Rules regarding innuendo?

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Relm
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Rules regarding innuendo?

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I'm just asking for clarification here. Is there any rule against simple sexual innuendo ingame? I would understand if there were, since that can be disgusting to many people and is banned in many other games, however I didn't see anything about that in the ingame rules. I understand there is a rule against harrassment but I do not believe that every case of innuendo qualifies as harrasment. Should I expect to be banned for saying things along the lines of, say, the contents of "The Lusty Argonian Maid" from The Elder Scrolls? Also, would you be in favor of or opposed to a rule banning that sort of speech? This would be a trivial issue except that I received what may be interpreted as a warning for this from a GM, and I don't savvy a ban.
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Re: Rules regarding innuendo?

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I make the following post, not has a GM, but a player of the game.

here is the discussion:

[19:56] Relm: Thanks I was wet
[19:56] evan7yrsold: hi
[19:56] Relm: But now I'm getting wet again..
[19:56] Prsm: kids do play this game
[19:56] Relm: It's raining
[19:56] Prsm: better forums than here for that talk
[19:56] Shainen: hiya Prsm
[19:56] breilin: wtf
[19:56] Prsm: Shainen
[19:56] Relm: I have been waaaaarned
[19:57] Relm: No water allowed
[19:57] Relm: !

Was the word "ban" mentioned by me, no. Am I or any other player allowed to ask you to talk like you have a touch of civility? yes. If you took a second to look who was around at the time, a player called "evan7yrsold" was right there. Evans Dad also plays, and he confirmed that Evan is a child, and he plays with him to make sure that its a safe playing environment.

I will also reiterate, if you want to talk sexually to others, with innuendos or not .... The manaworld is not the proper place to do so, IMHO.

Would it hurt for you to consider others in the game instead of making such immature comments?

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Re: Rules regarding innuendo?

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You should remember that TMW have 6 rules, peoples usually remember the 5 first but they mostly never read the 6th which is a code of conduct, that gave in the past some power to GM and admin(platyna) to ban peoples who behaved badly.
I'm pretty sure that the 6th rule could be used in this case.
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I honestly thought he was lying about his age. (Villain has claimed to be a 14-year-old chinese girl iirc.) And not that I want him removed really but isn't a certain age like 13 officially required to play? Maybe that was some other game.

Thank you for the clarification Reid. Netiquette is pretty broad for a rule, but I guess that works with the GMs we have. I will try to behave more respectably in the future.
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Lucifer wrote:I honestly thought he was lying about his age. (Villain has claimed to be a 14-year-old chinese girl iirc.) And not that I want him removed really but isn't a certain age like 13 officially required to play? Maybe that was some other game.

Thank you for the clarification Reid. Netiquette is pretty broad for a rule, but I guess that works with the GMs we have. I will try to behave more respectably in the future.
I'm not sure about now but in the past Evol and TMW were "3+".
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Re: Rules regarding innuendo?

Post by wushin »

Incoming blanket statement: Online game play may vary.

The content is gory and dialogue kinda suggestive, but nothing worse than Pixar does.

The GMs are elected and the Rules created to keep us from falling into http://theoatmeal.com/comics/online_gaming

Cause no one wants that.

This is also a Hurnscald problem. Not many people getting banned in GY or Nivalis for this.

Every should by now know how the "Online Game" is played speech wise. I know some people push it, but thats all part of the game. If you get a ban, don't get mad at the GM because you can hate the game, but not the player.
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