Important Information In Regards To Server Policy Changes

[argonian 14254]

Why can't we just put up a disclaimer, say, "On this server there may be extreme blood and gore blahblah legal stuff blahblah" and keep the stuff we have now?

[Space 2335]

I don't know who to ask, but 2 of my posts got deleted. I got a warn fro the first one, because I said.... The non-slang word for a womans genatelia, but the second one... I don't know.

[Silent™ 552]

This is all quite simple to understand, you just have to look at it and think a bit. Don't go blurting out horrifying RP, that could terrify a small child. Just think about what you would normally RP, then dial it down a bit. Not so much that it seems childish and boring, but enough so that it still has good RP without going overboard.

It's as simple as that.

[Danny 2232]

My character, Boiendl. He use to run a Brothel, does this mean we can no longer speak of it, does this mean that this important part of his life is voided?

It means you will really have to shut down the Brothel.

This is the ONLY time I will ever do this but...

THIS IS BS- We should Roleplay HOW WE WANT TO ROLEPLAY- LEAVE US TO DECIDE WHAT WE WANT TO ROLEPLAY- We don't need to have a team of moderators to tell us how to ROLEPLAY, This is really just going against the idea of how I see the server.

You roleplay, or act out, a character. That's what I think. If you give us a sandbox and give us rules on what we can and cannot do in the sandbox, the people will hate you for it

You shouldn't roleplay "how you want to roleplay". If we did that - the server would have been shut-down long ago due to people performing inappropriate things. We have a duty of care over the minors in our community, therefore we will enforce roleplay regulations.

[~TheDerpyBeagle~ 63]

I can say this: When I was a kid, I knew about penises, vaginas, sex, ect (mind my language). I wasn't bothered by all this. And I think I can say the same for all of the younger audience in LOTC. We aren't all 5 years old, we can handle sexual things. If your feeling uncomfortable by RP going on, just kindly ask the guy to stop, and he should be mature enough to do it. I think you should have more faith in the maturity of this community. We aren't babies. We've all heard swears, know about genitals and all that. It's not that big of a deal.

As for violence, I think that is completely absurd. Characters like Knox are what would be seen in a horror movie. Now, I think we can all agree with me, as a guy generally not liking gore at all. What is scary to us about gore? Actually seeing it. I will be more disgusted and scared if I see blood coming out in a fountain from a guys body then if I see one of Knox's emotes, I will probably just say "That's gross" in my head and walk away. Again, we aren't babies.

People can be more sensitive about sexual things, of course, but I think most of us are mature enough to deal with it.

[Sprankles 4]

PAY ATTENTION to what is being said regarding violence. YOU CAN STILL PERFORM TORTURE AND THINGS SUCH AS THAT. You just can't do it in a manner of describing it to the extent that you'd actually see in a 18+ horror film. You CAN still disembowel yourself or others, decapitate and things such as that. You CAN perform cannibalism. You CAN eat other people's organs. You CAN do all these things.

That is allowed, that isn't the type of sexual references we were referring to. The type of reference that is banned is more describing or referencing to sexual acts, or what happened during a FTB.

I don't mean any disrespect when I say this but... Not describing things is called role playing badly. Less enjoyable ya know?

[DecoLamb 959]

PAY ATTENTION to what is being said regarding violence. YOU CAN STILL PERFORM TORTURE AND THINGS SUCH AS THAT. You just can't do it in a manner of describing it to the extent that you'd actually see in a 18+ horror film. You CAN still disembowel yourself or others, decapitate and things such as that. You CAN perform cannibalism. You CAN eat other people's organs. You CAN do all these things.

Yes.. you can Danny.. but.. You can't help but be graphic. Torture itself IS GRAPHIC. A simple addition of a few numbers to at least seventeen would fix this. I mean come on.. doctor who has a higher rating than this..

And isn't this a server that strives for intricate, minute details? It's the small things that MAKE IMPACT. And if you pay attention to what people are saying.. we understand why the rating is there, we PARTIALLY agree with it. But you are also asking people to heavily change a style they have been using for a year or more. You're asking us to radically change not only our characters...

But ourselves..

Something nearly impossible for most. We can't do that. Not on the fly. A simple raise to 17 would take care of this. It isn't that hard for a child to ask their parent for something that is a little above them. I was watching Silence of the Lambs at 12, because I asked my father. Don't change us when we the players are fine, don't kill our villans, don't kill our roleplay. Just add a few dang numbers for fleece sake and you've made it a decent medium.

And don't say the 'well that's too high a number I'm not 17!' I bet you still look at porn even though you're not 18. I'm also very sure that there are a lot of people here that drink that aren't 21.

[MetaSolaray 242]

So in other words, instead of exploring the realms of detailing and experiencing the foundations of developmental roleplay through sexual (Done RIGHT, not prono everyhwere you go) emotional and physical tensions and detailing...

"Cannibal eats the person"

"Knox tortures the person"

"Meta swings his sword and cuts the person...instead of blowing up in half into a fountain of blood like normal science, he explodes into flowers and glitter...also sparkles..."

This is medivil fantasy, getting hit by SOPA censorship.

[Goldd 126]

I am completely fine with he whole ftb thing, but here are some points I would like to make on violence:

-You just practically killed The Perfectionist and Knox which makes my heart super sad!

-How is writing violence in CHAT going to scare anyone? o.o

-I am quite sure children play Black Ops, which is rated mature I think, they can handle it.

-It is an absolute matter of maturity.

[Danny 2232]

In no way has the Perfectionist or Knox's roleplay been cut - neither of them breach the specific levels at which we cap the violence level at. This cap on violence isn't new. No character that is being played currently, breaches this cap.

[Song Druid 1486]

Stupid questions coming from everywhere in an attempt to make this change look malicious or bad, or an attempt to "suppress your freedom to RP", it's very funny to watch.

Regardless of what you think it does, here are the facts:

1. The server has always advertised itself as a server for all ages.
   
2. The server has always had incredibly graphic violence/sexual content.
   
3. The above 2 do not go together, and frankly without rules/guidelines covering them it's a lawsuit waiting to happen because of the sheer amount of players we have.
   

Seriously, or we could keep it the way it was and force all people under the age of 15 to leave. It doesn't matter, none of your arguments make any difference whatsoever because something had to be done. Literally, complaining about it does nothing but make us aware of an already difficult decision. The consequences were obviously anticipated. Get over it and learn to adapt and you will certainly be able to RP well without needing to graphically eat somebody's organs out of their torso.

[Tentoa 3160]

To be honest, What of the character's whom have made VA's and such based around torture, what of villains like The Perfectionist, Knox, or Sprat? Honestly I don't care about the sexual bits, they make people too obsessed with them in roleplay. However violence should stay, this ruins characters including one of my own: Majora. Whom I go into detail with during torture, honestly I think this is just candy-coating RP and making 'safe for everybody'. Well you know what? Screw those who can't take a little bit of violence. I think Stephen Fry put it best: "That offends me." "Well who cares?" (Censored as not to offend, ironically.) Next thing you know, IC racism is gone, psychopathy is gone, and everyone is a Disney villain.

[Space 2335]

Stupid questions coming from everywhere in an attempt to make this change look malicious or bad, or an attempt to "suppress your freedom to RP", it's very funny to watch.

Regardless of what you think it does, here are the facts:

1. The server has always advertised itself as a server for all ages.
   
2. The server has always had incredibly graphic violence/sexual content.
   
3. The above 2 do not go together, and frankly without rules/guidelines covering them it's a lawsuit waiting to happen because of the sheer amount of players we have.
   

Seriously, or we could keep it the way it was and force all people under the age of 15 to leave. It doesn't matter, none of your arguments make any difference whatsoever because something had to be done. Literally, complaining about it does nothing but make us aware of an already difficult decision. The consequences were obviously anticipated. Get over it and learn to adapt and you will certainly be able to RP well without needing to graphically eat somebody's organs out of their torso.

Content is generally suitable for all ages. May contain minimal cartoon, fantasy or mild violence and/or infrequent use of mild language.

That is the ESRB for E for everyone. We are not an E server, I don't think anyone has ever said we were.

[Baconthief 682]

It's easy to see when sexual roleplay goes too far; however, violent roleplay isn't. What is too violent is hgihly subjectable to the individual. In my formative years I grew up watching terrible horror movies, I am unsure what the breaking point for the level of violence is. Also with dealing with what is deemed as overly violent roleplay, will there be more leniancy for it(compared to sexual). Since what is too violent is the same for each individual, I am hoping there would be less harsh punishments, at the very least.

[Wretched 2075]

In no way has the Perfectionist or Knox's roleplay been cut - neither of them breach the specific levels at which we cap the violence level at. This cap on violence isn't new. No character that is being played currently, breaches this cap.

Duly noted.