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Message: <blockquote data-quote="boschdevil" data-source="post: 839058" data-attributes="member: 10221">Baraedur, I'm not a moderator here either, but I would suggest not mentioning refrain from personal attacks in one paragraph and then imply that people who don't agree with your opinion wear panties in the next paragraph.  I don't know if theis is what you meant, but you can definitely get that implication from you post.At any rate, the reason why I don't support having vile material in Dungeon is not due to that I'm offended by the material but really due to that in general it alienates three segments of the gaming public.  It alienates:1)  Young gamers since their parents may restrict sources of reading material for content.  Though you post that it would only be three times a year, most parents may feel the more prudent approach is to restrict intake of the magazine altogether rather than risk having an article get by their censoring eyes.2)  It alienates gamers that take this game as a games but are Christians as well.   With all of the steps and rules for ritual sacrifice, rape, and demonic worship, it is hard to argue that they are taking these topics lightly.  After all, they are engrossed in these topics enough to come up with rules for them.  Do I think that people that use "Vile" material are demon and devil worshippers?  No.  However, if I was a dedicated Christian, I would be a little disturbed by a gaming system that feels it is important to highlight these aspects of the game.3)  It alienates women from the game.  The one thing I feel women really want to talk about is rape and prostitution, and really want to explore these topics in gaming systems through rules and procedures.  Oh, and they really love blood-letting as well.   Yeah, right!So, in general, you want to post material in a magazine that alienates three segments of the gaming population, just to impress the one segment who really want to investigate these topics.  Note one of these demographics is crucial for keep this game going in the future (young gamers).   Thus, for the sake of the game, I hope that they don't explore Vile material anymore.</blockquote>

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