Post by Fortwhile on May 5, 2018 23:00:14 GMT
All —
I have made the decision to ban German Empire (aka Destiny) from our region, forums and Discord server indefinitely.
I have not come to this decision lightly, and I understand there will be some questions.
Firstly, it is important to note in this game that there is a divide between administrative action and gameplay bans. Administrative action is taken by the forum / region owner when certain actions escalate about the day-to-day politics of the region. Gameplay bans occur when something happens, through the course of the game, that is a violation of the law. That is to say, a gameplay ban is part of the normal process of playing the game, while administrative action occurs when certain actions transcend the game.
A key example. In a gameplay trial, the court found Tiberius Cecil guilty. As a part of our game here in Londinium, he was sentenced by the court. His actions clearly fell within the confines of the game, and so it was up to all of us playing the game to respond to it. When I take administrative action, it is because something has occurred that goes above the game and that our game system is not equipped to handle.
With that context, I am banning German Empire from Londinium.
This game is increasingly being divided into regions that are havens for bigotry, and regions that will not tolerate it. For far too long I have turned, not a blind eye, but a far too forgiving eye to some of the antics that our members are up to. Had I been truly on top of the ball, we never would've gotten to this place, and this would've been handled months ago when issues first arise. In that regard, I am certainly partially responsible for what has transpired.
Our region is not a welcome place for Nazism, for racism, or for any bigotry of any kind. Behaving in bigoted ways and deeming it "humor" or "ironic" does not erase the bigotry itself. As all of you surely must know, racism, anti-semitism, and bias are seeing a major resurgence in real life under the guise of being "ironic." At least half of the Nazis who showed up to Charlottesville last August claimed that their chants of "blood and soil!" were just irony. It's all irony.
It's not welcome here.
German Empire has a long, long history of bringing inappropriate content relating to Nazism into our region. However, there are two straws that broke the camel's back and resulted in this immediate action:
(1) Posting the lyrics of a Nazi-exalting song in our DIscord server
(2) Using a racial epithet on a third-party server
The rules and lines here are clear. They couldn't be more clear. Continually testing the bounds out of an obsession to bring Nazism to our region is not acceptable, and it won't happen anymore. We are all playing a game, and I don't want anybody in this game to feel uncomfortable and unwelcome because of offensive behavior. That is my top priority.
I am happy to answer questions, but this decision will not be reconsidered at this time.
I have made the decision to ban German Empire (aka Destiny) from our region, forums and Discord server indefinitely.
I have not come to this decision lightly, and I understand there will be some questions.
Firstly, it is important to note in this game that there is a divide between administrative action and gameplay bans. Administrative action is taken by the forum / region owner when certain actions escalate about the day-to-day politics of the region. Gameplay bans occur when something happens, through the course of the game, that is a violation of the law. That is to say, a gameplay ban is part of the normal process of playing the game, while administrative action occurs when certain actions transcend the game.
A key example. In a gameplay trial, the court found Tiberius Cecil guilty. As a part of our game here in Londinium, he was sentenced by the court. His actions clearly fell within the confines of the game, and so it was up to all of us playing the game to respond to it. When I take administrative action, it is because something has occurred that goes above the game and that our game system is not equipped to handle.
With that context, I am banning German Empire from Londinium.
This game is increasingly being divided into regions that are havens for bigotry, and regions that will not tolerate it. For far too long I have turned, not a blind eye, but a far too forgiving eye to some of the antics that our members are up to. Had I been truly on top of the ball, we never would've gotten to this place, and this would've been handled months ago when issues first arise. In that regard, I am certainly partially responsible for what has transpired.
Our region is not a welcome place for Nazism, for racism, or for any bigotry of any kind. Behaving in bigoted ways and deeming it "humor" or "ironic" does not erase the bigotry itself. As all of you surely must know, racism, anti-semitism, and bias are seeing a major resurgence in real life under the guise of being "ironic." At least half of the Nazis who showed up to Charlottesville last August claimed that their chants of "blood and soil!" were just irony. It's all irony.
It's not welcome here.
German Empire has a long, long history of bringing inappropriate content relating to Nazism into our region. However, there are two straws that broke the camel's back and resulted in this immediate action:
(1) Posting the lyrics of a Nazi-exalting song in our DIscord server
(2) Using a racial epithet on a third-party server
The rules and lines here are clear. They couldn't be more clear. Continually testing the bounds out of an obsession to bring Nazism to our region is not acceptable, and it won't happen anymore. We are all playing a game, and I don't want anybody in this game to feel uncomfortable and unwelcome because of offensive behavior. That is my top priority.
I am happy to answer questions, but this decision will not be reconsidered at this time.