by afflatus » Mon Jun 22, 2015 00:00
Where to start? As rubenwardy pointed out these are mostly early teens or even younger. On the internet you can be anyone you want, you can tell a stranger a pack of fiction and nobody really cares. You can create drama and get lots of attention. You can date more experienced players and learn the ropes, up your apparent social status and possibly even get them to play the game for you. Or maybe you're just lonely and you want someone to come share your imaginary world. I don't encourage it and have banned players for high drama speed dating, that said, it's also human nature. If everyone understands that everything we do on the server is role-play and is sensible about not revealing real life details, it can add to the dramatic interest, but the reality is that some players actually can't tell the difference between their imagination, game reality and real-life. As an admin, it seems to work to treat it as if it were role-play until such point as it affects the game. The safe option is simply to enforce the focus on survival and building.
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