Should I mention this EC?

Larentia
Sat, 16 Apr 2011 14:27:02 +0000

@lizphysicz
No, definitely not.
It’s like creating a story with other people - hence Greekfire’s suggestion of referring it to as “collaborative fiction.”

From Wiki:

Play-by-post games are usually written in the third person perspective. This allows the players (and gamemasters, if any) to write in the personas of their characters. This is the best way to separate the player character from the person playing the character (the typist), and it makes the game more readable. Sometimes online game terms such as OOC (Out of character) or OOG (Out of Game) are used to differentiate character vs. personal posting.

The first message posted onto a thread of that nature is usually one person laying down the scenario, starting a story about their character and inviting others. The thread then becomes an ongoing story in which players periodically advance the plot by reading the latest reply and then typing what their character does and how the environment changes in response. These replies are often open-ended so that other players can continue.

So, yes, I should change the connotation.