Message no. 1

From:	bluewizard@*****.com (Steven A. Tinner)
Subject:	Tim Out/OOC signals (was Re: Oh Dear, hate mail...:)
Date:	Sat, 21 Sep 1996 23:25:15 -0500 (EST)

>I also, had a considerable problem with OOC comments being made in the
>game, and various insults, actions etc, followed with the comment, "I
>didn't do that really!" After I got fed up with it, and started taking
>actions literally, based on what was said, including having the party
>munchkin shoot two players in the back (he *said* he was going to do it)
>the players now make sure I now they're OOC by using a very obvious time
>out sign.

We have a very odd time out sign in use among our team.
If you're speaking OOC, you must keep one hand on your head.
Likewise If you're using another language, you must hold your ear. Left for
Spanish, right for Japanese.
This gets pretty weird, when two members of the squad are conversing OOC,
two in a foreign lang.
They all look like they're giving baseball signals . . . :-)


FAMOUS LAST WORDS
"We're in an enclosed freight train boxcar, right?"
"Great! Then there's no way he can avoid the grenade I throw at him!"