I want to state first and for most. THESE ARE MY OPPINIONS! They are a reflection of what I personally feel, not anyone else.
Den has some rules, given certain rooms. For example the room myself and Imreis run has a "No bared weapons" rule. Sure you can get in a fist fight, as long as there isn't a lot of broken funiture or blood all over the place then it's all good.
Yeah Den does have fewer rules then ISRP. It's suppose to, for those of us who really just can't stand having to watch every second of an RP to make sure we are following rules.
One thing I have noticed, and a good reason why I'm barely on anymore myself, is that the CoC and setting rules are open to the interpitation of the Magi on duty. Which is what I think leads to the rule breaking to begin with. Your on one day and a Magi allows this or that to happen. The next day you do the same thing and another Magi yells at you for it. For Example. I had a Magi get on my case because it stated in my dessy that the character "Seems to be clothingless" Thats all. No descriptions, no inuendos, nothing. Yet the very next night I watch some other character do a very erotic, and a lot more descriptive then my dessy was, strip tease. I asked about it and was told "Well it depends on the interpitation of the Magi who's there" So....basically if the Magi doesn't like you they can pick through every one of your RPs with a fine tooth comb and heap as much trouble as possible on you........alright thats nice to know.
I know the first arguement thats going to pop up. "Well the rules are simple to read and follow." Um...no acctually several of the rules aren't very easy to interpet. For example, the no sexual referances one. I hate to say it but on a bad day hell Everything I SAY can be a sexual referance. Obviously there are blatent ones, example "pocket pool", but what about the not so obvious ones? Or heck what about the ones that only mean something to that character and prehaps a select handful of people who know that character IC??? AND does that give the right to assume that if it's known about OOC that it can be used to get someone you don't like in trouble?
Or, and yes I'm bringing it up again as I have since this rule was MADE, the Familiars rule.
Familiars of magic using sorts are allowed if accompanied by their masters,
Yet again I ask, WHAT is a familiar??? Not everyone plays D&D, I don't, so I was very very upset when I was told my characters familiar wasn't allowed in. He was a very tiny dragon like creature that spent most of his time wrapped around Ruthia's neck and stealing from ehr cup or plate. I was told it wasn't allowed because the towns folk would freak out. Um.....Ruthia never walks through town for one, she ports directly to the area she wants to be in order to avoid villiagers. And two even if she did walk through town her little guy was smart enough to hide himself in her coat or cloak. "Well he's a dragon like creature, and dragons are against the rules too" Ok, fine you have me there. BUT, how come people can play horses or what not in the garden? Is it just because they don't get caught? Or are only certain players being watch, which if thats the case then thats BS. Sorry, but it is. Watching certain players more closely then others is a load of BS, especially when all should be treated fairly.
Another one I want to bring up. Harrassment. I had a PLAYER who was for a given amount of time going out of his/her way to Harrass me both IC and OOC. When I complained about it I was told "Tell him to stop OOC" I did, it didn't stop. It got worse in fact. So I asked for help again and got "Well unless wesee it happen we can't do anything about it." WTF! So basically I was told, shut up and deal with it? This went on for MONTHS!
All this leads me to one huge and sad conclusion. That I, and many others, aren't welcome here. Our type aren't wanted around, this site is becoming exclusive to the friends of a few people. *shrugs* Thats fine. I take my RPing elsewhere as often as I can now. Only reason I come here anymore is because I have one or two friends still left on this site.
And again, I want to state first and for most. THESE ARE MY OPPINIONS! They are a reflection of what I personally feel, not anyone else.