Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2014 22:49:05 GMT
Hey everybody, so, I've been hearing a lot of unsubstantiated and/or false rumors floating around.
"Foreigners can't buy CP" --this is FALSE. And illogical. CAVE isn't going to allow us to play but refuse our money.
"You can get banned for using English" --Unsubstantiated, likely false.
"You can be banned for being a foreigner" --FALSE for now, but if we become a major nuisance then they might.
I just want to encourage everyone to be a little bit more cautious about repeating 2nd or 3rd hand information, particularly when it comes without a direct source. Partially there's a game of telephone involved where things get taken out of context, and partially people are prone to misinterpretation when dealing with institutions outside their native language. As far as I know, the only specific people we know to have actually been banned were banned for rudeness on Shout/say chat. This is about community norms, NOT about being foreigners.
If any of you were around for the early era of Shiva/Vishnu runs, you may remember the "Non-Armor-Break attacks break AB stack" rumor, which was replaced by the "non-blunt/slash/charge attacks break AB stack" rumor before finally being dispelled entirely that nothing breaks AB stack except time. Remember that it took the better part of a year to eradicate this COMPLETELY UNSUBSTANTIATED rumor--because one person made it up out of thin air and everyone else just repeated what other people told them as fact. (I did it too!) So I hope we can draw from that experience to realize that we, as a community, need to resist the urge to spread rumors, because they can be damaging in the long run.
CAVE doesn't hate foreigners. Japanese people don't hate foreigners. Japanese people do hate rudeness, and if you're being rude--including using shout unnecessarily--then you may be banned. When we repeat these rumors, I think we get into the space of assuming the worst about other players and about CAVE, and I think it affects how we see and treat other players.I think it harms our community, and the JP megaten community at large. And also? We're just repeating inaccurate and/or false information, which isn't helpful. If we're respectful of the existing community norms and of our fellow players--if we adapt to this server--they'll be respectful and welcoming to us.
So, you know, use some critical thinking, and have some restraint. And remember: third-hand information repeated without a source is a rumor, and should be treated as such.
"Foreigners can't buy CP" --this is FALSE. And illogical. CAVE isn't going to allow us to play but refuse our money.
"You can get banned for using English" --Unsubstantiated, likely false.
"You can be banned for being a foreigner" --FALSE for now, but if we become a major nuisance then they might.
I just want to encourage everyone to be a little bit more cautious about repeating 2nd or 3rd hand information, particularly when it comes without a direct source. Partially there's a game of telephone involved where things get taken out of context, and partially people are prone to misinterpretation when dealing with institutions outside their native language. As far as I know, the only specific people we know to have actually been banned were banned for rudeness on Shout/say chat. This is about community norms, NOT about being foreigners.
If any of you were around for the early era of Shiva/Vishnu runs, you may remember the "Non-Armor-Break attacks break AB stack" rumor, which was replaced by the "non-blunt/slash/charge attacks break AB stack" rumor before finally being dispelled entirely that nothing breaks AB stack except time. Remember that it took the better part of a year to eradicate this COMPLETELY UNSUBSTANTIATED rumor--because one person made it up out of thin air and everyone else just repeated what other people told them as fact. (I did it too!) So I hope we can draw from that experience to realize that we, as a community, need to resist the urge to spread rumors, because they can be damaging in the long run.
CAVE doesn't hate foreigners. Japanese people don't hate foreigners. Japanese people do hate rudeness, and if you're being rude--including using shout unnecessarily--then you may be banned. When we repeat these rumors, I think we get into the space of assuming the worst about other players and about CAVE, and I think it affects how we see and treat other players.I think it harms our community, and the JP megaten community at large. And also? We're just repeating inaccurate and/or false information, which isn't helpful. If we're respectful of the existing community norms and of our fellow players--if we adapt to this server--they'll be respectful and welcoming to us.
So, you know, use some critical thinking, and have some restraint. And remember: third-hand information repeated without a source is a rumor, and should be treated as such.