Everything stays right where you left it. Everything stays, but it still changes. Ever so slightly, daily and nightly, in little ways, when everything stays.
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They/Them/Their. Webcomic artist who also enjoys shaving away hours on an adorable MMO.
Yes, I don't understand why this is a thing at all. I'm in full support of this being removed because I don't even see reducing the rate of decay as beneficial either.
I'm pretty happy with the attention and feedback this thread has gotten. I was actually afraid to post this last night out of fear that people would call me 'too sensitive' or something but golly, I'm glad that the community has grown a lot more mature since way back in the day!
As a side note, before I add in my two cents, I'd like to say how I found out 'gay', 'lesbian' and 'homosexuality' were censored words. I asked my sister if I could whisper her some things and tell me if she would get results. When put into a visual perspective of our characters interacting, it's pretty funny in hindsight, hence:
...Anyway, as far as my thoughts for the censorship upheaval, I do agree that with some words being whitelisted would be fantastic, but for ones that aren't, maybe it'd be best that we don't make the spaces in between words string together as swears, like some of the examples listed above.
I mean, obviously slurs are out. Any words that exist purely for the reason of being derogatory.
But then... there's so many obscure things that don't need the censorship for reasons others explained above. I think we're on a good path here.
Ok, so... I know that way back in the day, before people started being decent and tolerable folks, would use words like 'gay' and 'lesbian' or such things as a go to insult to describe a thing or person they didn't like which is obviously wrong and stupid... so the words were censored and you can't use them in game. (...At least I'm hoping that's why the words were taken out and not that someone at Nexon was homophobic and took the words out as soon as they realized they could, but I trust y'all to be better than that, right?)
I'm suggesting the ban be removed because there's no reason to have such a ban in place, especially with the sort of world we live in today. Heck, I'm surprised that when I came back to this game, gay marriage wasn't a thing. Talk about disappointing. Additionally, they are words that people use to express an identity, and I've been in and witnessed many situations (on other communities) where people who realized that they were both part of the LGBT+ community would bond over that and discuss those experiences together... and it's much easier to do that sort of thing when you dont have to watch your spelling to make sure you don't get asterisked and risk misunderstandings.
I was partially inspired to make this suggesting since another thread was made requesting to remove certain gender related things, at some point someone brought up they'd like an implementation for gay marriage... at which point I remembered that you can't even talk about that sort of thing in game without going out of your way to avoid the censorship. So I know this sort of thing wouldn't be high on the priority list, but just something I'd like to be acknowledged. And an answer from someone on the possibility.
...that every time someone engages in a conversation with me, it's always some weird or bizarre flirting...
I don't get it. Yeah, you can think my character is cute or hot(???), whatever, but like. It's always struck me as super weird. Super super weird. That y'all try to flirt with players based purely on a collection of big headed, bean bodied pixels that create the illusion of beauty.
I've been playing for about a month and have had an average of 2 of these interactions per week. Every conversation starter seems to be a poorly planned pickup line followed by a strange declaration of 'imma make you my gf!!' like what. that's super uncomfortable, and whats worse, when I try to run away from such interactions, like double jumping across entire maps, sometimes I'm followed.
someone enlighten my, why do y'all act like this. why do you feel the need to make supposedly female players uncomfortable by harassing them and trying to 'make them your gf'. why do you make them feel unwelcome when they turn you down. why.