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Thanks for sharing your concerns. I'm not speaking on behalf of the company but I'd wager that the LGBT community is represented with events and so forth due to the specific and often targetted attacks they face in gaming communities in general.
That's not to say the rest of the player base isn't as diverse as you say it is. RS and OSRS players come from all over the world and that is a wonderful thing.
It's worth noting that RS lore is full of tongue in cheek humour across the entirely game and not just limited to the examples you identified.
A few other things have been done with regards to changing a few quests recently like the Miscellenia series by ensuring anyone can marry anyone if need be so I do think Jagex is always taking this into consideration even if such changes happen incrementally and over the course of time.
That's not to say the rest of the player base isn't as diverse as you say it is. RS and OSRS players come from all over the world and that is a wonderful thing.
It's worth noting that RS lore is full of tongue in cheek humour across the entirely game and not just limited to the examples you identified.
A few other things have been done with regards to changing a few quests recently like the Miscellenia series by ensuring anyone can marry anyone if need be so I do think Jagex is always taking this into consideration even if such changes happen incrementally and over the course of time.
20-Apr-2023 12:04:06
Treat everyone, regardless of who they are, with the respect due them. (hint: it's the same for everyone. The only cases that any respect due would be lacking is if you personally are aware of an undeniable truth of criminal activity from another, and even then at least be civil). That's it--we don't need anything else. If everyone were to follow that, we would not have any problems with inclusivity or discrimination.
Now that that's out of the way, this is a game. Not a political platform or whatever. Keep your agendas out of the game please. I'm happy to treat everyone like the wonderful human beings we all are, but there is a time and place for more than this--it does not belong absolutely everywhere, as that just makes the problem worse. After all, if everyone forgets about human failings of the past we are doomed to repeat them. Only through knowing what is wrong can we consciously be sure we are able to steer clear of perpetuating it.
Think about culture clash, for example. It's not uncommon for two different cultures to offend one another with otherwise innocent actions simply because they do not know the values of the other. Similarly, if a person were somehow unaware that treating someone differently because of what they look like or what they think is wrong, then why would they necessarily try and steer clear? They don't know it's wrong! I think it is important to leave such otherwise discriminatory behavior (i.e. as pointed out in "the feud"
in the game, while ensuring it is properly framed such that it is clear to any partaking of the content that this is what we should be striving to avoid, whether from a foreword before the quest that breaks the 4th wall or whatever plot telling device you would prefer to illustrate that humanity should strive to be beyond such foul behavior.
P.S. I fully expect some here to see my rejection of further inclusivity in game as proof I'm "an obvious bigot." While you would be 100% wrong, I still wish you well.
Now that that's out of the way, this is a game. Not a political platform or whatever. Keep your agendas out of the game please. I'm happy to treat everyone like the wonderful human beings we all are, but there is a time and place for more than this--it does not belong absolutely everywhere, as that just makes the problem worse. After all, if everyone forgets about human failings of the past we are doomed to repeat them. Only through knowing what is wrong can we consciously be sure we are able to steer clear of perpetuating it.
Think about culture clash, for example. It's not uncommon for two different cultures to offend one another with otherwise innocent actions simply because they do not know the values of the other. Similarly, if a person were somehow unaware that treating someone differently because of what they look like or what they think is wrong, then why would they necessarily try and steer clear? They don't know it's wrong! I think it is important to leave such otherwise discriminatory behavior (i.e. as pointed out in "the feud"
in the game, while ensuring it is properly framed such that it is clear to any partaking of the content that this is what we should be striving to avoid, whether from a foreword before the quest that breaks the 4th wall or whatever plot telling device you would prefer to illustrate that humanity should strive to be beyond such foul behavior.
P.S. I fully expect some here to see my rejection of further inclusivity in game as proof I'm "an obvious bigot." While you would be 100% wrong, I still wish you well.
25-Apr-2023 04:32:37
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