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Originally Posted by Seif_
Terrible explanation.
Factions depend on the RP server you join. Not every server has the same stuff.
The point of role play is playing a role of a custom character that you create, so that's what you do when you go in the server. Most role play servers use fuels for vehicles and you have to go to a fuel station to fill it up.
Role play is basically realism. You do what you think you would do in real life in your character's place and don't do what you wouldn't do in real life. It's like a virtual world, just on your screen.
In most servers, /o is for global OOC chat and /b for near-by OOC chat. Normal chat is IC. OOC stands for 'out of character', which means a message that doesn't interfere the role play. IC is in character, it's what your character says. /me is the action command, if you want to make an action, you use /me. For example: /me snatches his own necklace.
Powergame is overwhelming your character. Stuff that you can't do in real life. For example: /me breaks the cuffs with his strength.
Metagaming is using OOC information for your advantage. For example, name tags are shown for everybody. But in real life, there is no names on top of people's heads. In this case, you would read his name and call him by his name in the IC chat when your character never realistically knew your name.
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Excellent explanation, Seif_. Now, if you don't mind, I'd like to add a tad bit more to your powergaming definition.
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As Seif_ said, powergaming is basically doing things that are unrealistic. Something that Seif_ didn't tell you is that there is different forms of powergaming as I like to call it. Seif_ explained form 1, but the other form is one that most people forget about, or do not know of. It's when you force something upon someone. I'll explain this more into detail below.
Alright, say 'Roger' came up to you and is kidnapping you. Let's jump ahead and say it was role-played fine, yada yada, and now you're in his car, etc. Roger doesn't have a gun, but he's wanting to be in-control of the role-play situation (most people do, that's why they do this). So, he does something along the lines of, "/me reaches down towards his waistband, gripping the handle of his Glock-17, pulling it out.", but he doesn't ACTUALLY have the gun on him. That's a form of powergaming because I'm sure you'd role-play as if he actually does have the gun, and do things you wouldn't do if he didn't have the gun.
If you don't understand this, I'll try to break it down better for you.
