IC and OOC Areas

In various places in Black Gazza you will find big signs, red on one side and green on the other. The red side indicates that you are in an OOC area; crossing the sign you will enter an in-character area.

In an In-Character area, please make all your public speech be in-character: be a prisoner, guard, visitor, spy, or whatever. If you must speak out-of-character, indicate that with parentheses or brackets. On an out-of-character area, you may be in-character if you want, but you can't demand it of anyone else.

When guards sweep the OOC areas for prisoners, they should explicitly ask for people interested in RPing, and not just grab any prisoner present.

Alts (Multiple Accounts)

You are permitted to use multiple accounts for different characters at Black Gazza. You don't have to tell anyone about it. As long as you're honest and don't use them as sockpuppets or for powergaming, there's no problem.

Text and Voice

You may use voice chat in role-play if all parties agree. Not everyone has voice-chat capability, so please be prepared to use text instead. Some people don't like to role-play using voice.

If you want to use voice, a headset is best. Adjust the mike so you're not breathing on it. Adjust the volume so you can be heard but don't overmodulate. (If the volume lights are in the loud half of the display and never turn red, you should be fine.)

Discrimination

No discrimination that unjustly precludes anyone else from playing. Just because someone is male/female/bi/gay/lesbian/trans/furry is no reason to tell someone to leave the facilities. No staff member of the prison will ever do this. If they do, report them to Lormyr Daviau or any Captain/Officer.

Guns and Weapons

This is a prison. While it is appropriate for bounty hunters to carry sidearms, they must be holstered when in the Lobby. The prison is a secure area, which means that no firearms are allowed. In a real prison, no one brings a weapon inside the secure area. Any weapons are checked in and locked up.

Guards and Medics may use sidearms such as...

• tranquilizer darts
• freeze ray
• nonlethal rubber bullets

Bounty hunters must check their weapons at Security. No rifles, shotguns, slug throwers, chain saws, phasers, tasers, disruptors, lasers or discombobulators. This is not a first-person shooter.

Pick-Up Roleplay

Most if not all of the roleplaying at Black Gazza is like pick-up games: there's no referee. Everyone agrees to abide by the rules even though no one (but the other players) is watching. If you don't follow the rules, then others will not want to play with you. Likewise, if someone doesn't follow the rules or you are not having fun, say so and leave the scene.