Swearing | Questions/Thoughs about it and RP

[TheJarl]

When you get sweared at ingame, it is hard NOT to take it oorply. I will agree that not allowing swearing has nothing to do regarding age restrictions or other such nonsense. Instead the rule is there to promote the mental well-being of the community. However if you get sanctioned for calling someone a mong IRP, you know a certain limit as to what counts as offensive/distasteful is reached.

This pretty sums up my thoughts on this. I understand that for some people it seems ridiculous to not be allowed to swear but I feel like it keeps the community 'clean'. There's always a lot of oorp hate going on in Disco, we all know that. There's got to be something to prevent everything becoming one giant mess. And the line between inRP and ooRP is thin.

Now you may agree with that, or disagree with that. But even if you disagree, I also don't think the rule really causes any trouble. I swear a lot in real life, sometimes perhaps even rather excessively. Yet not doing so on the forums and in-game has never bothered me at all. And I can inRP insult people really easily without resorting to profanity. In fact I feel like my inRP insults are often a lot more refined as I got to actually think of something insulting that applies to the other's character rather than using a few words all the time that can apply to any situation.

As for the words that are not really all that bad. I guess there could be a more relaxed attitude to that. However, I personally would still prefer to act against them in cases where they are used to personally insult someone. For me that's the main point behind many of the community rules: to prevent people from flaming, raging, mudslinging and attacking each other. So for mild words I'd say, more attention to the context could be given.

edit: these are my personal thoughts btw. Just talking here as a member, not as a moderator.

[pillow]

Children of under 13 aren't 'generally' supposed to be on the internet. Get over it.

it's not the children it's the overly-sensitive adult males that can't tell the difference between inRP talk and ooRP talk

The swear rule is absolutely retarded and whoever thought of it should be thrown out there into the world because he/she deserves to have a mountain of swears thrown at his/her face at light-speed.

[Unlucky_Soul]

In the end it's just a game not a !@#$ (insert male appendage)
No need to take it so hard

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[pillow]

In the end it's just a game not a !@#$ (insert male appendage)
No need to take it so hard

too bad that everyone does
call someone a mong inRP and you get sanctioned
most likely about to be assassinated
probably cursed too

[Kauket]

There's always a lot of oorp hate going on in Disco,

Hence why there's a rule for no abuse/insulting? Duh?

As long as it's allowed in an RP scene and stories, I don't care if it's not allowed OORPly.

[The Savage]

I think status quo is, so far, the most healthy approach at the moment. Myself, I always use "effing" in order to not to use "F" word for example.

But then, Nyx also got a point. It shouldn't be disallowed or censored in stories, provided warning about bad language should be given prior such a thing. For me, if swearing is used in system local chat - that is okay. But when someone PMs me insults (provided it's not a friendly chat in which we swear, like on group chat), that's the ooRP hate.

[Char Aznable]

Children of under 13 aren't 'generally' supposed to be on the internet. Get over it.

it's not the children it's the overly-sensitive adult males that can't tell the difference between inRP talk and ooRP talk

The swear rule is absolutely retarded and whoever thought of it should be thrown out there into the world because he/she deserves to have a mountain of swears thrown at his/her face at light-speed.

And exactly that attitude is what makes Admins enforce such harsh rules. Yes, I agree that swearing should not be reglemented so harshly, but instead of just flaming people who disagree with you, you should evaluate the points of the opposing side instead of just dismissing their arguments for the sake of a good rage.

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[Highland Laddie]

Millionth time this has been discussed.

For unknown reasons, it has been decided that this community needs to be rated "E" (if you ignore the violence, drug use, slavery etc.), so a kindergarden-level zero tolerance policy even for mild swearing is used.

I disagree with this, I feel this is belittling and mocking of a community composed of teens and adults, and it makes me take the rules and staff less seriously.
I'm pretty certain the majority of the community agrees, but that's been the case for years and nothing has ever changed.

So, good luck I guess.

I couldn't have worded it any better. Thank you Karst.

I'd disagree with both of you. As aforementioned adults, surely we can conduct ourselves on a video game without having to reduce ourselves to the lowest common denominator of the English language.

There are plenty of interesting, less offensive ways to express oneself. If you find that too difficult, just go spend some time on skype to get your fill.

[Kauket]

I mean, using swear words is a great way to convey a character, like someone of a 'gangster origin' would be using more gritty words rather than sophisicated words. Or to convey extreme anger in a character that's usually quiet and peaceful, showing the contrast in their nature.

[Char Aznable]

I understand that, and while that certainly has some merit ooRPly, I just don't understand why a lowly pirate who doesn't care about the law, drinks whiskey for breakfast and for a living shoots the guts out of someone should care about what he says. Cursing is part of RP, that's what I am saying. Don't try to get on some moral high ground by claiming that you do not 'need to swear' or whatever, just try to understand the logic behind Karsts (and by extension, my) reasoning.

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