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[[File:Off-game hand-sign.png|thumb|Fist on head to indicate that the player is not diegetically present.]]Several hand gestures or signals have been in use in the nordic Nordic larp scene (and elsewhere, perhaps universally) since at least the 1990s, and spread organically over time. A common one being forming a "T" (for ''timeout'') with the hands or raising a fist above the head. The "timeout" sign is most often used by players engaged in diegetic conversation when they either need to ask a non-diegetic question or convey important non-diegetic information to the other player somewhat discreetly. The fist over the head is commonly used to indicate that the player is to be ignored, ie is not present diegetically (for instance if a "dead" character needs to move somewhere encountering other players on the way).

In some nordic Nordic larps, especially geared towards international players, the symbol has simply been replace with the text "''OFF GAME''".

Sometimes during the course of the larp a player might need to ask another player something out of game discreetly and then quickly return to playing by using a code word - often in conjunction with a hand signal such as timeout. This has for instance been used to convey some diegetic effect that is not obvious (''"You have been poisoned"''), to ask for knowledge that the character would know but the player might not or any other non-diegetic information that cannot be easily conveyed diegetically (eg e.g. ''"I'm an organizer and I need to get out of this scene because I have important things to do"'' or ''"You might recognize me as a character I played previously but I've actually switched characters"'').