Alright, first of all, I am
not trying to offend anyone, or take people as a group and insult them, or anything like that. I am trying to actually do the opposite. I just wanted to make that clear.
So- What I
really need off of my chest is the fact that there is a
lot of insulting, offending, and harassing going on in the game, I mean- seriously. I am mostly speaking about Bonfire Island since I have spent most of my recent roleplays down there. I have read another post regarding this, and I find it extremely important that people should know that you
can NOT judge people by their vocabulary, appearance, or behavior. Like, holy pretzel, what I have seen people do. It is almost scary.
There are people actually
being very racist. I recall someone say; "NO RUSSIANS ALLOWED". In caps, and that is literally all they said. I called them out on it, though they simply told me that they actually meant it. I was dumbfounded. This is not what is supposed to happen on a
kid friendly game.
Just go here for a second;
(Link) And remember it. Don't just read over it quickly, I want you to make sure you print this in your memory. It is more than important.
People should be allowed to do what they like to do. Of course you can't use bad language, or go ahead and 'hump' everything, or harass people, or anything you should simply not do on a kid friendly game. You can't simply walk up to someone and tell them what you think about their character. I have actually seen it happen a couple of times that people harass others because they, for instance, have the name 'Simba TLK', though are too neon, or too unrealistic to be Simba. You really, can't do that. That is harassing, which isn't allowed. You could get banned if someone makes sure the mods know of it.
People should be able to be neon, to mix together unrealistic colors, to- make up random animals, to make overpowered creatures, etc. Without being called out on their appearance. People should be able to be not good at English, and still have fun roleplaying.
Let me tell you how I learned English. I entered Feral Heart knowing the minimum about English, and through people helping me with certain words (After I asked for them, it may not be taken right if you tell someone what they spelled wrong without them asking for it, as a tip for people who have a hard time with English, use (?) behind words you are not sure of if you spelled them right, if you would like to see if you spelled it right. 50% of the time there will probably be someone there to tell you if you did it right.), simply roleplaying with people of my literacy, with simply
reading other people's roleplays, etc. etc. It was very hard if I was harassed for my literacy, which I can still remember happening.
I really believe that the so called 'noobs' could learn so much faster if you could just take a moment of your time to explain something to them, instead of ignoring them, mocking them, whatever. It would also be much more appealing for people to actually keep playing the game and learn more.
I honestly find it absolutely disgusting how people can... 'Troll', mock, harass, annoy, ignore the ones they should be helping through the game.
Just, let me make this really clear for people who find it hard to read a semi-long text...
You can not judge, mock, or harass people by their literacy.Literally. Everyone, of every literacy- level... However you want to call it should be treated equally. You are not better than someone else if you are better with the English language, if you are more realistic, of your character looks more like the one from the movies. You can't take someone for less if their character does not appeal to you, or if their way of speaking does not appeal to you. We are all people and we all have at least some feelings, if I am correct, and they can be hurt. I know someone who has developed actual trust issues due to harassment. It is a serious problem, and I just shoved it in 'ya face.
This may seem hard. But the truth is hard. Everyone has probably took someone less serious for their literacy, and we should all look at ourselves and consider what we've done. Someone could seriously been hurt because we found them less than us. Some have passed that 'phase', some are in it. If you're in it, I would find it very pleasing if you at least attempted to see 'noobs' in a different light. Chances are that you were once them. Maybe you don't remember, but I would bet money on it that you would rather want help than getting mocked or ignored. If you're out, I would find it very pleasing if you would consider helping others out, call the harassers out on their behavior, though don't drag it out into a bigger problem. A simple '(User) that was not necessary. You could get banned for that', or something of that ilk would already probably make a change. For the people that are new to Feral Heart,
You rock, keep going. Block out the haters. Don't take any shiz. Don't be afraid to step up to people, eventually you'll find someone who has enough respect to actually help you. Don't give up. Ya' ever need help I'll always be there, and I bet others will be there too. Be YOU. Nothing else but you.That's all. I hope this changes something, since I really want something to happen to the situation I...
WE have been accepting for way too long now.
PS: I just... You can't step into a roleplay as, I'm taking Kiara (TLK) as an example, Kiara while there is already (a less literate one) roleplaying there, and assume that people will start roleplaying with you because you are more literate, that is incredibly disrespectful. I should not have seen this happen this many times.
