[quote=Jig]
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I'm not saying don't converse or plot stuff OOC, I'm saying you don't have to read the character sheet to do so.

Locking yourself was meant as in forgoing character development. I think the rest is moving away from 'should people read character sheets or not' discussion though.

[quote=Pachamac]
No, not at all. I don't require or expect people to read my CSes. Even if they did or didn't I would still read every other player's because again I think it's common courtesy and simple nicety. If they've gone to the effort of writing it out, then as someone who may be playing and rping with them it's a simple, nice thing to read their input and work.
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Common courtesy suggests a behaviour you would expect from most people. That's my gripe, not whether it's nice or not. 

[quote=Scout]
Well, Kestrel, I'm not saying that I need them to read it and tell me what i did right. But imagine an RP where the characters have spent years together training or practicing or becoming specialized in *something.* It would be entirely necessary to at least discuss what their relationship is, even if it's as small as "they barely know each other" - they would still know a little bit about one another.
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Which I covered when I mentioned mixing back-stories, yeah.