I agree with most of what you've said and as a general picture I agree entirely.
However. For every rule there will be an exception. You mention that having your character leave the room (or place) shouldn't be done unless you're leaving the scene. As a general rule of thumb I couldn't agree more, but sometimes you can do it when you're pretty sure people will follow you if you do. Only you have to be willing to accept that they might not and then you removed yourself.
Also I would like to add something to your statement that there are no game masters in Online RP. I agree in some measure. However I would assign the person who starts a thread a role not unlike that of game master. Most threads you can tell if they have a point already or are just open threads. If an opposition is introduced by the beginning then the thread has a point and in that case I assume the one who started the thread has an idea of where they want to go with that. And then I think it is important to let them be the 'window' as you say it, to that aspect. Barging in then with too many of your own conflicts could seriously derail the thread, so in threads like that I tend to either leave it up to the one that started it, or at least discuss it with them. It's their room in the doll house after all. How can I know how they decorated it before they tell me?
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Date: 2010-04-14 12:53 pm (UTC)However. For every rule there will be an exception. You mention that having your character leave the room (or place) shouldn't be done unless you're leaving the scene. As a general rule of thumb I couldn't agree more, but sometimes you can do it when you're pretty sure people will follow you if you do. Only you have to be willing to accept that they might not and then you removed yourself.
Also I would like to add something to your statement that there are no game masters in Online RP.
I agree in some measure. However I would assign the person who starts a thread a role not unlike that of game master.
Most threads you can tell if they have a point already or are just open threads. If an opposition is introduced by the beginning then the thread has a point and in that case I assume the one who started the thread has an idea of where they want to go with that. And then I think it is important to let them be the 'window' as you say it, to that aspect. Barging in then with too many of your own conflicts could seriously derail the thread, so in threads like that I tend to either leave it up to the one that started it, or at least discuss it with them. It's their room in the doll house after all. How can I know how they decorated it before they tell me?