So it looks like we're going to be making this game after all, thanks to everyone who showed interest and offered up some great ideas for helping it to run more smoothly. We thought of an idea to be put into place and wanted to get an idea for how it might be received.
With the goal of minimizing wank and maximizing each player's comfort, which of these options seem like good ideas? Which one do you think would work best?
Original Plan: Player contact info will not be listed on the main site. It will be required for screened applications, so the mods know who's playing who, but it's up to the players whether or not they want to list their Plurk and/or online handles on their character info. So in essence, listing names and contact info is optional after an application is accepted. Pros: Less chance of being singled out for kink-shaming, encourages private conversations through PMs (which can document proof of harassment or kinkpushing if it happens), less chance of cliques Cons: People may not like not knowing who a player is, people may assume that those who don't list their contact info are wankers/creepers. Exception: If a player tells the mod that they straight up do not want to play with the player of a character they had issues with, the mod will then private tell them which other characters they will want to avoid under the condition that the player keep the information private.
Alt Plan A: List contact info as normal.
Alt Plan B: Assign themed handle names so people can determine which characters belong to a player (who still retains semi-anonymous rights) for more scrutiny.
Thoughts? Again, the goal is to minimize wank while allowing players to feel the most comfortable. We thought this would make it easier for players to express their kinks this way without feeling criticized or judged, especially as kinks change from character to character. We don't doubt wank will eventually happen (it's the nature of the beast, especially with sex games), but it's better if it's contained toward the game itself instead of name dropping.
Re: Double Sided Sex Game?
With the goal of minimizing wank and maximizing each player's comfort, which of these options seem like good ideas? Which one do you think would work best?
Original Plan: Player contact info will not be listed on the main site. It will be required for screened applications, so the mods know who's playing who, but it's up to the players whether or not they want to list their Plurk and/or online handles on their character info. So in essence, listing names and contact info is optional after an application is accepted.
Pros: Less chance of being singled out for kink-shaming, encourages private conversations through PMs (which can document proof of harassment or kinkpushing if it happens), less chance of cliques
Cons: People may not like not knowing who a player is, people may assume that those who don't list their contact info are wankers/creepers.
Exception: If a player tells the mod that they straight up do not want to play with the player of a character they had issues with, the mod will then private tell them which other characters they will want to avoid under the condition that the player keep the information private.
Alt Plan A: List contact info as normal.
Alt Plan B: Assign themed handle names so people can determine which characters belong to a player (who still retains semi-anonymous rights) for more scrutiny.
Thoughts? Again, the goal is to minimize wank while allowing players to feel the most comfortable. We thought this would make it easier for players to express their kinks this way without feeling criticized or judged, especially as kinks change from character to character. We don't doubt wank will eventually happen (it's the nature of the beast, especially with sex games), but it's better if it's contained toward the game itself instead of name dropping.