Ravenloft: Prisoners of the Mist

Public (OOC) => Announcements, Updates and Status => Topic started by: Talek on May 27, 2014, 12:53:52 PM

Title: The hypocrisy of metagaming
Post by: Talek on May 27, 2014, 12:53:52 PM
Hello all,

Metagaming is using OOC information as if it were IC. One of the most popular examples would be knowing a character is in a secret faction OOCly and stating it through your character ICly even though they would have no idea... or even more subtle would be to start an investigation/being more suspicious around them despite having no reason to do so.

It can be a hot topic... and when a player reports to the DM Team that they believe they've been metagamed: we must talk to all parties involved and rule on a decision based off their answers, followed by an attempt to 'clean up the mess' if IC interactions/stories have occurred based on the metagaming.

So, most of that you all should know.. or at the very least: are now aware of. But there are many other sides of metagaming that are an issue if we determine that there wasn't any metagaming involved. For example:


The above points do actually happen, especially the first one. Granted there are perfectly valid cases of metagaming out there that get resolved but the other side of metagaming needs to be noticed and rectified should it ever occur.

Remember that metagaming is like telling a friend the ending of a book or a movie. No one likes that person... don't be that person.

(Thanks to a member of the Community Council for bringing up this Point of View)