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They say Krug was cursed with tusks and green skin because he violated the natural order this way.

I wish to play as Grom'aglûp, Grommash's merchant son who uses his large nose to sniff out the finest wares to grow his father's fat money-sac. His character flaw is his homosexuality, a taboo in the orcish kingdom as it does not often result in offspring.

"Light rain." Bluto pulls from the sleet-clouded window to spit a globule of phlegm and ale into the flagstone tiles of the Tunnelsmasher longhouse. "Must be those sick 'umri bastards."

"Theh' say them Veletz umri control t' banks. And t' weather." opines a malcontented Bluto Tunnelsmasher. "Wit' their machines and wily ways."

A wizened elf, long cloistered in a tower, stares at a fast-moving facial glyph to titrate its noospheric powers. "Thy portenous portly sphereings do sear my eyeballs, sigil. Let your bolus of hexed flesh be gone from mine sight lest I rend each frame in flame." He traps the thing in a draw, the glyph rattling at the locks as if pleading in an unspoken tongue to break free.

A Tarhadian Cavalier-Marshal rubs his long-unspurred heels with a calloused palm. His memories of the tea-serving traditions of the Acaelanites knot his stomach. He takes another sup of his pipe, hoping the acrid smoke will serve as some unguent to his moral unease. "Blots ae grease awn all ae creation..."

"Good fer him!" opines Bluto Tunnelsmasher on the radical poet's choice of lifestyle.

[ An aged man, face so embossed by wrinkles and the patina of time that you can only discern that the grim reaper has forgotten about him, holds a tome before you. His robe hangs limp at his wrists, threadbare and loose — possibly older than the man himself.] [ After blowing the layer of dust from the tome's leather jacket, you look upon its gilt title. ] "The Big Bad Book of Slurs" [ Durst you open the book of every slur you are not allowed to say on Lord of the Craft? ] > [ Yes. Burden yourself with the knowledge of the forbidden and let the Gods judge you for it. ] > [ No. This is enlightenment rightfully forbidden by the divine.]

Most administration ban reforms are confused and rehashed ideas that barely worked for the previous administration's playerbase, let alone today's. The butch window-dressing of terms like "indefinite" and "administrative", the non-negotiables and red-lines may make the administration feel butch and in control, but it makes no difference to the players' perception of them. Until there is a behaviour policy (and admins that actually want one) that is flexible, rational and simple enough to cater towards a community the staff are part of instead of a community that the staff are moderating, people will keep being indefinitely banned for the vaguest of reasons. Any spreadsheet boxtick exercise will be delegated to admins to handle with the ease of an indefinite plan as heavyweight policies end up punishing moderators as they add more stress and workload that can easily be shirked by throwing cases upwards. If a server promotes indefinite bans, how confident is the server in helping the community learn from the mistakes of their peers? Threads like this don't happen because they see a player punished for a mistake and agree with the rationale. The server should have a policy that promotes enjoying the server and aims to cull the defiance and disruption that occurs through these disjointed and jarring policy schizophrenes. There is a huge social cost to using indefinite bans more often and only strengthens the divide between moderator and player. This obviously runs counter to developing and growing a community, let alone a community that has faith in the people running it. It has been nine months since the safety policy was promised. This is not just a cudgel to beat the Dusks of the server, but a necessary tool to change server culture into something more positive via a clear and concise community-facing reform. You can try to ban the bad apples, but it wins you a lot fewer friends than creating a culture where they don't grow. Do the players the kindness of making systems that promote a good server culture instead of trying to ban people that don't, it'll be a lot less stressful for everyone involved. But, uh, you're all young adults trying your best, right? That's why you're taking the easy way out and just gassing people post-fact without any serious changes in how these players are coming to the fore in the first place? Get it together. @rukiohiiiiiiiiii!!!!! ;3c

"Strange. I didn't see you at Southbridge!" Comments Hugh Bloom as he reads the blogpost. "If you are trying to be a mincing intellectual that can't hold a sword, I think you are three emperors too late. You are an anachronism, little poofter out of time. Take your wig off and put your cuirass on."

Imperial spymasters decipher the secret code

"as a proud canonist i dont believe in nonsenses such as a hell. only the seven skies, the ground below, and the void without. god does sinners all they deserve by giving them an eternal nothing. cheers." says brother micawber the judite priest as he totters around the swiss cheesed infernum of whatever the last map was called.