Crusades

[foul_temptress]

This weekend a system I have played for four years ended with a bang. I really enjoyed going through the system and playing with new people.

The system has some issues I hate like the players lack of ability to stay IC as this rubs off and I end up annoying myself but this isn't a ref issue but a player one.

Oddly, although this was a great event it

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[sarahlascelles]

I found the dropping Oc to be an ongoing problem with Crusades, and as you say, its contagious. Its hard to stay IC when someone is OC right in your ear...

[foul_temptress]

It happened at Jade Empires as well, not as much but I think its to do with the players.

[sarahlascelles]

yeah I agree. Some of the caliphate players (the ones who spent a lot of time lurking round the fire) are bad for it.

[nattydreadi]

Doesn't help that one of the Refs has a habit of chatting OC to his mates while roleplaying is occuring nearby. It's a game culture thing and the refs know about it, and try to resolve it but I think that the group of players are so set in their way of doing things it'll be hard to shift.

Saying that, I find it nigh on impossible to stay IC if I'm RPing with mates, I'd suspect any one individual there would be awesome at staying IC if in an unfamiliar group.

[sarahlascelles]

No, that doesnt help. I always got the impression that some people basically wanted the 'sit around drinking beer, occasionally hit stuff" model of LRP.

[nattydreadi]

Nev and I were talking about this last night, it seems that IC occurs when there is a 'scene' or event to respond to, be it talky or hitty.

[sarahlascelles]

*nods*
Some of the extra plot my group grabbed was because we did more than respond to the scene...

[foul_temptress]

That said, there are some cracking players and I would play with some again in a second.

[sarahlascelles]

There were, the majority of them were very cool folk.