Religious Talk being too political for the game *Drama, new rule, debate*

[soulvious]

 Im tired boss. And hungry 

[Kert Kobean]

wait are we confident this isn't an alt of somebody

[Glow Up Ghoul]

Just now, Dunkerwickle said:

you have 16 hours on your profile, maybe the server isnt for you. please do not disrespect massa rubiks server and how he lets people have freedom of speech

ive been in the server longer than that, saying the server isnt for me is like saying move out of my house that has a leaky roof. im not trying to move out im just wanting to improve the experience for the community members like myself. and im not looking to create censorship im just looking for better moderation.

[Glow Up Ghoul]

1 hour ago, Glow Up Ghoul said:

i understand where you coming from, but just because its funny doesnt mean its not hurting the community and driving players away. the owner and moderators make changes to the rules all the time, modifying them to keep the in game chat about the game and not letting it derail into political arguments is just simple moderations, not censorship. and if we just let everyone say whatever they want in chat then we might as well as remove chat restrictions as a whole, other games ban spamming, disruptive behavior, harassment because having a unrestricted game chat makes things worse. people join gmod dark rp to play gmod dark rp, not to spend hours reading political arguements in chat, they tend to take over ooc and ruins the experience. if your wanting titsrp to become twitter at least twitter has some guardrails for what can be posted.  

 

1 hour ago, BeeTeeth said:

There is no rule stating we can’t have political discussions, just as long as they remain civil 

This would be the parents responsibility to allow their children to play games like this btw. 
 

 

Political debates are not inherently wrong, also the offensive topics you listed, half of them are not allowed by default. 
 

 

Not enforceable in a way you think it is. We can’t age verify people w ID’s, so if a player gets reported for “ sounding underage “ we have to investigate and ask them how old they are and only trust their honesty, it’s not our fault if a 10 year old lies and says they’re 13. 
 

 

Religion is not a 18+ thing? I grew up in the Bible Belt of America and I still hold my Christian values today, but then even it’s still up to the parents to monitor the child’s activity online. 

 

2 hours ago, Glow Up Ghoul said:

genuinely thats the only argument ive gotten. and sadly why is it when you play "gmod darp rp titsrp" it has to be that way. i mean is it so bad having half the players cut off from the game, especially when the server chat sounds like a classic xbox360 cod lobby. im bringing this issue up because it doesnt have to be that way. facepunches TOS was for the singleplayer, people under the age of 13 cant handle the gore, they put the accountability on the server owners because at the time gmod servers werent this badly toxic. and isnt "titsrp" called that because the map is called rp_downtown_tits because of a typo by the original map creature writing tts. 

 

2 hours ago, Glow Up Ghoul said:

im not trying to complain about the server. the whole "if you dont like this country than why dont you move out of it" argument doesnt work because im actively trying to fix a current issue ive noticed by bringing it up to other players in the forums. i want to improve the server, if i didnt really like this server then i wouldnt be making this forum post to discuss the current issues in the server. i play in this server just as much as everybody else. and its way to expensive to run my own server. why would i go and create my own server if i could just suggest a implication of a rule or better the original rules. and yes if children arent being moderated by their parents is not our problem or your problem as a moderator, but what other players are doing around the children is, especially when you actively acknowledge their existence in the server and continue to allow degratory statements in game or ooc.

 

1 hour ago, Glow Up Ghoul said:

saying its up to the parents to moderate is like saying why need to remove speed limit signs in roads because the parents should have taught the kids how to drive better. you dont have to be the parent to children you just need better rules and to implement, saying "we cant tell who is old enough to play the server we would have to ask" its the same agreement with enforcing the TOS. how do you know if a player is below or above the age of 13.  this isnt just  a game, its a community that has a experience for everyone, if your allowing toxic behavior and saying "its the parents fault" hurts the greater of the community. i just dont want to ignore the problem and instead look for the solution for the issue.

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[Blue.]

I am NOT reading all of this holy shit. Someone can TLDR me if they care to.

Regardless no we are not adding a rule to prevent sensitive/controversial topics from being discussed. You can mute people who dont talk about things you don't like, or you can report someone if you think they are actually breaking a rule (e.g. calling trans people slurs, being hella racist, someone saying some outta pocket shit.) 

Aside from that we do want to try to respect everyones beliefs or opinions and let them rant about them - it only becomes an issue when it becomes heated/actually hateful or if it is causing spam in the chat. At that point we try to direct people to DMs to continue. 

[Glow Up Ghoul]

1 minute ago, Blue. said:

I am NOT reading all of this holy shit. Someone can TLDR me if they care to.

Regardless no we are not adding a rule to prevent sensitive/controversial topics from being discussed. You can mute people who dont talk about things you don't like, or you can report someone if you think they are actually breaking a rule (e.g. calling trans people slurs, being hella racist, someone saying some outta pocket shit.) 

Aside from that we do want to try to respect everyones beliefs or opinions and let them rant about them - it only becomes an issue when it becomes heated/actually hateful or if it is causing spam in the chat. At that point we try to direct people to DMs to continue. 

dont worry i am going to be making  a suggestion post so dont consider this a final, you will be seeing  a fleshed out suggestion, i knew there were going to be trolls but i told them proffessionally to stay on topic. you wont be seeing the last of this dont worry 

[Kert Kobean]

3 minutes ago, Glow Up Ghoul said:

dont worry i am going to be making  a suggestion post so dont consider this a final, you will be seeing  a fleshed out suggestion, i knew there were going to be trolls but i told them proffessionally to stay on topic. you wont be seeing the last of this dont worry 

phew, was worried for a minute 

[Blue.]

22 minutes ago, Glow Up Ghoul said:

dont worry i am going to be making  a suggestion post so dont consider this a final, you will be seeing  a fleshed out suggestion, i knew there were going to be trolls but i told them proffessionally to stay on topic. you wont be seeing the last of this dont worry 

If the suggestion is to add more rules on what people can talk about, the answer will still be no

[Glow Up Ghoul]

Just now, Blue. said:

If the suggestion is to add more rules on what people can talk about, the answer will still be no

well youve clearly shown you dont understand and you havent even read the topic so dont just assume please.

[Glorp]

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