Rule change

[GRiiM]

It was not yet abused. If it was abused, there's nothing we could've done about it, because it was allowed.

If you want to be racist, then FL is not the place to go. Simple as that. There's another alternative available nowadays.

Part of the rule stated "do not do this to excess or if it doesn’t fit your character’s roleplay", so yes you could've done something about it if it was abused...Instead you merely got rid of the rule and the trust given to players to use it maturely in their roleplaying.

A couple of quotes from the staff statement on this rule when it was first announced.

FL is a make-believe environment, and as such we shouldn’t be hyper-sensitive about discrimination at the cost of creative freedom. The new rule allows creative freedom, which many other games/movies/etc. also allow;

Also, we’re well aware that some people may take things to excess, hence the rule was written specifically to allow moderate amounts of discrimination in an in-character manner only; excessive IC discrimination – or any in OOC – will not be tolerated.

In response to those who’ve called us racist or bigots, just because the majority of the team agreed on this rule doesn’t mean that we’re racist or are promoting racism, as some of you are claiming. It simply allows more creative freedom in role-play, and it is up to the individual to decide whether or not discrimination is a part of that; there are also likely to be IC consequences for these actions. Many games/movies/books/songs contain discrimination not just as a side-note, but as a central topic. Many of you complaining also continue to play games such as GTAV and Skyrim, both of which contain themes of discrimination, racism, and sexism. Much like on FL, the developers releasing these games have received criticism from a few loud voices regarding this, yet kept it in the game in order to enhance the story – this is a prime example of creative freedom, something we as a team support. To do otherwise would be hypocrisy.