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I have already stated in my past posts that this shell is indeed a social shell. It is a place for RPers to be able to take a break and be able to be their out of character selves.
In Oskars case. I don't care if people mute the shell. I understand the text box getting cluttered with nonsense could be off putting. When I said I didn't like people muting/avoiding the pearl, It was more in the case of somebody giving them a shell and saying. "These guys are bad... Just mute them." rather then saying in a polite manner. "Hey, if the shell ever becomes too noisy, it is okay to mute the pearl." The difference there is you're telling members it's okay to mute if it becomes overbearing and are not making it sound like you're attacking anyone. Just another form of self control.
I understand some people want this shell to be a no real life talk and event planning shell only but... I'm sorry to say, that was not the intention of why this shell was created. As it stands now, unless I get more people to vote for this, It's 2 people's vote for no real life talk against 74. I've already said I'm not going to cater to the demands of one or two people. I will only change rules if a large majority wants change. If you want numbers, given that we have 77 members in the shell... I would feel that if they can pull together 15 or 20 votes that would be enough to suffice a change or at least a very heavy notice to consider a change in rules.
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As it stands now the rules are:
Everyone is allowed to bring one of their alt characters in. (However if we get full I will start asking people to drop them.)
Everyone has pearling status except for their alt. (If you have not received a Silver Star yet. Please come find me.)
Keep swearing to a minimum.
Try to avoid sex talk. (I know it's an open shell but come on... It's a sensitive topic for many people. It's best not to even discuss it in public, there are other shells and chat functions for this.)
Do not verbally assault other members in the shell.
Be courteous when other members are discussing RP related topics.
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I'm sorry you had to break up a chat so you could voice your RP related question in the shell, Oskar. However I'm not going to boot people just because some are talking when someones asking a question relating to RP. You are free to ask them to spare a moment of their time, in fact I would encourage everyone to do that. RP event discussion is one of the reasons why the shell was made. I feel it should take priority over normal talk -only- when it's brought to the table. If people aren't discussing RP related elements at the time, I see no reason why members should be forbidden from having their normal talk as usual.
To wrap this post up. This is a social shell for RPers to come and break from their IC setting, hence the name "Intermission." People are free and encouraged to talk on the shell so long as it is civil. This is what most of the members want and just enjoy in general. When RP topics are brought up however, I would appreciate that you give the people discussing the topic some breathing room as I feel RP related discussion is important and needs to be clearly heard. I'm not going to ban "Normal talk" unless I get a rather big list of votes supporting it.
I'm very sorry to say but if this is a problem for you, either grin and bear it, mute the pearl to filter the noise or there is the door. I would feel sorry for the loss but the majority of the shell takes priority over the voice of one. If you feel it absolutely necessary to drop your pearl, you are free to do so. You will always be welcomed back. You are also free to make a more strict LS with more enforced rules if you feel that you can do better. I would be happy to join and support it but I feel safe in saying that Intermission would probably out last that shell.
(That wasn't ment to come off as a provoke. I just feel under most circumstances that Intermission would out last other shells of similar nature do it it's more active and looser setting.)
In Oskars case. I don't care if people mute the shell. I understand the text box getting cluttered with nonsense could be off putting. When I said I didn't like people muting/avoiding the pearl, It was more in the case of somebody giving them a shell and saying. "These guys are bad... Just mute them." rather then saying in a polite manner. "Hey, if the shell ever becomes too noisy, it is okay to mute the pearl." The difference there is you're telling members it's okay to mute if it becomes overbearing and are not making it sound like you're attacking anyone. Just another form of self control.
I understand some people want this shell to be a no real life talk and event planning shell only but... I'm sorry to say, that was not the intention of why this shell was created. As it stands now, unless I get more people to vote for this, It's 2 people's vote for no real life talk against 74. I've already said I'm not going to cater to the demands of one or two people. I will only change rules if a large majority wants change. If you want numbers, given that we have 77 members in the shell... I would feel that if they can pull together 15 or 20 votes that would be enough to suffice a change or at least a very heavy notice to consider a change in rules.
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As it stands now the rules are:
Everyone is allowed to bring one of their alt characters in. (However if we get full I will start asking people to drop them.)
Everyone has pearling status except for their alt. (If you have not received a Silver Star yet. Please come find me.)
Keep swearing to a minimum.
Try to avoid sex talk. (I know it's an open shell but come on... It's a sensitive topic for many people. It's best not to even discuss it in public, there are other shells and chat functions for this.)
Do not verbally assault other members in the shell.
Be courteous when other members are discussing RP related topics.
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I'm sorry you had to break up a chat so you could voice your RP related question in the shell, Oskar. However I'm not going to boot people just because some are talking when someones asking a question relating to RP. You are free to ask them to spare a moment of their time, in fact I would encourage everyone to do that. RP event discussion is one of the reasons why the shell was made. I feel it should take priority over normal talk -only- when it's brought to the table. If people aren't discussing RP related elements at the time, I see no reason why members should be forbidden from having their normal talk as usual.
To wrap this post up. This is a social shell for RPers to come and break from their IC setting, hence the name "Intermission." People are free and encouraged to talk on the shell so long as it is civil. This is what most of the members want and just enjoy in general. When RP topics are brought up however, I would appreciate that you give the people discussing the topic some breathing room as I feel RP related discussion is important and needs to be clearly heard. I'm not going to ban "Normal talk" unless I get a rather big list of votes supporting it.
I'm very sorry to say but if this is a problem for you, either grin and bear it, mute the pearl to filter the noise or there is the door. I would feel sorry for the loss but the majority of the shell takes priority over the voice of one. If you feel it absolutely necessary to drop your pearl, you are free to do so. You will always be welcomed back. You are also free to make a more strict LS with more enforced rules if you feel that you can do better. I would be happy to join and support it but I feel safe in saying that Intermission would probably out last that shell.
(That wasn't ment to come off as a provoke. I just feel under most circumstances that Intermission would out last other shells of similar nature do it it's more active and looser setting.)