[MUD-Dev] Pay for Play (or Commercial Rolecall)

[Jeff Freeman]

From: "Dave Rickey" <daver at mythicentertainment.com>

> A few months back, Verant banned a player from EQ for Roleplaying.

No, the player was banned for writing a story about rape in the world
of Norrath.  Had nothing to do with ropleplaying whatsoever.

> Specifically, the player wrote a series of stories best described as

Right, a *player* wrote the story.

> "Dark Elf Torture Porn", posting them to a fansite RP board.  One of

EQ is a game for kids.  Rape, in any context, gets you an "R" rating
(for those on the list not from the U.S. - "R" stands for "Not for
kids"... has something to do with New Math).

> So yes, paying customers can be banned for RP the game operators
> feel is inappropriate.

Writing a story and posting it on a fansite isn't roleplaying.

> The interesting thing about this was that it was RP that occurred
> entirely outside of the game.

What I find interesting about it is that people call it RP.

The title of the news blurb should be "Player banned for writing
torture rape story based in Norrath" instead of, say, "Banned for
roleplaying".

Since roleplaying had nothing whatsoever to do with it.



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