Dune III OOC Etiquette Guide

["Christian Gilmore" <cgilmore@research.att.com>]

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 (08-31-98)         | Dune III OOC Etiquette Guide |          Dune III 1.0
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There are certain rules (call them etiquette, manners, good form, or
whatnot) that have developed over the past half-decade or so of MUSHing.
They are not set in stone, but rather a set of guidelines that, if followed,
will tend to make you appear "clueful" rather than "newbieish" or, in more
extreme circumstances, obnoxious.

1) When roleplaying, never do anything to ruin other players' suspension of
disbelief.  For example, do not use make OOC comments (with an emitter or
otherwise) unless absolutely necessary (which is virtually never). If you
must interject OOC information and cannot do so by page or IC emit,
multipage is the least intrusive means of doing so. Never, never crack OOC
jokes in a scene.

2) This is a text-based medium. Use proper spelling and grammar. The only
exception is when your character ICly speaks with poor grammar. Even then,
limit your deviation to speaking, not posing.  Similarly, bear in mind that
text scrolls off screens rather quickly, especially in large scenes. Do not
spam. Ask yourself, "Is a 10-line pose really necessary in these
circumstances? Is anyone actually going to read my two-page description of
myself or rooms I build?"

3) Bear in mind other limitations of the medium.  People are not always
online at the same time, or have slow links.  It is hard to tell if people
are being sarcastic or not when you cannot see their face.  A good player is
always aware of these types of limitations and tries to avoid
misunderstandings that can result from them.

4) Do everything you can to foster RP, at all times. Over time, a MUSH can
develop OOC cliques which tend to chat rather than RP. Chatting is great,
but do it by paging, or at a chat MUSH, _while_ you RP.

5) When using @channels, be sure that your comment/question is posed to the
proper channel. The <Public> channel is the catch-all for any random
conversation you choose.



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