====== Glossary ======
Over the course of //Scoop!//, you may come across unfamiliar words or phrases. This page mainly contains out-of-character terms (primarily vocabulary used within the society to talk about our games and roleplaying), but there are a few in-character terms (terms which refer to things within the world of the game) as well.

======In Character Terminology======

===New Glabe===

The city in which the game is set.


===The New Glabe Gazette, or the Gazette for short===

The newspaper for which all player characters work.


======Out of Character Terminology======

===Ballgowning===

A term for roleplaying romantic or similarly emotionally intense relationships between characters. If you're interested in ballgowning with someone, be sure to get their OC consent first, and pay attention to their communication and comfort as ballgowning can be particularly intense.

===CAMPO===

The CAMPaign Organiser, the person responsible for coming up with the idea of a Society Game and consequently leading it. Our CAMPO is Isla.

===Downtime===

Downtime refers to the period of time between sessions, which will last a week in character. //Scoop!// does not use an email system, so Downtime will only consist of writing a Turnsheet. Our [[Downtime and Turnsheets]] page has more information on how this will operate.

===Eternity===

After the final session of //Scoop!// in Week 6, players will be asked to submit an Eternity instead of a conventional Turnsheet, giving an impression of what happens to your character after the game ends.

===Fluff===

A term for the non-mechanical and non-plot aspects of a game which add flavour and nuance. Think along the lines of character backstories, casual interactions between characters, and building up your personal narrative around the basic mechanics of the game.

===Game Moderator (GM)===

The people who play NPCs, write Turnsheet responses, keep the wiki up to date, and generally run the game. Please get in touch with us if you have any questions, or take a look at [[GMs and NPCs|our page]] if you'd like to learn more about us!

===In Character (IC)===

Information, events, places, and characters which exist in game.

===Non-Player Character (NPC)===

Characters played by the GMs rather than you, the players. You can look through the NPC list [[GMs and NPCs|here]].

===Out of Character (OC)===

Information, events, places and people which exist outside of the game.

===IC/OC divide===

The very important concept that you are not your character, the world of a Society Game is fictional, and that in-character conflicts and emotions should not be brought into the real world (and visa versa!). For more information, please see our [[https://scoop.oxfordrpg.com/cat_policy|Conduct and Acceptable Themes Policy]].

===Player Character (PC)===

Characters played by you, the players, rather than the GMs. You can look through the PC list (once they're submitted) [[Player Characters|here]].

===Player vs Player (PVP)===

PvP refers to conflict between individual player characters. PvP in //Scoop!// should be primarily in the form of workplace rivalries and tensions -- we do not expect any physical fighting in this game. 

===Player vs Environment (PVE)===

PvE refers to conflict between a player character and the world around them.

===Server===

The Discord server which hosts character creations and general questions for //Scoop!//. It has OC channels for general discussion, game rules and tech support. You can navigate between Discord servers using the leftmost Discord sidebar, where all the servers you are part of will be shown as square icons. The link to the //Scoop!// server is here: https://discord.gg/GF3PX9ME.

===Turnsheet===

A short piece of writing completed by players each week, used to let the GMs know what each player character is doing during Downtime. This will receive a 100-200 word response from GMs. You can find examples of Turnsheets [[Downtime and Turnsheets|here]].