Post by Admin on Aug 28, 2015 16:24:20 GMT
Hey all, we wanted to take a moment to talk about a subject that few games do. Staff knows that some of these scenes are designed to display and emphasize the terribleness that is the world of darkness. Now given this setting is not a standard theme for classic WoD staff would like to first bring up the fact that they will not be frequent, but when they do they can be a kin to Black Dog Material. The graphic nature of these scenes can be disturbing, graphic, horrifying and nightmare inducing for people who may have suffered real life traumas and truly heart-wrenching situations.
Our goal is to tell stories that create a catharsis and have fun, not to drive you away from the game. Something staff wants to do is ask our players to please be vocal about their objections with viewing or being involved in certain scenes. You can do so anonymously by contacting any member of staff ahead of time privately instead of posting it up here for players to see. You don’t even need to tell us WHY something does, it can be as simple as “Hey, I don’t want to have a scene with child abuse described to me, cliff notes are fine.” And that’s okay! We actually plan on keeping notes on who has issues with what to make sure there are not any slip ups. There will also be warnings before scenes along the lines of “The scene I am about to run comes with a Trigger warning.” If you have an issue with something I am about to describe please just raise your hand and I will stop to address the issue. If your issue is “Can we not go into detail of watching X person being tortured?” or “May I step away and you can just give me a synopsis?” That is totally okay and we actually encourage that from you. Communication is key between players and staff and we would hate for someone to think they could not be vocal about something that bothers them.
If you plan to use the Forum boards regularly, a good place to put this info is on a personal board that can only be seen by you and the staff. If you need one set up please PM Dan on face book so he can set one up for you.
Our goal is to tell stories that create a catharsis and have fun, not to drive you away from the game. Something staff wants to do is ask our players to please be vocal about their objections with viewing or being involved in certain scenes. You can do so anonymously by contacting any member of staff ahead of time privately instead of posting it up here for players to see. You don’t even need to tell us WHY something does, it can be as simple as “Hey, I don’t want to have a scene with child abuse described to me, cliff notes are fine.” And that’s okay! We actually plan on keeping notes on who has issues with what to make sure there are not any slip ups. There will also be warnings before scenes along the lines of “The scene I am about to run comes with a Trigger warning.” If you have an issue with something I am about to describe please just raise your hand and I will stop to address the issue. If your issue is “Can we not go into detail of watching X person being tortured?” or “May I step away and you can just give me a synopsis?” That is totally okay and we actually encourage that from you. Communication is key between players and staff and we would hate for someone to think they could not be vocal about something that bothers them.
If you plan to use the Forum boards regularly, a good place to put this info is on a personal board that can only be seen by you and the staff. If you need one set up please PM Dan on face book so he can set one up for you.