Tracking because I love these kind of discussions. I'm glad you laid this sort of stuff out--a lot of these are cues I think I take unconsciously, too.

tracking this as well~

"Out of character" and "In character" are terms used in roleplaying to distinguish between the behavior of a character and the player of that character.



I am always in and out of character simultaneously in the forest, because brd is me. He is only different from me in that he is a human-faced stag in the forest. His feelings and thoughts are mine and mine are his.

I shake my head to mean I am not happy with what you (any deer) are doing.
I don't bother combining actions, but it's interesting to read that some others require it.

I like to sit by unfamiliar deer but often it seems to bother and ruffle them.

hm maybe also if someone constantly spams the headshake no... and if someone sits down and pretty much 'ignores' you?

...though... these two things are pretty much self explanentory as well... hmm *is not very helpful*


...for me it is that i tend to let my deer spam the headshake no... if i feel 'oocly pissed' xD and if that doens't help I either go airsitting somewhere... or disconnect for a few minutes.

I usually shake my head and sit down, my back to the character(s) that I am ignoring. I will walk away from spellspams or anything that bothers me and usually go sit by myself.

If someone particularly annoys me I can also get angry at that person and taunt, followed by shaking my head, but I usually would rather just leave where the annoying deer is.

In the few cases that these deer follow me I am more likely to disconnect, but I don't often want to or have to

aldebaran; Ahh yes, headspamming no is a definite tell.

Wingeddeer; Yess, your IC actions came across very nicely XD I felt very much that you were in character, although it'd good to hear it from you as a player, as well~

Panda; Oooh nice ones~ *adds*

mini; I've done the same thing myself to a couple people I suspected were trolls. I have no patience for that. Although realistically if they're trolls, they wouldn't understand the signals, so idk haha~

It's so hard to tell, isn't it?

Most of the actions listed here could very well be IC actions still.

Even airsitting... unfortunately. My deer once chased a deer who would airsit(even on nothing), and it was still IC(or so I took it, when I asked the player if my characters actions were bothersome). My character will airsit sometimes, or hide under the big rock at the playground, though I/my character are still purely IC.

The most clear sign is when the deer logs off. I've had this happen on more than one occasion. I never intend to chase someone off of the game, though I know that sometimes my deers actions can easily be taken as 'trolling'. - If the other deer logs off, I know something is wrong... and now, as sad as it sounds, is the only way I know the other deer/player isn't up for that kind of interaction.

If the deer has a bio up, and there is no warning there that it is an OOC deer, I automatically assume it is just that, a character, and it is being played ICly.

In short, it's just too hard to tell anymore... so I just play my character, and really nowadays... just restrict her to a certain group of other deer/players to avoid conflict in general. - I sometimes still get the courage to have her approach new deer, but it's becoming less and less.

I guess despite all of that though, airsitting in general would be the clearest sign...

Personally I think tapping and shaking head no can very much be something done IC. In fact I use that IC often enough. Usually I take signs such as airsitting on open air, bow + no, head shake no spamming, and No + Sit with back to deer/player as the most clear OOC actions. For the most part it has served me well enough and I find it the easiest way to know when to have Gustiro back down.

As of late, I've typically just moved off. Unfortunately, this sometimes ends up with me being chased, and then I'm forced to taunt and shake my head to get the point across.

I refuse to bow because I don't like bowing to someone that refuses to mind my personal space, and I hate head shaking, because it's such a "subtle" action, that I think most players would just ignore it, or not even see it. I've had a low tolerance for being close to anyone that's irritating me as of late. And I've had a low tolerance for standing still and motioning "No" to them. I just want to have distance between them.

^I read your siggy as 'make soup at gif(dot)com'.

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