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[Atrophied]

ItWasntMeISwear: Just curious, you haven't explicitly stated where you are getting this information? Could you enlighten us?

NB: Being a shill is extremely frowned upon here, if you're somehow behind the scenes, stop posting on this thread IMMEDIATELY. This is not my personal prejudice, it's one of the rules of the forum.

[ItWasntMeISwear]

To "clear the air" I will provide you with the following information:

Sent to Andy on 11/14/05:

[halfbakedbliss]

I sent him a pestering letter about what went down at the meeting, as it should of been yesterday evening.

EDIT: Check Vincent's AngelFire. Looks like our dear friend has been kidnapped.

EDIT DEUS: Sent a letter to Harrison.

[ItWasntMeISwear]

Just for completion purposes... the code on the page is a ROT.

[draghkar]

Michael is in a panic:

[ItWasntMeISwear]

[draghkar]

Sorry to give you the wrong impression ItWasntMe.. I have read your posts and I know what you tried, however, he hasnt come forward with all too much info. And the way I read your mails, is that you were an intermediate between michael and Andy.

I was just referring to the fact that he needs to spill info to us.. and us only..

D.

[halfbakedbliss]

vincent.kalakovSPLAThush.com does work!

[ItWasntMeISwear]

Drak: Dude, it was a joke. If I know one thing it's that everyone reads everyones posts.

[draghkar]

Has anyone wondered why the link on vinces page points to:

http://www.angelfire.com/in4/infinite_1/forums.unfiction.com/forums

Does this mean its a warning that he monitors the forum? That we should be careful posting what has been said? I know that the PM is not allowed to interfere and so on, but how far can the rules be bent?

What do you guys think?

Greats,

Draghkar

[ItWasntMeISwear]

It is an "unwritten rule" that if you are the PM that you check to see how players feel about your game. And since you really can't ask them without breaking the curtain, the only other way to accomplish that task is by checking the forums in order to get a "feel" for how things are going. Even the "AOTH" PM's admitted to doing this.

I must say that I've never really experienced someone acknowledging the forums "in-game", and there are two stances that can be taken:

1) That if the line between reality and non-reality is to be blurred then one must accept that this forum exists, and thus acknowledge it.

2) That the Puppetmaster choose to ignore this forum and keep the game within their made reality.

If a PM chooses to follow #1, then it would be customary for one to also acknowledge how one has come across the forum "in-game", not just provide acknowledgement through a subtle "hint". For instance, was he or she told? Has he or she planted a bug in our systems which track our movements once his or her site has been compromised?

Personally, I rather enjoy the second one myself. It's just realistic enough to work as a good excuse.

Whatever is chosen, it must make sense. That, my friends, is part of the game.

[halfbakedbliss]

[Atrophied]

OK, for clarification, the deal with forums is basically this:

1 - The unForums are completely OOG, anything discussed here (and not anywhere else) cannot directly influence the play of the game.

2 - The PMs may read what's happening here, but cannot post (this breaks the IG/OOG barrier (curtain).)

[Puppy_Zwolle]

I don't want to continue this Meta-discussion but I will anyway:

[Atrophied]

Yeah, basically, they can read what's written here, but cannot use that information in-game unless they can obtain it from elsewhere also. However, if they see that the game is going in a direction that they didn't intend, then they can subtly alter the flow (without referencing what has been said here).

It's a fine line, but as long as they don't blatantly say "As I saw at the unfiction forums...", quote from here, or use obvious references to the forums, then it's alright.

Well, that's my interpretation of the rule (having been here for just over a year). I don't know if it is explicitly stated anywhere, if it isn't, maybe it should be.

/me goes looking.

Edit: This covers the second point I made, but I can't find anything directly relating to the first one. Trust me though.. it's the generally accepted rule (having played through 4/5 games myself, it's the way things are done).