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Your character is Ivan_Petrov, a taxi driver from Arzamas. Everything Ivan knows is IC. Everything you know while sitting there with your phone is OOC: that you have a test tomorrow, that your friend from Discord is standing around the corner, or that the passerby has a nickname above their head. This distinction is behind both HR questions and mutes for metagaming.
- MG / МГMetaGaming (metagaming)
Using OOC information that your character couldn't have obtained through IC means (information from real life, Discord, or another chat) in in-game chat.
Example: You saw a player's name above their head or learned their name on Discord and addressed them by name, even though the characters hadn't met. Exception: a one-off «?», «!», «))» or words like «skin», «donate» and «virts» in IC chat are not punished.
Punishment: Mute for 30 minutes · rule 2.18
- RP / РПRolePlay
Roleplay: the player controls a character and behaves as a person would in a real-life situation. A role also includes belonging to a faction: employees must follow the charter and act according to their position.
Example: If I’m a police officer, I play a police officer (HR department answer).
- IC / ИСIn Character
In-character information and actions related to gameplay and what's happening in the game.
- OOC / ООСOut Of Character
Information that's out of character and unrelated to gameplay (real life, Discord, etc.). In-game OOC chat messages use double parentheses (( )); there's a separate /n chat for OOC (NonRP chat), and radio channels use /rn and /fn.
Give these exact answers to the HR department
The introductory interview is the same for all government organizations: 8 questions, three of them directly about this topic. Here are the official answers:
- “What does IC information mean?” — “Information related to gameplay.”
- “What does OOC information mean?” — “Information that isn’t related to gameplay.”
- “What is Role Play?” — “Acting out roles. If I’m a police officer, I play the role of a police officer.”
Stick close to these exact words—they’re listed that way in the official answers on the forum. You can find the other five interview questions in the guide on the HR department answers page.
The RolePlay terms test on the forum, recommended for anyone applying to be a support agent or administrator, uses shorter definitions: IC is “in-game information,” and OOC is “real-life information.” The meaning is the same.
Keep OOC in OOC chat
The game has separate channels for out-of-character conversation. Everything else is IC, and every word there comes from your character.
| Command | What it does | Syntax | Who can |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gang chat (IC/RP) | /f [текст] | members of criminal organizations | |
| Gang chat (OOC) | /fn [текст] | members of criminal organizations | |
| OOC radio used to spy on gangs | — | by section: Government, by section: Help Center: joining the FSB, by section: FSB Commands | |
| OOC chat (out-of-character chat, asking admins questions) | /n [текст] | everyone | |
| Organization radio (IC/RP) | /r [текст] | government factions | |
| Organization radio (OOC) | /rn [текст] | government factions | |
| OOC radio used to spy on government factions | — | by section: Government, by section: FSB Commands, by section: Government Organizations | |
| Shout (can be heard from far away) | /s [текст] | everyone | |
| Whisper (only nearby players can hear you) | /w [текст] | everyone |
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/n— OOC chat, also called NonRP chat: questions about the game, “I’m lagging,” or arranging to meet;(( ))— an OOC aside in regular chat: “(( lost connection, I’ll be back in a moment ))”;/rn— the radio’s OOC channel for government factions;/fn— the OOC chat for gangs;- regular chat,
/s(shout),/w(whisper), and radio channels/rand/fare IC.
An agreement made in /n doesn’t exempt you from the game rules. Taking money as agreed in OOC chat and then leaving the game is scamming under rule 2.05: Ban for 15–30 days or PermBan.
Tell IC and OOC apart with these examples
- “My character has been serving in the Traffic Police (ГИБДД) for three months” — IC.
- “I’m 15, and I have a test tomorrow” — OOC; say it only in
/nor in double parentheses. - “/do There’s a Traffic Police patch on the jacket.” — IC: a description of what can be seen from the outside.
- “I saw you on the stream outside the mayor’s office” — OOC: your character couldn’t know that.
- “You’re John_Scatman, right?” on your first meeting, after reading the nickname above their head — OOC knowledge in IC, which is MG.
- “Send me the family’s Discord link” in regular chat — OOC in IC chat; use
/ninstead.
/do must always be truthful
/do is an IC tool for describing the surroundings, objects, and what your character sees or feels. Lying in /do is forbidden, even if it works against you—rule 2.10, Jail for 30 minutes or Warn. For examples of how to use /me, /do, /todo, and /try, see the RP scenarios page.
Don’t turn OOC into MG
OOC by itself isn’t a violation. It becomes a violation when OOC knowledge affects gameplay: that’s MG (MetaGaming), covered by rule 2.18, Mute for 30 minutes. The rules allow minor slip-ups: a single “?”, “!”, “))”, or standalone words like “skin,” “donate,” and “virts” in IC chat won’t get you punished. Repeating something from Discord in-game, using someone’s nickname instead of meeting them first, or acting on information from a stream is MG. For examples and exceptions, see the what is MG page.
There’s also the opposite problem. The forum’s list of terms includes Confusing Chat: using RP information in NonRP chat. There’s no specific rule with a punishment for it, but mixing up the chats in either direction is a sure way to confuse yourself and whoever you’re talking to.
Stay in character in your organization
In a government faction, IC also means following the charter. Employees must act out their roles and interact with other organizations according to the logic of the game (general regulations for government organizations, rule 1.02). The developers’ guide gives an example: during formation, only unit commanders report to the leader; regular members stay quiet. The /me, /do, /todo, and /try commands are required in an organization and recommended outside it.
Your character’s name is IC too. Nicknames must follow the Firstname_Lastname format in Latin letters, have no more than two capital letters, and avoid meaningless combinations like Super_Man (rules 4.06–4.10). The RP nicknames page can help you choose one that follows the rules.
