Personally (and this is JUST my 0.02 mind you), I've allowed it providing the language remains on the flame channel. I don't limit all swearing to that, however, if something starts to get rather carried away, I point 'em there. There's a few reasons for this:
First, they'll do it anyways (albeit masked or whatever) Secondly, this will allow those that really don't want to hear it to turn the channel off. Thirdly, if you apply a rule to one word or one set of words, you really need to apply it all the way across the board (in all fairness and equality). Here's a scenario, that you might run into (one that I actually HAVE run into) One admin says damn is a swear word, and not allowed over public channels. Another says damn is NOT a swear word and IS allowed over public channels. Who's right? They both are actually. To each, it's a different thing completely. It's all really relative to how each and every admin views things morally, etc . Personally, I chose to just open up the flame channel, and let 'em have at it. This pretty much solved that problem. The alternative? Create a rather long list of words that ARE defined as swear words, make sure they don't mask them, etc... As far as the word homo? Well, that could be taken (quite literally) different ways: Obviously, the common one is referring to the same-sex orientation, but there's others too. So, what ditd the player mean? Again, if you disallow homo, then you'll have people (the same ones that you said couldn't use homo) whining when the next person says damn (or something else of the like) on your game. As far as age disclaimers and all? They'll hear (and probably say) much worse at school, hanging out with friends and whatnot. **shrug** Like I said just my 0.02. Hope it helped some -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sandi Fallon Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 5:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: OT: Admin, morals, naughty words Sorry guys, I know many of you don't like non-coding discussions, but I turn to you all for an opinion on this because I truly do respect them, and don't know who else to ask... Point blank: Would you allow the use of the word 'homo' on your game? The place in question is pretty rough and tumble, stuff like 'h3ll', 'sh!t' and 'b!tch' are common, the F word and the C word aren't. There's no age disclaimer on entry. Sandi "I have not yet begun to code!" [EMAIL PROTECTED] blades.inetsolve.com 3333 -- ROM mailing list [email protected] http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom
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