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      Never use OOC information IC in any way. The best example I can give is... just because you can see someone�s name hanging over their head in the game, your character wouldn�t know that character�s name unless someone had told you in-game.

      Never assume someone will react in a certain way just because you think they should. Always give others the chance to react in their own way, and don�t get upset if the reaction isn�t what you expected.

      Any action you perform on someone else�s character, no matter what the action might be, should be phrased as an attempt. By making an attempt instead of just doing it outright, you give the character�s player the chance to consent to the action or avoid it if it�s something they�d rather not have happen to their character.

      Don�t try to be the center of attention all the time. Be polite and share attention with other characters. You aren�t the only one there to have fun, give everyone their turn in the spotlight.

      Give others time to react to you. One of the strangest things I�ve noticed in graphical online RPG�s is impatience. People will walk up, say something, wait about 0.0001 seconds and run off. The person they talked to would barely have had enough time to read what they said, let alone respond to it. This also happens in conversations. People will say something, wait a very short amount of time, then keep going as if they think the person they were talking to didn�t hear them or isn�t going to respond. In most cases, the other person was going to respond but simply wasn�t as fast as expected, and loses the chance because the conversation has moved on without them. There�s no need to hurry so much, just relax and enjoy the interaction.

      Avoid god-like abilities for your characters. Rping isn�t about who can make up the best super powers for their characters, it�s about the personalities of the characters. Any character that is ridiculously powerful or has a perfect personality is going to be fairly boring to RP with and will end up being mostly ignored by others.

      Never include someone else�s character in a written story that didn�t actually happen exactly as you wrote it without letting that character�s player proofread and approve the story before you post it.

These and the following pages were created by Katt V. for BuffyAnnieSummers. All characters are copywrited by their respective players/owners. This is a play-by-email RPG. We do not make money for this, it's just for our own fun. Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel were created and are owned/copywrited to Joss Wendon.