OK, there has been confusion in the world of role play, and that confusion lies in the definition of what role play IS. In "real life" it is people getting together to act out a scenario (game). Here, it is people acting AGAINST EACH OTHER, only in written form rather than face to face.Hence the MAJOR RULE: NO USING ANOTHER CHARACTER WITHOUT EXPRESS PERMISSION.
OK, now we get people running amuck with permission for others to use their characters. Traditionally, this permission to use another character was to cover times when the author was gone, whether for a short period of time, and extended one, or permanently. Now we have active people giving each other permission...
...and this strays beyond the boundaries of role play and into the realm of collaborative storytelling. So any active writers who wish to let other active writers use their characters, please write in the "Da Vincis and Hemmingways at the Pod" forum, which is for original stories. Collaborative stories would fall under that category.
Otherwise, let's please refrain from handing characters over willy-nilly (not to mention characters so new that a person wouldn't have a feel for his personality yet) unless the author plans to disappear for a bit.
And any authors out there who plan on disappearing, please state in writing who you would like to handle your character (if so); and if not, we'll muddle along without you as best we can!
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posted 05-27-2002 03:41 PM
posted 05-27-2002 03:45 PM
