Goonhub
09-15-2020, 11:48 PM
I think it would surprise some to hear that there are active goon players who do also frequent the ERP servers, but I would hope it wouldn't come as a surprise.
Truth is there's going to be some sort of expression of this kinda stuff just about any where you go on the internet, because there are a lot of people who find the internet a good medium for expression, and personally I have no issues with it so long as it stays as a consent basis and is clearly made out to be of that nature.
I do know of some past opinions through goon however that considered any sort of ERP, and especially the furry/scalie based ERP servers, to be just completely obscene and uhhh... not good? (I'm like extremely tired so words no work well as of writing) But this kind of attitude does kind of exist still in the deepest bowels of goon, whether it should or not, and the general societal view of it being frowned upon can definitely still be seen here today in any sort of attempts to further develop current mutantraces or add new ones in.
I think the biggest issue with hosting ERP servers through ss13 is that a large amount of the player base is highly toxic and very un-accepting, as well as some of the people who have or do currently administrate these servers aren't always good fits to moderate them, so you kind of end up in a weird combination that drives people away from the server or that drives the server away from what perhaps the original goal was.
Now I don't mind those servers myself, and some of them have had interesting or unique features outside of the ERP mechanics, but I wouldn't want Goon to have any sort of level of ERP, and I would imagine most players here don't either, as well as the current admin team would probably not allow it in any fashion.
All of this said, as Urs said it's best to ask the direct source as to why, because you're more likely to get the most direct and non-diluted answer that way, and probably without any sort of server or view bias that you would get by asking, for example, here or on tg.
Truth is there's going to be some sort of expression of this kinda stuff just about any where you go on the internet, because there are a lot of people who find the internet a good medium for expression, and personally I have no issues with it so long as it stays as a consent basis and is clearly made out to be of that nature.
I do know of some past opinions through goon however that considered any sort of ERP, and especially the furry/scalie based ERP servers, to be just completely obscene and uhhh... not good? (I'm like extremely tired so words no work well as of writing) But this kind of attitude does kind of exist still in the deepest bowels of goon, whether it should or not, and the general societal view of it being frowned upon can definitely still be seen here today in any sort of attempts to further develop current mutantraces or add new ones in.
I think the biggest issue with hosting ERP servers through ss13 is that a large amount of the player base is highly toxic and very un-accepting, as well as some of the people who have or do currently administrate these servers aren't always good fits to moderate them, so you kind of end up in a weird combination that drives people away from the server or that drives the server away from what perhaps the original goal was.
Now I don't mind those servers myself, and some of them have had interesting or unique features outside of the ERP mechanics, but I wouldn't want Goon to have any sort of level of ERP, and I would imagine most players here don't either, as well as the current admin team would probably not allow it in any fashion.
All of this said, as Urs said it's best to ask the direct source as to why, because you're more likely to get the most direct and non-diluted answer that way, and probably without any sort of server or view bias that you would get by asking, for example, here or on tg.