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Old 02-11-2016, 04:43 PM   #8
shevegen
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Re: Why is rape acceptable in some MUDs?

> By that logic, any heinous act should be allowable in MUDs,
> even if the victims are children.

Most muds are age-restricted.

However had, even aside from that point, I can't give any instance of
where I would have played where rape was something that happened.

It strikes me as no IC roleplay and instead any OOC motives being
carried onto a target character.

> consensual rape scene (which I presume you're not involved in.)

This would then depend on the roleplay. You refer to consent in
regards to OOC, not IC, since otherwise it may not constitute
"rape" (since we'd have to refer to IC here).

Some MUDs automatically forbid it in an implicit way from the
set of rules. E. g. certain forms of IC harassment will become
OOC harassment. Since OOC harassment is forbidden, said
player broke the rules and can be purged from the game.

Now to any weirdos who really would OOCly "consent" to
ICly playing when their characters would rather not want to,
well, in this case it would be roleplay right?

It is very similar to torture roleplay where the target victim also
does not want to be tortured, understandably, but all the players
involved may be "excited" about it. Which in some ways is
similar to rape in the sense that it also does not require
IC consent. Neither does PK either.

I actually can't give a single case of where I ever had a character
who would be interested in rape or torture either. If it does not
ICly fit, it won't happen to any of my characters.

In theory you could always assume that xyz roleplay possibilities
would exist to warrant any of that - like to torture someone to
find out where someone else is held captive - but in actual
practice that never happened. Perhaps I played the "wrong"
kind of MUDs? :>

> You're physically reacting to the violent death of a fictional construct.

Uhm. It is just some processed text? There is no "violent death of a
fictional construct". It's just some numbers that flow around yielding
different messages.
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