The spirit of Chat Whisper,
is a chat site, where good people, can come together, and have
good fun, with a minimum of hassle and stress. In short, it
is a 'no nonsense' environment. In concert with this, is our
roleplay ideology.
In the most general of terms, we look at each person who chats
here, as a real, live, breathing person. We expect that people
will treat each other accordingly. The fact that we might role-play
a fight together, a war, or other things that are part of role-play
storylines, does not change the fact, that around here, the
person counts for more than the play.
Roleplay is a cooperative exercise among chatters here... a
way to enjoy an escape from the hassles of the real world. You
'win' at our style of roleplay, by simply having fun with good
friends, and making good friends in the course of having fun.
They may be friends you never meet in real life... you may never
even get to talk to them on the phone. But they may still be
friends that last a lifetime.:)
Here, moderators do not draw a distinction between the character
and the individual. Everyone that chats here, is expected to
be an adult, and to be fully accountable for their actions in
our rooms. They'll help you and provide tips to aid you in fitting
in to the picture... and they'll also make sure that nobody
tries to use 'valid roleplay' as an excuse to just make others
miserable by breaking our conduct rules or their spirit.
If there is a problem, moderators will evaluate the entire
situation and deal with it accordingly. On Gor, the moderators
are usually the room leaders.
Some roleplay guidelines to help you operate in
the spirit of Chat Whisper...
- Review the rules of the room you
are about to enter. This includes conduct rules, role-play
rules/assumptions, and combat rules.
Each site and each room has its own expectations. Operate
within those expectations... not just by the letter of the
rules, but their spirit as well.
- If a realm allows you more than
one character to play within it, do not abuse this privilege
by being deceptive or causing trouble using this role-play
tool. (A note.. Online Gor does not permit a chatter to have
more than one character at a time!)
- Stay in the context of the realm in your role-play interactions.
On Gor, it would be 'breaking the theme' to show up on
a horse, toting a 45 and shooting up the place.
- Real life based conversations... most of our rooms do NOT
prohibit inhabitants from just talking about each other's
real life.
That said, please know when to confine such conversations
to PM. If a major role-play storyline is going on... that's
not the time to be publicly talking about that brand new
car you bought today in the room. Just take that conversation
with your friend to Private Messages. That's why we keep
the PM feature open to you... so everyone can use the same
chat space for their enjoyment at the same time.
- Be cooperative with one another.
If roleplay is going in a totally wrong direction for you,
find a compromise with the people you're role playing with.
IF for some reason, there's a problem finding an acceptable
compromise, involve your room leader..
The room leader will assist in these cases. (Most 'glitches'
in role play, are hashed out in PM.) Also... if you see
that your role playing partner(s) are finding difficulties
in the roleplay... be open minded to help them out. Maybe
it's going in a direction they're not wild about, maybe
they're confused. Use that PM feature to help iron those
things out so everyone can end the role play interaction
on a positive note. (i.e. have fun)
- Do not partake in 'Kamikaze' roleplay.
Kamikaze roleplay, is where you just charge on in your
great adventure without any forethought, or regard to the
upheaval you might be causing. If you're going to raid the
Tuchuks, it pays to send a scout ahead to peek to be sure
the Ubar isn't speaking to His people about a problem that
needs a solution, or an FC ceremony or something else.
Be courteous... be positive... think ahead, and make sure
your roleplay that you want to kick off, is going to be
a blessing, rather than a curse to those who will wind up
involved. It's a losing deal, if everyone involved fails
to have fun.
- Not all rooms on Chat Whisper are 'roleplay' rooms.
Obviously, rooms in Gor, and Amber Woods and so on, are
roleplay rooms. However, there are rooms where roleplay
is NOT a focus. The reality rooms come to mind immediately.
BDSM rooms here, also come to mind. There may be 'superficial'
trappings of roleplay, but these are more like lifestyle
rooms.
Feel free here on Chat Whisper, to log in
as an Observer by appending an "~O~" to the end
of your handle when entering a room or realm on our site
that you're not familiar with. Observe and if you have questions,
ask the senior person in the room. (Hint... they'll usually
greet you and identify themselves to you and invite you
to ask questions you might have while you enjoy observing
the room)
- Remember at all times... real life always comes first. Here
on Chat Whisper, it is customary to support this truth, and
to encourage each other to tend to real life issues first
and foremost. After all, how good can your online time be,
if you're not paying your bills, taking care of your family,
and doing what you need to, to have a good real life? It's
hard to chat, if you can't pay your bills and be healthy with
a good home life.
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