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Author Topic: Where should I go when being harrassed?  (Read 687 times)
Ken_Ushima
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« on: May 17, 2010, 11:27:55 AM »

So far trying to RP I have had many people come to be calling me such things as "Faggot, gay, retard" of which I find quite offensive. Several times I have asked them to leave me alone or stop and would like to know is there anyway I can get them to quit it.  Using these strong remarks are against the rules and I find quite offensive and would like to know if this is what I am to expect often.
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« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2010, 11:58:36 AM »

Quote from: THE AUP
1 Users of the Keep are asked to keep profanity to a minimum.

Light swearing is acceptable, both in character and out of character. Light swearing includes words "ass," "damn," "hell," "bitch," and other swear words that aren't considered harsh swearing.

Harsh swearing is acceptable out of character, when it is censored or not directed toward someone present in a hostile fashion. Harsher swearing is considered to be the words "fuck," "cunt," and the like. Room names and User names MAY NOT contain harsh profanity.

Emphasis mine.

Basically, while being called a retarded gay faggot retard is unpleasant (and stupid), it's not against the rules per se, though if it continues long enough, it can easily be considered spam, which is explicitly against the rules, and will be treated as such.

Notice, however, that you cannot call someone else a cunt as this seems to be something some of our users have had trouble with in the past.

When being faced with rude users who fling around names like that, the best thing to do is simply to ignore them.

The /ignore username feature, while it has some issues (it wipes out text), lets you very easily continue on with your business without having to see said rude persons' text. Don't let them know you're ignoring them, though, as that shows you haven't gotten past the high-school-ish 'talk to the hand' phase, and kind of contributes to the problem.

On an end note, as Mikail said: "On harrasment: Don't do it. Someone gives you shit, don't fire back. Ignore them, log what happened, send it to a moderator. Also I'm corrupt and will ban whoever doesn't give me the best sandwiches."
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« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2010, 06:12:09 PM »

Moon gave you the right thing to do.

Also...crap...I sent Mikail cucumber sandwiches...but I went to heavy on the salt...Im so banned o.o SHIT! *Flees and hides under an assumed name of Ms Tralala.*
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« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2010, 08:52:18 PM »

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Basically, while being called a retarded gay faggot retard is unpleasant and stupid (and redundant), it's not against the rules per se, though if it continues long enough, it can easily be considered spam, which is explicitly against the rules, and will be treated as such.
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« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2010, 02:21:43 PM »

If you call the moderators or their pets anything though all rules are gone though

*flies away*
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