Metagaming is using out-of-character information to gain in-character advantages. Your character should only know what they have learned through in-character experiences.

Common metagaming examples:

• Using Discord/voice chat info in-game
• Stream sniping or watching others' streams
• Reading forums for IC information
• Using player tags to identify characters
• Coordinating through OOC channels
• Using knowledge from previous characters
• Meta-baiting (sharing IC info OOC hoping others use it)

What your character knows:

• Only what they've experienced personally
• What others told them IC
• Public information from IC sources
• Skills/knowledge appropriate to background

Separating IC and OOC:

• If you learn something OOC, forget it IC
• Develop IC ways to learn information
• Play your character realistically
• Don't create situations based on OOC knowledge

It's acceptable to use OOC knowledge to CREATE roleplay opportunities (going where RP is), but not to GAIN ADVANTAGES in existing roleplay (knowing who the criminal is).

First offense: Warning and RP void
Second offense: 3-day ban
Severe/repeated: 7-day to permanent ban