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Tormak wrote:

I dream of seeing screenies that are actually cool happenings and not just innuendos.

This is something me and Tormak have been discussing in the past, and seeing as he finally spilled his beans, I will too.

As much as I love a good (genasi, preferably) innuendo myself, I do worry about the first impression we give to new players casually browsning our forums before strolling off the boat looking for stellar RP in Cordor East (!). However, I am still convinced a new player doing that routine would get a false impression, as there is so much more to Amia than that. Obviously.

Now, this is not critique or an order or anything, just a petition to slightly remedy this. If you have cool screenies from amazing happenings IG, DM events or otherwise, don't be shy; we want to see them! I see them sometimes in various faction forums, but they rarely make it to the screenies thread, which is where I would go if I were a new player. And that's a shame!

Remember, NWN is dying. We want to get as many stellar RPers as possible from the huddled masses of fugitives fleeing the other RP servers as they die.

::Looks through screenies::

I have a bunch of good ones, I'll have to start posting them like I've been meaning to.

Hear hear!

I am inclined to agree ... it was nice looking through the Winya tread and seeing all those, although sometimes I go to the screenies just for a laugh.

I already posted a nice significant one. Lemme alone!

You mean the shock they WILl get when they see Tieflings, Drow, Demon, fey all huggling, kissing and making out?

I call it "preemptive preparation" so they are not that shocked.

Being new that sounds excellent, where will we be able to view them , presuming there is any so far.

There is a screenie thread in the 'Off-topic' I believe.

Perhaps we can have a non-off-topic screenie thread in General, and leave the off-topic one?

Way I'd see a way of partially aiding in this:

Remove or rename the Prostitutes in Cordor.S.

Have the Cordorian council pass public behaviour laws. From an in character point of view, things that can be done immediately to assist with this:

Ban Public displays of affection in the city streets.

Require a more stringent dress code that requires more than bikinies or loincloths, the people would get tired of seeing half-or-more-naked things walking around.

Institute a no-public loitering statute in Cordor E. Its the holy district, and Government district, there's plenty of IC reasons that have already occured to add this kind of security precaution.

Have Curfew or Other Specified laws that are more restricting for Monstrous races in Cordor(Likely garment related, and congregating laws.)

OOCly:

Make an IC Screenshot thread. Or simply delete the current screenshot thread or archive it, and start a new one banning innuendo or otherwise. Probably a complaint about part of this would be that is it could inspire metagaming.

Further, this type of wishful thinking is nice. But would this be one of those things that could be considered a slippery slope?

Cybering->Limited Cybering->Cybering ban->Sexual Innuendo censure->Innuendo limiting->Sexual innuendo ban->Even eluding to maybe might be thinking about Boobies ban.

Im sure i can find some good group photos of some of the drow in the underdark

Dwagin, ruining the IC immersion of a server simply because the players are too immature to post more than giggle, giggle, boobies pictures is not my idea of a good time.

My own Screenie posting skills only go so far but I'll do my best and get something up.

A standoff between two Horsemen encountered by the Elves on patrol

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Kjetta wrote:

Tormak wrote:

I dream of seeing screenies that are actually cool happenings and not just innuendos.

This is something me and Tormak have been discussing in the past, and seeing as he finally spilled his beans, I will too.

As much as I love a good (genasi, preferably) innuendo myself, I do worry about the first impression we give to new players casually browsning our forums before strolling off the boat looking for stellar RP in Cordor East (!). However, I am still convinced a new player doing that routine would get a false impression, as there is so much more to Amia than that. Obviously.

Now, this is not critique or an order or anything, just a petition to slightly remedy this. If you have cool screenies from amazing happenings IG, DM events or otherwise, don't be shy; we want to see them! I see them sometimes in various faction forums, but they rarely make it to the screenies thread, which is where I would go if I were a new player. And that's a shame!

Remember, NWN is dying. We want to get as many stellar RPers as possible from the huddled masses of fugitives fleeing the other RP servers as they die.

A very long time ago, Disco made a similar petition. If memory serves, the sexual innuendo screenies were reduced. But soon they started anew and, apparently, heavier.

For a long time I stopped watching that thread because some of the screenies there would make me roll my eyes or bang my head against a wall, or even wonder, in shock, what was the average age of Amian players and if there were any underaged kids looking at those pictures.

I went back watching them just a while ago (some... two or three months), out of curiosity, and the innuendos were, apparently, a "must have". Now, I only look that thread if I am really bored, as I already know that some... 80%... of the contents will be the darn sexual innuendos.

I yawn at sexual innuendos.

They're usually just funny to those who either:

1. Don't get laid.

2. Are religiously/morally anal (see #1)

3. Are still stuck in a grade school mentality (see #1)

*gigglesnort*

The Winya screenies thread is awesome.

Edit at request of poster.

Stop it.

Screenies and you; a friendly petition!

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