[Sodium_noir] OOC: A Show of Hands

[Mitzie Bowman]

On 3/16/07, Alyson Young <auntmousie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm interested but troubled.
>
> IMore to the point, it always bugs me when characters make IC decisions
> for OOC reasons.  Like, say I'm playing a D&D character with a good
> search bonus, and I've just rolled a two.  My character doesn't know she
> rolled a two.  She just knows that she searched - which is something
> she's good at - and found nothing.  She has no real motivation to try
> again, no matter how strongly I believe that a better roll might have
> produced results.  Unless circumstances change, the character would not
> repeat the search.
>
> Similarly, if Rachel had a genuine motivation to meet up with someone
> and do something else with the rest of her night, then by all means, I'd
> follow up on it.  But my own hypothetical desire to keep playing isn't a
> genuine motivation on Rachel's part.



Good point.  For similar reasons (in addition to others) I stopped writing
for Simone last year.  Simply put, there was way more "night" than my PC's
roleplaying and/or plotlines could hope to fill.  Now I have returned
and yet only three days have gone by.  I could sum up what Simone has been
up to during that time in one post (which I will do after I have consulted
with a newly-wedded Spikey).  In the meantime social posting, while not
exactly furthering any plots, will fill the passage time until his return.

Still... enough in-game time hasn't passed for my PC's plots to get started,
much less develop or conclude.  I am not grumping, mind you, since I did
need to take the time off for other reasons and having only three days pass
makes it much easier for me to come back- slip right into Simone's shoes.
Hardly anyone would notice this writer's absence.

I suppose it is about time to resurrect a few of the older plotlines.
Heheheh!    O_o  *rubs hands together, gleefully*   We should do our very
best to make Machiavelli proud!  Hear, hear!

Mitzie
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