proven. :rofl:

The points I have made...
"IC/OOC is a bullshit rule from another server" (proven by Owners)
"It is another replacement for using brainpower in roleplay" (proven by examples and common sense)
"It can turn Argonath into a jungle of rules" (proven by its nature and referred to indirectly by The Vision)
and et cetera... they are proven right.

I have stated many reasons time and time again for my points... yet you say that I don't have any? The question "can you even read?" comes to my mind here, to be honest.

And as for the part where I concluded the connection between you and asslicking... I will refer to an earlier part of this post. Why is it that you don't criticize Dave as well for having similar views (even telling IC/OOCers to f**k off)?

I know about your tendency to be biased against what I post... and don't try to argue it. Notice that you tend to disagree with what I post (specifically: observations) about almost every single time, even if almost all of it is right virtually every single time? :rofl:



Also... you are taking the CBradio for granted.

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Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: JDC on October 16, 2010, 04:08:32 pm
Successful troll is successful. :rofl:
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Leon. on October 16, 2010, 07:06:54 pm
Successful troll is successful. :rofl:
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Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Ben. on October 17, 2010, 08:51:04 pm
RP is not enforced in Argonath. I'm sure this means if you want to use IC/OOC brackets, you can, but don't expect other people to use them. Just because something isn't enforced, does not make it illegal to do so.

I don't use IC/OOC brackets in Argo, but I wouldn't look down on someone who did. If it works for them, they can carry on, as long as they don't pester other people to do so :D

Argonath's supposed to be relaxing and fun, and if someone wants to relax in some IC/OOC RP with somebody, let them :D
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Leon. on October 17, 2010, 08:56:11 pm
this topic is fucking hilarious
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Faraday on October 17, 2010, 08:56:41 pm
ITT:

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Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Void on October 17, 2010, 09:57:03 pm
ITT:

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Need blackup?

Anyways, you may lock this. Nothing was concluded and people who fought the most said the topic is hilarious.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Leon. on October 17, 2010, 10:21:33 pm
Nothing was concluded
False. I got to know why IC/OOC is so dearly shunned, regardless of the fact that the reasons were stupid as fuck. Conclusion.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Romeo on October 17, 2010, 10:43:09 pm
There's nothing wrong with using brackets ig. I like to roleplay seriously sometimes and sometimes I like to drive around LS backwards while messing around. Just because I use brackets to differ from IC/OOC in a RP situation doesn't mean I'm a serious roleplayer at all. When I'm not in a RP I don't do it, it just makes things easier while RPing.
Title: Re: In character and Out of character discussion
Post by: Aragorn on October 26, 2010, 03:55:25 pm
I already said, that OOC/IC is a STRICT f**king rule on other RPG servers...

We are not a f**king other RP servers, we are f**king Argonath RPG...
Do not f**king like it - just f**king leave...

Do not force any of our players to use this rule...

Admins will get a strict code: once you start forcing anyone, blame anyone in lack of roleplay cos of this f**king  rule or whatsoever - they are allowed to ban you on sight...

You can talk Romanian on server in local chat between friends, but if there appears a player who does not know Romanian - turn to English...
The same goes to OOC/IC shit...

We do not bring our rules to any other servers... So do not f**king bring to our servers the rules from others...

f**king clear?

Lock of the topic...
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