(02-04-2014, 01:14 AM)LiadansWhisper Wrote:(02-04-2014, 01:06 AM)Oli! Wrote: Come on guys, let's at least give them the benefit of the doubt here, no need to dismiss it without so much as a 'good luck.'
Sorry. Â Any time verification of RL gender is "necessary" for an "RP" event, it's not RP.
RL Gender should have absolutely nothing to do with an RP event. Â And if they're so concerned about protecting the workers from player harassment, they would never be verifying their RL gender in the first place. Â That's a huuuuuuuuge opening for harassment.
As far as what I can see in the posts, nowhere does it say it's an RP event. It looks like it's open to people of all servers and play-types. It's fine if you don't want to go (and honestly, it's not my type of thing either), but seeing as it's quite clear that they put quite a bit of time and thought into constructing an event the way they want to, I think it would be nice to at least respect what they're doing here.
As for the gender thing, I'll just post in this comment what I thought earlier.
Oli! Wrote:I can only speculate, but considering the nature of the event, the fact that the event is on a non-RP server and is welcoming to all players (and not just those who RP), and is not (at least where I can see) explicitly stated as being an RP event (just that it could be if people wanted to show up and RP there), the reason for the gender confirmation would be for those who do not RP and are looking for companionship of some sort, would be my guess.
Which wouldn't be a bad thing at all, I don't think.
That's all I'll say on it, really.
EDIT: As an afterthought, on the flipside, it could also simply be because providing someone's real gender would provide the necessary OOC buffer needed to prevent people getting too far into things, which could be uncomfortable for those who are hosting the event.
So I suppose either possibility would be applicable and appropriate.