[Discuss] Vulgarity Option

[Jonathon Taylor]

On 03/09/07, Timothy Collett <danaris at mac.com> wrote:

> You still do not understand.
>
> Honour and prestige represent the way the *whole world* sees you.
> Nobles pay attention to other nobles.  *ALL* other nobles, not just
> the ones in their realms.  In fact, for most nobles, that's what they
> do all day long.  We, the player characters, are the exception.
>
> And, as Tom has said before, good roleplaying is not just playing a
> role.  It is playing a role *in a context*.  The context is a milieu
> reminiscent of medieval Europe.  Vikings were considered vulgar
> there.  He has already said in no uncertain terms that you cannot be
> both a pirate and a noble.
>
> It doesn't matter if you and everyone in the realm you're in come up
> with a fascinating culture based around everyone being Vikings, or
> pirates, or common-born and just pretending to be noble, or what have
> you.  If you don't act in accord with the *global* social norms of
> nobles, you *should* be penalized *in-character* for it.
>
> PS. Don't forget that only someone who *reads* the message can
> actually report it for vulgarity, so someone within the realm would
> have to disagree with your ideas of "vulgar" in order for it to have
> a chance of losing you honour in the first place.
>
> Timothy Collett
> Anaris Family





Hopefully this argument will be moot when (hopefully...) the new attributes
that are coming into play are actually put into play. As at that time, a
realm can decide what it sees as honorably and prestigious instead of what
is honorable and prestigious by "vulgarity".

In the past, realms like Outer Tilrog whom tortured people at will etc, now,
have no reason to exist in this newly molded BattleMaster as a result of the
new systems that have gone into play simply because of context. Which IMO,
is not, and is never, going to be a good thing. It's all well and good being
able to play in context but without being able to not be honorable, or not
be prestigious properly, the vulgarity option simply isn't adequate enough
to enforce diversity in BattleMaster.

I propose the vulgarity option is removed all together and we accept that
there is no proper way to enforce context and diversity in BattleMaster
through role play until the new attributes system is in place.


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