Game Development: Dressed in Ermine

[jorb]

Take shots at the game, get blown out.

I'm not invested enough in identity politics on either end of the autist spectrum to care about that other name.

By request from the Ruler of the Realm, however, the realm formerly known as "White Pride" is now known as "Pride". Updated OP.

[DDDsDD999]

Take shots at the game, get blown out.

I'm not invested enough in identity politics on either end of the autist spectrum to care about that other name.

Can we request our realm name to be Black Lives Matter?

[xdragonlord18]

Take shots at the game, get blown out.

I'm not invested enough in identity politics on either end of the autist spectrum to care about that other name.

Yeah, that's the problem with taking a stance at all. Once you do, anything you don't take action against is implicitly endorsed.

[jorb]

Can we request our realm name to be Black Lives Matter?

No.

[Audiosmurf]

Take shots at the game, get blown out.

I'm not invested enough in identity politics on either end of the autist spectrum to care about that other name.

By request from the Ruler of the Realm, however, the realm formerly known as "White Pride" is now known as "Pride". Updated OP.

B-based???

[discospaceman]

maybe ermine are white so that is why he thought it was ok

[SacreDoom]

Jorb,

I understand the principle, as a creator, in having a hands-off approach when it comes to political issues because you'll never see the end of the claims of bias/discrimination against you if you do decide to intervene in any one given case.

And that, in my mind, would be an appropriate argument were it not for the fact that this statement is immediately preceded by what comes off ultimately as a very shortsighted intervention which, from now on, only beckons further attempts to goad you into changes like these, since it is now obvious to people that taking laughable pot shots at the game has a chance of getting your attention. Why not just message the owner of the kingdom and hash it out with them behind the scenes to avoid silly drama if this actually annoys you or feels like an affront to immersion? If the latter is the case, I must admit I'd find that argument rather stale, given how "White Pride" with its obvious real-life allusions isn't an issue to you as a thorn in the eye of aesthetic or immersion. If your genuine interest is to avoid having to constantly intervene or having instances of obvious meta-game discussions in prominent player-made entities you yourself have made your bed quite poorly in this situation.

I find how you have handled this laughable at best, poor attempts at equating identity politics with racism aside.

In short:

[Ants]

Why not let us change realm names as much as we want using a rare item and a lot of xp? Village names, too. This isn't the first time someone created something with an unpopular name and it won't be the last. The ability to change village names has been requested several times already.

And what if a realm is ruled by a group rather than one person?

And why does White Pride is an acceptable name again?

Because we're all white in this game. Any other type of racial pride is having pride for something that doesn't exist until we get more skin tones.

[mulamishne]

Why not let us change realm names as much as we want using a rare item and a lot of xp? Village names, too. This isn't the first time someone created something with an unpopular name and it won't be the last. The ability to change village names has been requested several times already.

Player population was pretty popular with most everyone we talked to. The issue was the people we DIDN'T talk to

[Resture]

Holy fuck this post really brought the autism out in this community.