[quote=@RomanAria]
How is it any different than discussing and determining plotlines in the OOC, [@Earnest Evans]? Surely that too would be considered metagaming, because then the RPers know more than their characters and can manipulate their characters to achieve that end result.
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Discussing plotlines OOC is not metagaming. Taking actions IC to [i]follow[/i] what has been discussed OOC is metagaming.