[the_logos]

Well, the entries as is speak to what is actually happening, not what the official policy is. If one prefers they reflect whatever the administration wants to say, rather than what is relevant to the user experience, that's fine, but it's simply license to tell people whatever an admin wants. I tend to think that what is actually happening is a lot more important than what the admin wishes was happening (or simply outright lies about what is happening).

For instance, when one is discussing World of Warcraft, there can be no honest discussion about it without simply working with the baseline assumption that many, many people are violating the EULA and both buying and selling gold, characters, and leveling services (all of which is driven by player demand). Just because they're violating the EULA doesn't make it less impactful on the experience of other players. The fact is, in WoW (as in any MUD), the official policy doesn't mean much, insofar as it's often quite far removed from reality.

The official policy of the US government is that smoking pot is illegal. Do you think it'd be anything but an outright lie to say that America is a country "without pot" simply because the administration declares that smoking pot is illegal?

The ability/willingness to separate an assessment of reality from the drive to condemn or judge is an important part of fulfilling the needs of players.

--matt