OOC: I think some general guidelines would improve readability and consistency. I'll yield to whatever
Mephansteras or consensus says, but in the mean time I propose the following:
Out of Character comments should be marked
OOC: bold header, plain text following. Example:
OOC: I would post more often, but my ISP was eaten by wolves. I'll be back later.
In Character third person flavour should be in
italics; dialog can be interspersed directly in italics as well, or if needed highlighted in
reverse italics. Example:
[ i]flavourful stuff, to which he boldly said [ /i]"You and what army?"[ i], so I killed him[ /i]...
which would produce:
flavourful stuff, to which he boldly said "You and what army?"
, so I killed him. I laughed at my partner "heh, little feisty feller there".All Player names (or Character names, if
Jack and
Thrakor would like) should be
bolded so they're easy to see in context. Example:
The little butterfly called Misha was flying through the garden, when a drop of honey from Vazuel's beehive fell on her. Her wings stuck shut, she flailed, failed to reach safety on a branch, and plummeted to the ground. "Oh, shiiii...."
she was heard saying, as she fell straight to Shelobette's spider nest. Misha was soon to be poisoned to a coma, and would serve as food for the newly hatched larvae.Barring external circumstances, there's no general need for
fonts,
sizes,
colours, or other weird formatting.
Short version: OOC text is unformatted, flavourful text is
italicized unless it would have been italicized if unformatted. People are bolded. Simple enough, yes?
...as I said, these are mere suggestions, you can take them, leave them, or allow them to be superseded by word-of-Mod or consensus, but I do think some standards would be great for readability, playability and consistency.
[ooc]Me thinks that we need to state that unstated rule
of you don't make other peoples characters do stuff cause
its just rude and we would get into a dodge fight[/ooc]
Absolutely. Respect personal boundaries, and keep your hands to yourself. Things like
I found Soandso to be idiotic and subhuman, so I commanded him to choke to death on his own intestines while I buggered his mom; he agreed eagerly, and in excitement he also cut his own balls off and made some christmas ornaments out of them before dying... are
right out!Behave as you would like others to behave towards your character. In character, sure, but we're all and would like to remain pals out here in real (forum) life.