There's been some issues with metagaming, and I'd like to talk about it.
For those of you unfamiliar with the term, it's when a player user information their character does not have.
This can be something as small as knowing where a character lives from information in a Mood post, or avoiding another character because you've read they've been told to find you.
More importantly, it means hashing out scenarios in Chat. For example, if you ask me (West) in Chat if my character (Asa) will get pissed about your character doing something, that's going to have a direct effect on your decision. Your character has no idea how my character will respond until you do it. So when you 'what if' with another player, and get information which you use to base your character's actions on, it's metagaming.
There's a lot of stuff that is minor meta, that we overlook -- such as 'bumping into' someone to facilitate acknowledgement, etc. That's our fault if we've given y'all the wrong impression.
Metagaming is Bad And Wrong. It's the worst crime in RP'ing.
Long story short, in the nicest way possible: It needs to stop. If it continues, I'll either make Chat IC only, or start warning, then banning people.
This is to keep it fun for everyone. Anyone that's ever been the victim of metagaming will tell you: it's infuriating. I know for a fact, that there are people here that do not write Mood posts they want to write because they're afraid of being meta'd on.
Please, please, please do not hesitate to talk to an ST or ask questions if you're uncertain about something.