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they had no sense and the plotlines became more stupid, and additionally so
with people changing all the time, i.e. quitting the game or coming newly to
the game.
Yuri’s newest game is a Harry Potter RPG, in which she plays Harry.
It is her favorite so far, because it has more good players (i.e. players who
keep the game and protagonists in character), is better organized (and has
strict rules) and happens with a better frequency. The game is generally
played on AOL Instant Messenger, but is based in LiveJournals: A main
community journal is used to post logs or summaries of games between
players, or general notices by Hogwarts’ staff and headmaster; messages (or
“owls”) to other players are posted here as well, and sometimes the main
community journal will be used for play (by using LiveJournal’s “comment”
function to specific posts). Every player does have a journal for their
character(s), and this is used, as a regular journal would be, for personal
entries or specific messages to friends. The characters’ journals’ names as
well as their screen names for Instant Messenger are chosen to be reflective of
the character. The Harry Potter RPG is not a yaoi-game, but is yaoi-friendly:
the Harry that Yuri plays is not decidedly gay or straight.
There is also an OOC community journal, and often an OOC
community chat. OOC means “out of character,” and is a phrase in which
players may communicate beyond their character’s scope in general, and on a
more personal basis in particular. Yuri describes the function of this OOC
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