A question for you fellow RPers...

[thistle_chaser]

BRPS, I need a sanity check

Comments

[ace_sock]

Honestly this sounds like a case of different RP styles/cultures colliding

[gizzybiscuits]

Pretty much this? @ OP, the player might not want to play out the ic consequences of your character leaking that information, even if it's really daft on their end and a leak is reasonable ic. That said, telling you you're being ooc'ly mean about it is dumb and you might want to find a new subgroup to play with. Demonpossessed would have been better of approaching you to go "suddenly not so hot on the demon information leak, is it k if your character stops doing the thing/can we retcon" etc without ooc accusations of being mean that they're getting other players in on to the point of getting a guild leader to tell you off. That's...skirting pretty close to mean, honestly. Why are these other random people coming up to you to white knight this guy? Like how much people are getting spun against you here on an issue that could've stayed between two parties

[thistle_chaser]

the player might not want to play out the ic consequences of your character leaking that information

I think that's exactly it. (Which boggles me and upsets me, but... it's not really my call on what he does.)

Mr. Demon Possessed did offer to retcon, but I HATE doing that unless there's no other choice. (Plus in this case would be stupid, because next time he got angry, the demon would just pop out again and my character would re-learn about it...)

Thanks for the comment!

[tuval]

Very much this; if anyone is guilty of OOC bullying behavior, it is the demon-possessed player player's character. To me, it sounds like he has certain ideas for his character's arc that aren't served by your character shouting his secret from the rooftops. This is definitely a case where some OOC communication about IC repercussions is in order. Bending a little to try and keep the character viable is good form -- I disagree strongly with the officer who said you were being mean, but their IC order to keep your mouth shut is a good stop gap measure. HOWEVER, both you and demon-spawn there are going to have this issue come up again, and they're going to need to be prepared for some things to go sideways; if you can suggest to them OOC that they might want to start pro-actively taking steps to create plot that will get them to the end result they want, it might end a lot better for everyone. (Eg, have their possession revealed in a circumstance when they are using their power for good, and/or be prepared for a faux-or-real-

[laina_inverse]

Sounds like Mr. Possessed wants a cool character, but doesn't want the negative repercussions of said cool character. If your character came by the information honestly, and has legitimate IC reasons to warn people, then he should be allowed to do the thing. ESPECIALLY if he's not treating it like the big secret it sounds like it ought to be. (He sounds like he wants to play the Hulk, at that...)

I mean, I'm apparently weird because I'd find something like that rather fun and challenging.

Did you ever mention OOC before or during interaction that your character wouldn't be really that okay with having a demon-possessed person in their guild?

[thistle_chaser]

I think you hit the nail on the head. I think he wants the "cool" factor of it (ugh, it's so overdone and not cool -- demon possession is so overused in the RP on this game it's actually a joke on the server).

I mean, I'm apparently weird because I'd find something like that rather fun and challenging.

I'm with you! I think playing the challenges of being demon possessed would be the fun part of that kind of a character! The "negative" parts of it, the parts he's trying so hard to OOCly avoid, would be the fun part to me.

Did you ever mention OOC before or during interaction that your character wouldn't be really that okay with having a demon-possessed person in their guild?

Hmmm. I explained my character's background and why he felt that way, and I said things like he'd go to the IC leadership to tell them about him and try to ICly get him removed, so it would add up to that, even if I didn't say the exact words.

[iczer6]

What would the consequences be if other characters found out about the demon possession? I mean are your actions setting up the character to be killed or making them unplayable?

[thistle_chaser]

If everyone were strictly IC and not making adjustments for the player to be able to play this demon possessed character, he should be, at the very best, ICly dismissed from the guild. So on one hand, yes, anyone ICly knowing about him would make the character unplayable with a group (other than a group of demon-possessed people). On the other, he doesn't keep it a secret at all (treats it like the Hulk, it shows up on a regular basis out in public), and canon/lore means the character would be unplayable in a normal group.

All of that is my opinion, of course. Other players in the group feel they have IC reason for accepting a demon-possessed man in the group (like wanting to help him, like the demon possessing him "isn't so bad"...).

[blot]

I'm on your side. I used to Twitter RP as a similar sitch, my MMO was TSW, and my character was somewhat possessed by a demon. {He technically resided in her pet raven but would possess her at times} And I made sure to drop plenty of hints, and when someone was like 'Waaaait a minute!!!' I was prepared for shit to hit the fan. Esp. because of her Faction.

You weren't being mean at all, and I don't really understand their issue with this? I mean, if you found you the info IC, fair and square, there's nothing to stop your character from reacting properly. It would have been different if you had like, metagamed or something. But from the way it sounds, you didn't do that?

[thistle_chaser]

I'm with you, I really don't understand the issue at all (other than it being a lack of IC/OOC line). My character found out ICly (Mr. Demon Possessed "Hulked out" in front of him -- turned into a demon within arm's reach of my character). My character had IC reason to act on it, and acted in IC ways.

It must be that Mr. Demon Possessed's player is young or new to RP. That's the only way I can wrap my head around this situation at all.

[zimon66]

Mr. Possession's disruptive whinefest tantrum and the other players quick to join his side and hassle you - I'm seeing a whole field of red flags popping up. This isn't going to be Mr. Possession's last shit-stirring, he will make trouble again for somebody(s) somehow. Try and steer clear of him & his supporters as much as possible.

[thistle_chaser]

My best guess is that he's just young and inexperienced, not trying to make trouble on purpose (though side-effect trouble can be just as annoying...). But I agree, my best course of action ICly and OOCly is to avoid him as much as possible.