Where do You draw the Line in Terms of Acceptable R.P.?:

[Cobalt Manticore]

Just in this Last year, I've noticed

Borderliney TOS Violations

• Ad hominem attacks
Excessive and inappropriate Sexual content

• Tell me if this is In-Character Role-Play, why is it Gaining in Popularity?
What kinda Island is This turning Into?

Just tell me How things are going to Be here and I'll plan accordingly.

I'm here to play and have fun

• Not Log in to Wake up under a Pile of gross Juvenile verbal attacks

or Lewd and Suggestive RP

• So much Gaybashing and I'm Not even Swinging that way

Ya wanna Swing at me, then swing a Melee weapon, drop some RP Smacktalk or whatever
[/list]but Leave me outta your Fantasies more Suited for Offline or Elsewhere.

[DamFrawd]

  I admit I don't roleplay much. I don't mind a lil smack talking or role playing that fits the scenario, but the homophobic stuff just pisses me off. I'm your typical blue collar, strait laced construction type, but watching others bully or try to intimidate others via hate and stupidity kinda brings me to a boil.   I don't fall into the trap of engaging them, I prefer to just kill em.
 
 
DamFrawd
 

[oath2order]

I've been lucky in that I haven't seen much of that. I also haven't been around people all too much, so there is that. There's a bit of smacktalking, and the most I do for a revenge kill is something like "YOU." and then pew pew pew.

[Cobalt Manticore]

I tries to keep to the high road and not stoop.

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In the past, I'd just check the https://www.shartak.com/terms.html and then https://www.shartak.com/feedback.cgi if necessary. Call it whatever you will, I get enough of that crap out in the "real world".

[Dani]

Well, it wasn't me. I'm surprised and sorry to hear that, though, albeit this thread is a year old. Drama was common when there were more of us to cause trouble on the island.

In hindsight, it would have been a good idea to have some kind of orientation or workshop on how to roleplay with courtesy for others. This was the first roleplay heavy game that I played, and I can think of several times when I behaved inappropriately on the pretense of it being in-character. And other times when I didn't maintain character/player separation very well, and that led to a lot of hurt feelings.

As sad as I was to lose the old forum threads, which were truly unmatched in creativity from some remarkable players, I was glad that it also erased the black spots that Cobalt alludes to, RP gone too far, etc--to say nothing of what it was like before my time, when Shartak was still young and people carried the natives vs colonials theme a little too far.

I check back now and again. Nice to see the old stomping grounds, even emptied.