[Discuss] Peer review

[Alan Beaird]

I want to berak a few things down here in the way that I see it.   the vulgarity option too me means as follows.

" As a noble, you can expect to be treated with respect and dignity, and
expect certain manners from your peers. "

Ok no whaer in this section does it say you the player is the one being judged it is your charater that is being judged by othe rcharaters in the game.


"That does not mean they can not be offensive or they can not backstab you, but it does mean their manner of speech and behaviour should stand above the common, vulgar peasants."

What this says in my view is that Nobles can be offensive, and for the most part they were not, but not everyone is able to bottle up their feelings at all times.
There were several Nobles that were evil in our history and so that being said it allows for some form of vulgarity but in a measured way.  This does not mean that  you can not still tunr in the noble for judgment.

"You can mark another noble's words as vulgar and unbefitting of his class,
and they will be forwarded to several randomly selected distinguished nobles
for a short peer-review."

This is saying that other nobles in the game will be judging the charater that your charater has deemed to be offensive for the words that he or she said.  They will determine if they are offensive or not and judge him or her for words spoken.

"If they agree on your assessment, the vulgar noble
will lose a point of honour for behaving in a non-noble way."

Here again your charater has turned in for judgment another charater which has offended your charater either directly or indirectly with the use of his words.  And if the other nobles agree with yours then he or she will be found guilty of an un-noble act.


"If you complain falsely too often, you yourself will lose respect among your
peers, and suffer the consequences."

What this says to me is stop belly achting about every cross word said to you or to another charater unless you wish to be seen as one that likes to cause trouble  and spread rumors that your peers feel is trivial and so in doing so it may or will cause you to fall in honor.

"This is a tool to enforce proper roleplaying and keep the atmosphere and
quality level of the game up. The focus is on the manner of speech, not its
contents."

Ok what this states is that it is not what is being said that is to be deemed offensive but how it was said.  

That has nothing to do with the player but everything to do with charater who is actually saying it and the ones that hear it being said.


So basically in my opinion you should look at it as if you are your charater and take in to account all aspects of the charater that said it.  his background the realm he lives in the guilds if known that he is a member of and so on.   there is nothing in the Vulgarity option that insenuatues OOC has anything to do with this tool.  It is for role playing and as such should stay in charater because I have not yet seen an time where OOC occurance has been sucessfuly role played IC.  

If the charater said it it is IC and should not be judged OOC.  The charater can not defend him self against the players nor should the players defend themselves against the charaters.

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