Cybersex and SJS

[Cryogene]

I've noticed quite a few who kinda RP their 16-17 year old more like a 10-11 year old. I'm not saying that to judge anyones character concept, just an observation.

I get the feeling that you're talking about a particular scene that you walked in on earlier this week. Jacob and Joni are a bit of a special case, in that they're both horribly awkward and insecure about themselves (match made... somewhere); they are certainly not representative of the speed at which most relationships on the SJS campus move. (At least, I sure HOPE not.)

[Double-Cross]

I get the feeling that you're talking about a particular scene that you walked in on earlier this week. Jacob and Joni are a bit of a special case, in that they're both horribly awkward and insecure about themselves (match made... somewhere); they are certainly not representative of the speed at which most relationships on the SJS campus move. (At least, I sure HOPE not.)

Nope, this wasn't any one particular case. To be honest, I don't even remember this, lol. I hate having my mothers flakey memory, haha.

[Blitzen]

Every now and again, we bump up this thread as a reminder, or so new students can read it and especially now that there's a few minors in the group - here's the bump.

In case you don't want to scroll all the way back to page one to read the original post - here's the jist of it.

Sex is a theme that should broaden your character development and contribute to roleplay. Roleplay should not be used as a flimsy excuse to seek cybersex.

If that is your purpose in this supergroup, I ask you to withdraw before you are expelled.

There are lots of serious problems with using your character for cybersex. I won’t go into them all, but let me list out a couple of them briefly.

• Public sexual displays tarnish the image and reputation of our supergroup. Since the beginning, girls in SJS have gotten a little flak simply because they’re in a skirt. Getting /tells like “r u as hot as ur toon?” have plagued some of us since the beginning. However, in the last few weeks, some students have gotten /tells concerning sex in SJS. If people outside the supergroup are talking about it, then you are not nearly as subtle as you think. And if people think that they can come here to have sex, it is because they have either witnessed students acting inappropriately or been told that they do.
• Others may follow your poor example, damaging our supergroup. Once people join this group thinking it is a place to have sex, they will start to act inappropriately. New students will be “hit up” for cybersex within days or even hours of joining. That will drive new players away, and encourage even more sexually-motivated players to seek enrollment.
• You may not know who you are having sex with. You simply cannot be certain that the person you are interacting with online is an adult. There are players in SJS under the age of 18. There are players in CoX as young as 10. The horrific implications of this should not need further explanation.
• It's poor roleplaying. No high-school student without a psychological disorder gets transferred to a brand new school, spends the morning meeting other students, and then has sex with one of them that afternoon. That's ridiculous. And so this kind of sexual roleplay isn't roleplay: it is a player seeking sexual gratification using their character.
• It’s extremely poor roleplaying. Do you honestly expect people in this SG to believe that your character would have sex in public? If so, there is something wrong with you. Do you want the community-at-large to ostracize you for your behavior? If so, there is something wrong with you. Do you want the community-at-large to just let you do whatever you please, because you're "roleplaying"? If so, there is something wrong with you. Let me remind everyone that SJS is a Catholic school. Blatant sexual roleplay is basically begging for NPCs to step in and get involved because logically they would. Thinking that you can do what you want because there aren't actually teachers and staff and detention and suspension flies in the face of the tacit agreement we all share: that our characters do not exist in a vacuum. When you roleplay from your groin instead of your head, you are doing yourself and your character a disservice.

No one is interested in being the “moral police” at SJS. We do not want to change the Code of Conduct, because we are almost universally agreed that sexuality plays a role in the lives of young people. However, when sexual roleplay is blatant, it damages other players’ ability to roleplay and it must stop.

Use a different toon. Join a different SG. Do not damage something that is not your exclusive property.

Again, no one wants to be the moral police, but there are minors in the group, there are minors who play the game. Now, I know if my 13 year old nephew stumbles across explicit chat out in Faultline or Talos, he's going to be a good kid, realize that it's not meant for such young eyes, then go do something wholesome like a jigsaw puzzle. (Leave me alone with my delusion.) But other 13 year olds might stay and read it.

Also, if excessive swearing is on tap for the night- for example if you and another character are in a heated argument - you may want to take it to the fire pit or to a mission map for the same reason. I know, I know, there's profanity filters, but still - it's sort of protection for you too. I don't know NCSoft's policy on cursing.


/e ends bump!