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I'd like to ask that everyone please refrain from personal attacks, as I've now seen quite a number of them.
That being said, I will have to respectfully agree with the overall sentiments/concerns being shared about this event. When it comes to the culture of a RP community, revealing one's real life gender (or other real life details) specifically for an event is fairly taboo. Part of RP is about temporarily removing oneself from reality, and such requirements are counterintuitive to that in that it literally eradicates the line between IC and OOC. So I can certainly understand why many are taking this issue as a jab against RPers in general. It's very difficult for RPers to view an event like this as a RP event at all.
Regardless, good luck with the community-wide event. Just be prepared that you're bound to get quite a few non-RP griefers based on how it was advertised in general.
That being said, I will have to respectfully agree with the overall sentiments/concerns being shared about this event. When it comes to the culture of a RP community, revealing one's real life gender (or other real life details) specifically for an event is fairly taboo. Part of RP is about temporarily removing oneself from reality, and such requirements are counterintuitive to that in that it literally eradicates the line between IC and OOC. So I can certainly understand why many are taking this issue as a jab against RPers in general. It's very difficult for RPers to view an event like this as a RP event at all.
Regardless, good luck with the community-wide event. Just be prepared that you're bound to get quite a few non-RP griefers based on how it was advertised in general.