[Discuss] Status ?

[Alex Davies]

>From: "Marc J." <polyticks04 at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: BattleMaster general discussion list 
><discuss at news.battlemaster.org>
>To: "BattleMaster general discussion list" <discuss at news.battlemaster.org>
>Subject: Re: [Discuss] Status ?
>Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 16:37:00 -0400
>
>On 7/3/06, Gloria Santos wrote:
>>
>>You have to be extremely careful when roleplaying rape, and it's best not
>>to do so.
>>
>
>...which is what should have been said in the beginning instead of "the
>player should have his account banned/locked/deleted".

I disagree that it should be made completely off limits, but make it far 
less explicit.

>However, in fairness to Tom/other GM's, this subject is covered under the
>blanket statement:
>
>[quick paraphrasing]
>
>"There are some children and young adults playing this game. Be aware that
>what you say can be read by them."

Yes, so perhaps thinking about it, the LB was deserved. Again, it was too 
explicit.

>Personally, I wouldn't RP rape... and my advice to anyone who would is to 
>be
>very, very careful with it. Just because you're comfortable with something
>doesn't mean everyone is. A (milder) example would be cursing. I, (and I'm
>pretty sure everyone reading this) has cursed at lest once in their 
>lives...
>however, does that mean everyone should add curse words into all their
>messages? No, because although everyone has done it, doesn't mean it's
>acceptable to do it.

Personally I don't know anyone who would use modern curses in their RP 
language, one of my characters (the rebellious one) takes great pride in 
calling his enemies morons/idiots/imbeciles etc. Al l directed at the other 
chaacer. It would never occur to my character (I know it probably sounds 
like I have a mental disorder but I can separate and understand my 
characters) to suddenly write a message and say "Ahahaha you suck you little 
f***ers".

>>From what I've read, (second-, third- and fourth-hand, so I could be 
>>wrong)
>Tom's LB *was* justified. At lest with Sorcha's RP'ed rape, it wasn't
>graphic and could be "worked around" whereas the latest one was
>straightforward and left no "wiggle-room"... which, even from a RP
>standpoint, is somewhat worthy of GM action.

>From what I've heard there was less graphic detail of the rape itself, more 
what would be done to the rapist. And yes it was too graphic. But I disagree 
that there was no way out of it. Has no-one read the RP guidelines on the 
wiki?

Try saying that Lorraine was delusional, that she had been infected in the 
torture that involved breaking her legs, causing her to halluciante. One 
perverted guard may have tried to take advantage but he has since been 
hanged. Something along those lines. It is almost always possble to RP your 
way out of an RP again, on the guidelines page it even says:

"If a GM says that something that was roleplayed did not happen, or happened 
differently, then that is so. Nobody else can do that. If someone writes a 
roleplay where your character gets hurt, and you don't like it and find no 
way to incorporate it, then finding a GM who will invalidate it is your only 
option."

Note the bit that says IF you can't incorporate it (I just proved it can be 
done fairly easily) THEN boothering the GM with itis called for.

Much simpler solution than "ZAP!"

The1exile (AKA Sniperchief)

The Internet is truly a wealth of exotic and meaningful information. Each 
new nugget of knowledge it brings to me makes me a little bit stupider.

P.S. I worry that this is speeding on the death of RP IG...

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