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Out Of Character (OOC) and In Character (IC) chats

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It would be useful to have two separate chats to allow effective log-keeping in a game. Currently the chat box acts as a catch all (A good catch all mind you) for anything typed into the chat box, I would like two separate options for In character posts (Actions, spoken information, ECT.) and out of character posts (dice-rolls, comments about what is going on, player interaction, ECT.) Right now I am useing other programs to separate the chat but it would be fantastic if this feture was implemented, thank you.
You and your players could always use the /as command. It's great for role playing and it's very easy to see in the chat archive once you open it.  I keep my chat archive pretty clear. After each session, I open it up, make a copy of it into a .rtf text document, and then clear the chat log settings so it keeps the server cleaner and my games running faster. From there, if there is a player dispute or some sort of note I need to reference, I can just CMND+F and find what I'm looking for. Easy-peasy!
The problem with /as is that it causes the avatar image to not appear.
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Pat S.
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To keep ooc and ic text chat separate in my games, I run two different game rooms open in different browser tabs. It works but it is cumbersome that way for some of my players don't have dual screens and have to bounce back and forth between tabs. Having two text channels or more would make it wonderful for text chat gamers.
Jakob M. said: You and your players could always use the /as command. It's great for role playing and it's very easy to see in the chat archive once you open it.  I keep my chat archive pretty clear. After each session, I open it up, make a copy of it into a .rtf text document, and then clear the chat log settings so it keeps the server cleaner and my games running faster. From there, if there is a player dispute or some sort of note I need to reference, I can just CMND+F and find what I'm looking for. Easy-peasy! If I save the "complete web page" - that's work in-between sessions as well, yes?
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