Delrof 381 Share Posted March 15, 2015 No! You may take our lives, but you will /never/ take our memes! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justinian De Bolbec 7 Share Posted March 15, 2015 I was joking around with my friend and he had a joke about weed while we were fighting in Roleplay so I made a joke about me being a suicide bomber, and I got banned.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesmellypocket 1859 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Islam, Christianity, etc. to many is worthy of satire. Why are some memes allowed but others not? Where do you draw the line? Not allowed to meme Nazis? Communists? Conservatives? Labour? The Israeli government? Hamas? UKIP? Democrats? REpublicans? Creationists? Scientology? People who believe in a slightly different model of biological evolution? SNP? Norse Pagans? The Daily Stormer, CNN, RT, BBC News? Feminism? Equalism? MRA's? Atheists? Agnostics? Diests? Shouting "Allahu Akbar" isn't even taking the mick out of Muslims, it's taking the mick out of extremist Muslims who bomb people. I would expect a "moderate" Muslim to join me in laughing at those sorts of Muslim, in the same way I expect Christians who are reasonable to laugh at Creationists-without fear of getting banned. If you think about it, joking about them is more/equally offensive to westerners, who have been ruthless Jihads called onto them for centuries, and still have terrorist attacks today. edit: I was the friend in tanner's scenario. I think it was stupid he was banned, especially since we had some decent RP going on, and had to stop and pause it midway, probably never to re initiate it. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ivory 4546 Share Posted March 15, 2015 this is some serious social justice warrior bs if you ask me!!! It has nothing to do with social justice whatsoever. It clearly is just cleaning up the undesirables and the annoyance they cause. Islam, Christianity, etc. to many is worthy of satire. Why are some memes allowed but others not? Where do you draw the line? Not allowed to meme Nazis? Communists? Conservatives? Labour? The Israeli government? Hamas? UKIP? Democrats? REpublicans? Creationists? Scientology? People who believe in a slightly different model of biological evolution? SNP? Norse Pagans? The Daily Stormer, CNN, RT, BBC News? Feminism? Equalism? MRA's? Atheists? Agnostics? Diests? Shouting "Allahu Akbar" isn't even taking the mick out of Muslims, it's taking the mick out of extremist Muslims who bomb people. I would expect a "moderate" Muslim to join me in laughing at those sorts of Muslim, in the same way I expect Christians who are reasonable to laugh at Creationists-without fear of getting banned. If you think about it, joking about them is more/equally offensive to westerners, who have been ruthless Jihads called onto them for centuries, and still have terrorist attacks today. edit: I was the friend in tanner's scenario. I think it was stupid he was banned, especially since we had some decent RP going on, and had to stop and pause it midway, probably never to re initiate it. I don't think it has anything to do with how much saying "allahu ackbar" offends people. I think it has to do with how the server's legitimacy is deteriorating because you have people spewing retarded things that have nothing to do with roleplay at hand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeypoacher 8055 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Yeah I'm kinda sick of people using memes in character. Thanks fam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mylimo7 409 Share Posted March 15, 2015 You guys waste an entire meeting focused on one subject and in stead ignore the dozens of "Noted" feedback threads piling up in the archive? Most of these topics don't even need much of a discussion, just a yes or no. At this point, nothing productive is ever going to be acomplished. And why is the GM team making these decisions and not the Administration? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesmellypocket 1859 Share Posted March 15, 2015 It has nothing to do with social justice whatsoever. It clearly is just cleaning up the undesirables and the annoyance they cause. I don't think it has anything to do with how much saying "allahu ackbar" offends people. I think it has to do with how the server's legitimacy is deteriorating because you have people spewing retarded things that have nothing to do with roleplay at hand. "or using it in an OOC context to devalue their beliefs, for your own personal joke." Ahem, I believe you are contradicted. Clearly, ooc use has little to do with this. And besides, it is retarded when no one new is even at the RP, no one was even there except me and my friend. It did nothing to the legitimacy of anyone. In the end, people are here to have fun...I mean, how does a slight, single statement like this really have any effect? When there is a quick joke, and then move on with RP, there is little issue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles_Grimlie 1072 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Well, now the Caliphate has one less statement to add to their cultural jargon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireheart 2777 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Oh no!! What ever will I do?! *sarcasm* None the less, thank you for publicly addressing this rather than having players kicked or banned for what they view as a clouded reason! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyndikate 2303 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Oh yes, thank you. I find it sad that you actually have to explain it to them. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ivory 4546 Share Posted March 15, 2015 "or using it in an OOC context to devalue their beliefs, for your own personal joke." Ahem, I believe you are contradicted. Clearly, ooc use has little to do with this. And besides, it is retarded when no one new is even at the RP, no one was even there except me and my friend. It did nothing to the legitimacy of anyone. In the end, people are here to have fun...I mean, how does a slight, single statement like this really have any effect? When there is a quick joke, and then move on with RP, there is little issue. I think it's dumb to ban it just because it offends people, it should be banned simply because it is absolutely useless. It clearly isn't a matter of what you and your friend do alone if it is being publicly addressed via announcement. That's the problem. If it was alone, and kept quiet, I'd be fine with it. It is not however, and has become a problem that needed to be remedied. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moot 1719 Author Share Posted March 15, 2015 You guys waste an entire meeting focused on one subject and in stead ignore the dozens of "Noted" feedback threads piling up in the archive? Most of these topics don't even need much of a discussion, just a yes or no. At this point, nothing productive is ever going to be acomplished. And why is the GM team making these decisions and not the Administration? I'm not sure if you're aware, but it was before mentioned that we went through the feedback, hence why it's noted. It was discussed during the GM meeting most recent to that announcement... It's also worth mentioning, that was not in fact all that was spoken about in the meet, and a list was actually compiled. Things such as a skype log discussion, banning players due to PMs, revision to combat rules, which will come with a newly revised rule list, ect, ect. Menarra and Urasept were also at this weeks meeting, and discussed these same topics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Boiendl 1454 Share Posted March 15, 2015 With memes and humor now sapped from the server, it is time that I depart for I am a meme. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyndikate 2303 Share Posted March 15, 2015 I don't even understand why you guys are complaining on such a trivial topic. Are you mad that you can't play Mohammed in a turban and spam /s "Allah Akbar" in front of other players who in the middle of serious RP? What I find sad is that the staff had to resort to doing that because of selfish immature players who should have common sense to know that they shouldn't do it. If you guys find that it's hurting your gameplay, it says a lot about your toxic behavior. Grow up and start being considerate of other people around you and think about the image your actions place on the server you play on. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delrof 381 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Tbh if you're gonna ban memes and allahu akbar'ing then you should ban anime based characters because it offends me and it also disrupts my serious roleplay.. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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