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 Registered Member #177 Joined: Fri Aug 19 2011, 01:04PMPosts: 61 | This weekend at a local NERO event, I realized that I really have become irritated by people breaking game. Some things in NERO naturally break emmersion such as white headbands and calling a hold, however, even these things can be few and far between (I think we only had 1 hold all weekend and it was for a medical reason). The things that I had begun to notice this past weekend were all of the NERO social norms: putting a hand on your head to say something out of game, asking a monster "what do I see?", and just flat out talking about things that are not in the game world. Have any of you fellow NERO players run into the same irritations or frustrations with unnecessary OOG chatter? How do you or your NERO chapter deal with this? Have you found any solutions that work for you or others? Just looking to start some good dialogue on the topic and share some ideas on how to improve the emmersion at NERO. Discuss! [ Edited Thu May 03 2012, 12:19PM ] | ||
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| DanComstock |
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   Registered Member #10 Joined: Mon Aug 08 2011, 03:45AMPosts: 270 | here are some ideas: http://nerology.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/keeping-players-in-game/ | ||
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| -CRIMSON Registered Member #18 Joined: Mon Aug 08 2011, 03:49AMPosts: 164 | texas used to have a huge problem with people simply putting their hand on their head mid conversation so say something dumb out of game. smack dab in the middle of a legit in game conversation. or simply putting on a white headband in the middle of being in game. and walk off. no phys rep left behind at all. and all their treasure on them while they were out of game. staff got ahold of this information over time. and strictly enforced phys reps to be left every time someone goes out of game. i personally walked around asking people where their character card was if they had a white headband on. im not staff but im intimidating. so it worked out. some of the players that horribly broke the game were either banned or shunned by everyone until they never came back again. harsh, but sometimes people are even oblivious to a stern talking to on a regular basis. for simple methods, telling someone that you have no clue what theyre talking about is a good method. asking them why they just asked a bear a silly question like "what do i see" or even better. explaining to them that they should be asking in game questions like who goes there or HEY BEAR CAN YOU TALK? staying properly phys repped can mean alot. i never ask what i see if the NPC is makeuped up with skeletal makeup or a white face. i just fight it. and try to guess what im fighting based on the skills it uses against me. then ill tell others what i think it might be. i was in a situation where someone jacked some of my buddy's items. so we told the town that they had a few minutes to hand over the items before we went buck wild on random people. so a girl comes up to us and says "ill help you find your stuff" had no clue who this girl was. or why she randomly offered to help. seemed off. so i told her to open her purse. saw the items rolled her on the spot. the law gets involved. and while shes sitting there on the floor she starts trying to defend herself. we literally had to tell her to shut up multiple times over. SHUT UP DEAD BODIES DONT TALK. SHUT UP. STOP TALKING YOU DEAD BODY WE KILLED YOU ALREADY. the subtle methods for keeping people in game can easily be something in game as well to counter the out of game. explaining to newer players that they need to stay in game . the more drastic measures would include actual punishment from staff . asking that player to stop talking to you. me personally. i follow the "ill make you feel dumb" method. for people that need to be told twice. sure it hurts the ego a little. but hey, youll learn. i break immersion alot as well. but i have joey to counter me as well when i get off track. | ||
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| -CRIMSON Registered Member #18 Joined: Mon Aug 08 2011, 03:49AMPosts: 164 | dan said it better. | ||
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| Corey.Kump |
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 Registered Member #66 Joined: Mon Aug 08 2011, 04:34AMPosts: 140 | We started really discouraging immersion breaking things at our last event. Mod cards - upon being picked up, the player stays in game. They represent either a key (not necessarily a literal key) to a dungeon, an entrance to which guidance is needed to pass, or a clue that requires a guide to follow. Plot shack - our shack mistress plays a character called the Archaeologist and remains in game for the entirety of the event (except to sleep) Going on mods - PCs are either given direction to the module area and instructions on how to get there, or (more often) guided there by an in-game NPC who describes what's going on with in-game verbiage. Tavern - Our tavern keep is in-game, and (last event) our tavern was warded. OOG Questions - Should be asked in-game, in an in-game way. Hand-on-head - We don't allow it, even for our NPCs. If you want to go out of game, you put on a white headband. There is very limited set of conditions when it's acceptable to go out of game. Silent Combat - By having less noise in combat, we can better hear incants and thus have less people yelling "Did you get that Sleep spell?" We are ALL still getting used to Silent Combat, but IMO it really helps. Holds - We only use them for medical purposes only. I am quite tempted to ask my NPCs / plot members to get glasses straps or prescription goggles. Every hold that I heard of last event was because of glasses getting knocked off. Starting in June, we will try to have the second half of our PC Speech in-game. | ||
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| Registered Member #204 Joined: Thu Sep 01 2011, 10:33AMPosts: 54 | spicemwe wrote ... Have any of you fellow NERO players run into the same irritations or frustrations with unnecessary OOG chatter? How do you or your NERO chapter deal with this? Have you found any solutions that work for you or others? Many, many irritations and frustrations, I just do my best to not let it get to me. I'm not sure what official policies, if any my local chapter has. My solutions have ranged over the years from considering OOG talk in-game small talk like how the trip went or what the character was doing in between events to straight out ignoring them or having my character believe they were crazy. Headbanders had strange powers that let them appear and vanish in-game when they put on or removed their headband. They were either killed for being perceived a threat or avoided like the plague. More or less if someone is breaking immersion I'll do everything I can think of not to break my own. I've screwed up at times, but everyone has. I think my biggest gripe is sunglasses. It doesn't happen often but when I see someone wearing them in-game the go straight to the 'don't deal with this person' category. There's no excuse for blatant anachronisms like that. Edit:Yeesh, why didn't someone tell me I had a headache-inducing run-on sentence? [ Edited Fri May 04 2012, 10:59AM ] | ||
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| FeldsparChilox |
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 Registered Member #135 Joined: Mon Aug 08 2011, 10:37AMPosts: 15 | "Decorum. Decorum. Decorum." ;) | ||
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| KenGillis |
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Dark Lord of the Interwebz Registered Member #1 Joined: Sun May 29 2011, 08:21PMPosts: 165 | I've never heard anything about having to leave your phys reps behind because you've got a white headband on. Sorry, but I'm not going to drop my coinpurse and magic items in the middle of the tavern just because I had a medical issue and had to call fate of the party. | ||
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| bgardner |
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| Registered Member #11 Joined: Mon Aug 08 2011, 03:45AMPosts: 37 | Ken: You don't have to leave physreps behind but you do have to leave all your tags. Maybe a chapter will give you a pass for medical reasons but the rules are clear that you can't carry tags while OOG. This probably applies to coins as well. Crimsons comment is probably targeted more at those who go OOG for non medical reasons in the middle of the game. | ||
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| -CRIMSON Registered Member #18 Joined: Mon Aug 08 2011, 03:49AMPosts: 164 | correct. people that just all of a sudden slam a white headband on and walk off. nothing too important. | ||
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