Just so we all know. From our friends at Urban Dictionary:


Godmoding

In a written RPG, this refers mostly to a player controlling another player's character without permission or trying to rewrite the plot to suit themselves. In written RPGs, the owner, ie the person who started the thread in the forum, has control of the plot unless he/she gives permission.

This is something often done by noobs.

(In an RPG set in the 50s)

Jane: Daisy walked into the diner and ordered a milkshake.
Noob: Immediately a man drove his tank into the front of the diner at warp speed, and started blasting off laser guns at everyone!
Jane: You idiot, that's godmoding!

(In the same RP a little later)

Jane: Daisy walked over to talk to her best friend, who was standing by the jukebox.
Noob: Daisy immediately slapped her friend.
Jane: Stop godmoding my character!



It's generally considered pretty rude. You can't say what someone's character is doing/has done - that's the character's player's job. So it's technically moding for Fistofpainx to say that Napoleon's character up and vanished.

I've noticed a little bit of Godmoding going on in this thread and in F-T's game too, so I thought it I ought to bring it up so we're all on the same page. It's just courtesy to the people you're playing, makes it more fun for everyone.