Discussion for 'Quit OOC'

[Morgenes]

Use this for discussion of the Quit OOC change.

[RogueGunslinger]

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[Gilgamesh]

Awesome. Simply awesome.

[Malken]

Nice.

[musashi]

I hate this change and feel it nurfs rangers and will lead to the destruction of the game as we know it, and stuff.

Nice job guys!

[Delirium]

lol, I came here to post the carlton dance. Awesome...

[Taven]

Everybody else is also saying this, but this is really great. Thanks for adding it! 

[Cutthroat]

I think this strikes a nice balance between both sides of the "quit anywhere" argument that formed on the GDB, which were basically "this is a game, we should be able to leave it whenever we want" and "quitting anywhere is open to abuse". It gives players freedom to leave in an emergency and accountability as well. Thanks.

[ghostymudy]

If only I'd seen this earlier.. I missed a bus today and had to walk because of quit rooms.

Edit: It was posted a short while after I left the house. I'm so lucky.

[AmandaGreathouse]

This might well be one of the few game changes that go in to unanimous player love/agreement.

Greatest change recently. There's been a lot of good, big ones ever, so recently, but definitely a great change/addition.

[timb]

What will be looked at as abuse of this? Say someone now starts to find a need to use it once or twice in a real life week, is that too much? Once or twice a R.L. year?

[RogueGunslinger]

Case by case.

[Morgenes]

We are looking for persistent abuse.  We specifically didn't put timelines on it.  But we will be looking for things like using it to simulate a ranger and quitting out every other time with it.  Reasons like 'because' aren't going to be regarded kindly.  You don't have to go into details, but please don't abuse it.

[Marauder Moe]

It does seem a little light on guidelines for proper usage.

Is it abuse to be like ">quite ooc Munchies!"?  ">quit ooc Past bed time."?  ">quit ooc Bored"?

Like timb asked, what's the expected frequency of usage?  A few times a week?  Once a month?  Almost never?

[kayza]

quit OOC Wife said it's business time!

[Nyr]

This would be abuse:

[Bogre]

I like this, as it lends it self to my kind of times (quit ooc there's a surgery going on). I'll probably have to self-limit though, as it might be a temptation to say, "Oh, I've got like 10-15 minutes, why don't I hop in game," when there's a high likelihood of needing to jet off quickly IRL.

[Spoon]

I'd be interested to know the answer to timb's question.

I assume the way this has been implemented people are not supposed to be changing their habits in any way due to this addition (eg. going out into the wilderness when they have 30mins playtime with the safe knowledge they can quit anywhere).

I think more guidelines would be helpful. Is it something staff expect people to using sparingly, if at all? I just have a feeling at the moment 'ooc reasons' might get stretched as far as they can go.


edited as everything else was answered already...

[Morgenes]

I'll quote 'help quit':

> quit ooc RL emergency gtg

We don't want to set a guideline for how often.  Use it as often as you need it.  However we ask for you to plan accordingly and not rely on it.  

We also don't want to come up with a laundry list of acceptable ooc situations, but they should be beyond 'I don't want to bother playing by the rules'.  Don't use it because you're 'bored'.  Things like 'munchies' and 'played past bed time' is understandable.  Things like a friend/SO says, hey lets' go grab some food, and rather than having to tell them that you need to walk 15-20 minutes to find a safe spot, you can use it.  Things like 'your pet just pooped on the floor', a-ok.  See...I said I didn't want to write a list and I started writing one.  

Simple answer is use your best judgement.  Use it if you need it to not miss the bus.  Try not to make it a habit.  Real life should come first, this code was intended to make it easier for people with less time, or more accident prone to help out.  We won't yank it from you if you're using it all the time because you have a string of bad luck.  Similarly, we won't pull it for something we deem questionable the first time you do it.  We will remove it if we see a pattern of abuse, and after talking to you about it you still continue, we will remove it.

Edited to highlight a guideline that I think I see being asked repeatedly here.  'plan accordingly and not rely on it'

[timb]

I like it because shit happens and I've messed up thinking I'd have time to get into things then three hours later needed to go and had to wish up; Kids break their arms or the neighbors window, dogs run away and bite something or someone.
I figure I'd be likely to use such a thing a couple times a year at most.

Glad I wont have to deal with someone who is butt hurt when called on using it too much,  thinking all the reasons were good, buddy dropped in with beer, had to run to the store really quick, etc.

edit - Didn't see the last post, that clears it up a lot for me.

[Maso]

I think this is awesome. Being flexible to RL needs definitely a plus, and I'd like to think our playerbase is mature enough not to abuse.

Plus will save staff a bit of time, reducing wish ups for these kinds of situation.

Thanks guys!

[Malken]

quit ooc SHIT'S ABOUT TO GET REAL, CALL 91

[Case]

nobody gonna pk me now

[evilcabbage]

cast 'wish all this chick cheated' case

[Lizzie]

How many false labors does Boog get to use? I think you should all keep track.