Conversation #8: Metagaming

Let me know what you think about this, we definitely had a lot of elaboration on this one so if you feel something is unnecessary and can be trimmed, or if something even needs to be elaborated on further-- let us know! And as always, keep it civil.

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Metagaming
Metagaming is the act of using out-of-game information in your roleplay.

This includes info gained from:

• Discord/Twitch Streams
• A video/text conversation conducted out of character
• Information from the #text-rp and #character-bios channels on the Discord
• Other external communications such as Discord, Teamspeak, etc
• Knowledge from other characters that you play as
  

On our server, it is expected that you learn about everything in character and never use anything outside of the game to benefit you, even if you feel like your story or roleplay would be better knowing the information you've heard out of character.

On the topic of using recordings for in character consequences:
Anything streamed or recorded cannot be used to punish the character in RP, for example if a cop wants to do something shady on stream only the people involved in the RP situation can report it from their own perspective.

If you are watching the stream or recording, the footage cannot be used against them in a roleplay scenario. Anyone can claim they are using bodycam footage, which in return can be used as evidence against someone in RP. However, streams and recordings can be used by staff to enforce server rules.