If possible, please provide some of the significant, new rulings(better defined/agreed upon would be preferable) which came from this. I have little stake in the matter. But believe that allowing people to know how/if they are affected may be of the health of the community as a whole and for individuals sanity.
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Grandfathering in names just because the player has had it for a while doesn’t make it any better - it encourages newer players to pick stranger and stranger names.
That’s about it.
Nick Dorito was one of the names specifically mentioned. Crabus Ravus and Ung Glob are the other that come to mind, but Siurmaster ended up getting permanently banned from Sage before “Ung Glob” had a chance to be forced to change.
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I feel like nick was hard done by here, he had played for hundreds of hours with that name without the bat of an eye thinking it was ok then bam its not allowed he built a reputation with the name too even getting cc announcements from admins saying nick Dorito after he would say it.
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you are totally right, but you are implying that nick dorito alone isnt really that bad along with crabus ravus in which crabus ravus is a direct reference to crab rave and completely ignores naming policy of latin animal names
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Thank you for the contribution, and assistance in providing transparency regarding the topic.
I will let you and other admins decide how to handle the closing/visibility(stickying, priority, etc.).
I would suggest getting a staff member to add this to the main rulings thread, for posterity.
It’s worth mentioning that not doing this hurts others too.
Often when people are asked to change their names, they’ll cite people like ung blob and nick dorito and say “if they can have those, why can’t I.”
Crabus Ravus sounds Latin enough to fit that bill. The reference is where the problem arises.
It’s literally in the rules already, enforcement has just been very lax (and in a negative feedback loop for that matter) and that is changing now. Appearance bans do not stop players from playing the game, it’s just a way of punishing those who are told to change that then refuse to - it randomizes your name and appearance and that’s it.
which is why you officially state he has a exemption and that’s no longer a valid argument
People want MRP to have less shitters and more decent people. Nick was one of those decent people and has always been a blast to interact with.
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@Ruko Already mentioned this idea before but what if we held a vote to see if people think the name is acceptable or not. Since as I stated before this is going no where.
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Nick dorito banned? ruko didnt like it and closed it. it was a 19-1 vote on it being fine for mrp
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This is exactly what i was referring to in my original appeal which was replied to once by llol and then closed. Admins aren’t trying to have any sort of conversation about any of this and are instead making threads subbing this whole situation.
There’s an obvious uproar with the community but it seems as if its all being swept under the rug with baloney excuses.
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Doing this is how we got such wonderful rules as:
Planting shadowshrooms on MRP currently means you can be valid killed as if you were on Golden
A lavaland antagonist with a defense objective may come to the station and grief the SM or plasmaflood.
Miners that kill Bubblegum can just straight up murder anyone they choose, or enable themselves to murderbone the station, and it’s perfectly okay.
Grandfathering names with references will only continue to lead to more players making names with references, as it already has. It was finally acknowledged as a part of the problem today.
Nick is not a bad player at all, and this isn’t a punishment for being a bad player. It’s because the name has been found to be causing issues and sparking other bad names, and when asked to change it they refused.
and remember why Xlyana was an amazing admin, they cared about the rules people wanted and they cared about making the game more enjoyable when they left and kasual left im very supprised shit didn’t go worse
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Those aren’t from Xlyana, those are from the council and… you think those are good rules?
I didn’t refuse, i simply asked a Senior Admin a question and was offered no chance to discuss things. Then the ban was uplifted. Then i returned to the server to play as i usually would and got banned for coming back into a game with a no longer relevant ban.
I have a feeling the situation was relayed incorrectly and your response confuses me.
No, but they were what was wanted democracy isn’t perfect but it makes people satisfied
Yes it absolutely was and that was one of the points i was making in the appeal thread. Instead of leaving the thread open for discussion or even trying to have a conversation with me he straight up smacks down the hammer. He didn’t even fully read the goddamn original note i had to point it out to him. This is who you have as a senior admin? There was hardly any communication from the admin team to me, it seems like it was all just internal talking that i was expected to know.
Why is it so hard to have a conversation about this? The community is clearly upset by this and more so me. Admin team clearly is not listening to the community and this is how you tear rifts in communities.
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