Hello, sorry for the delay in the reply, the last two days have been a lot IRL and I did not want to dive into my inbox until I could give replies the thought and respect they - and their posters - deserve. (Also since this is not a paid account, it is harder for me to find replies to replies, and I am sorry if I have missed any.) That said, here we go.
I want to start off by thanking you for your support and defense. I appreciate it. It would have been easy to close the thread as not your problem and never give it another thought, so I appreciate the time and effort.
That said, I would hope that should there be a mod team for this - or any other game - in the future, that there wouldn't be a need to wrangle me. I like to think that I am at least somewhat open minded and willing to listen. And if I am proving not to be, then I appreciate knowing that. Because then I can work on it.
I do think that this game has potential as a concept, but the issues addressed here are more important than the concept, and need to be figured out before I could move forward with any concept at all. Half baked or otherwise. So all elements of plot are on the back burner for the foreseeable.
As I have said before in other replies, I appologize if I came across as pro-abuser. I most certainly am not. I had not been considering intentional harm when I decided I wanted this to be a clean slate game. I do not know how to proceed given that factor, which I should have thought of. By not thinking about it, I 100% messed up, for sure. But it was never my intent to upset, or worse hurt, anyone. And if I have, I am deeply sorry.
I just... was hoping to make a small pocket of space, even if it was just some game on the internet, where people could feel safe, supported, loved, and wanted. Where we could all forget about the real world and drama for a while and just... have fun playing pretend and plotting story arcs and player plots and dealing with events.
Anyway, thank you so much again for taking the time and giving the care to reply. I very much appreciate it.
(Also, while I do answer to both she/her and he/him pronouns, for the future my preferred ones are they/them. I am always fascinated to see how I come across online, though!)
Re: Addressing all comments so far. Thank you for them!
I want to start off by thanking you for your support and defense. I appreciate it. It would have been easy to close the thread as not your problem and never give it another thought, so I appreciate the time and effort.
That said, I would hope that should there be a mod team for this - or any other game - in the future, that there wouldn't be a need to wrangle me. I like to think that I am at least somewhat open minded and willing to listen. And if I am proving not to be, then I appreciate knowing that. Because then I can work on it.
I do think that this game has potential as a concept, but the issues addressed here are more important than the concept, and need to be figured out before I could move forward with any concept at all. Half baked or otherwise. So all elements of plot are on the back burner for the foreseeable.
As I have said before in other replies, I appologize if I came across as pro-abuser. I most certainly am not. I had not been considering intentional harm when I decided I wanted this to be a clean slate game. I do not know how to proceed given that factor, which I should have thought of. By not thinking about it, I 100% messed up, for sure. But it was never my intent to upset, or worse hurt, anyone. And if I have, I am deeply sorry.
I just... was hoping to make a small pocket of space, even if it was just some game on the internet, where people could feel safe, supported, loved, and wanted. Where we could all forget about the real world and drama for a while and just... have fun playing pretend and plotting story arcs and player plots and dealing with events.
Anyway, thank you so much again for taking the time and giving the care to reply. I very much appreciate it.
(Also, while I do answer to both she/her and he/him pronouns, for the future my preferred ones are they/them. I am always fascinated to see how I come across online, though!)