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At the risk of sounding like a moron, can you explain how and why these changes will help with diversity and inclusion?
Can you also explain where everything fits in the polling charter?
I'm all for diversity and inclusion however the lack of reasoning behind the changes have left me confused and I'm worried the game has fallen into a naive prejudice.
- Free character changes
I understand making a gender change more accessible, especially because the make over mage seems to be a very fluid and free character. I do not understand why any other shop would also become free.
- Kingdom of Miscellania
I understand being able to marry either gender, however I do not understand befriending to inherit a medieval kingdom.
- Recruitment Drive
I can't comment on the new puzzle however I don't understand the removal of the old puzzle. It's was a fun nod to a great moment from LOTR.
- Consortium companies
Another one I don't understand. There were plenty of companies to chose from including 1 for male and 1 for female.
- The Feud
I understand the perspective that having 1 name for a group of people could be seen as prejudice, however I never saw the game like that because it was only 1 town. Perhaps because I first encountered it when I was young but I thought it was a town that had funny naming traditions.
Looking at the new names they're all completely different. This really draws your attention to the old names being off. If they were similar/contained Ali then it could have been a funny quirk of the town, like the seers in seers village or the knight names in falador. This is exacerbated with a number of Alis still around without new names.
- H.A.M members
I understand making male/female members on the same footing however it feels a progression step is missing. Could you revert the HAM members to 18.5 XP but make a slightly higher tier HAM official available at level 20 with 22.2 XP?
- Barbarian keys
I understand this one RIP Forums
Finally we have signatures in the surprise forum update. I'm Lewis, I play Old School & I've been playing since 2005.
Can you also explain where everything fits in the polling charter?
I'm all for diversity and inclusion however the lack of reasoning behind the changes have left me confused and I'm worried the game has fallen into a naive prejudice.
- Free character changes
I understand making a gender change more accessible, especially because the make over mage seems to be a very fluid and free character. I do not understand why any other shop would also become free.
- Kingdom of Miscellania
I understand being able to marry either gender, however I do not understand befriending to inherit a medieval kingdom.
- Recruitment Drive
I can't comment on the new puzzle however I don't understand the removal of the old puzzle. It's was a fun nod to a great moment from LOTR.
- Consortium companies
Another one I don't understand. There were plenty of companies to chose from including 1 for male and 1 for female.
- The Feud
I understand the perspective that having 1 name for a group of people could be seen as prejudice, however I never saw the game like that because it was only 1 town. Perhaps because I first encountered it when I was young but I thought it was a town that had funny naming traditions.
Looking at the new names they're all completely different. This really draws your attention to the old names being off. If they were similar/contained Ali then it could have been a funny quirk of the town, like the seers in seers village or the knight names in falador. This is exacerbated with a number of Alis still around without new names.
- H.A.M members
I understand making male/female members on the same footing however it feels a progression step is missing. Could you revert the HAM members to 18.5 XP but make a slightly higher tier HAM official available at level 20 with 22.2 XP?
- Barbarian keys
I understand this one RIP Forums
Finally we have signatures in the surprise forum update. I'm Lewis, I play Old School & I've been playing since 2005.
09-Nov-2022 12:39:09
- Varrock guards
I'm not sure how this is even a diversity and inclusion change.
This feels anti old school and against the new polling charter. The guard model is an iconic old school model that we have voted to keep in the past. This is exactly the type of graphical update you said you'd poll.
- Diverse citizens
Running about it looks like you've changed the gender and race of some guards, mostly in the F2P area.
Perhaps it's because I'm used to the way it was before but it feels weird. Why would a medieval society have an even split between the gender of it's guards? Most settlements have dominant races so are the new guards from other towns?
On the flip side I'm annoyed you've not committed all the way. You've only added a few tokens in the major hubs, which really draws your attention to the hollowness of the change.
Finally a non D&I change.
The Rat catchers changes are a prime example of why the polling character has started to fail. This is clearly a rework to existing content and should be polled however you just slap on the 'Quality of Life' label to force it through.
I don't doubt that it would pass, even with the needless threshold change, but it's annoying that you're immediately abusing the new system.
Overall I'd say this update is quite frustrating. The D&I changes are rooted in a noble cause however I can't see how most the changes actually help. Some feel like a hinderance and others are completely against the new polling charter. RIP Forums
Finally we have signatures in the surprise forum update. I'm Lewis, I play Old School & I've been playing since 2005.
I'm not sure how this is even a diversity and inclusion change.
This feels anti old school and against the new polling charter. The guard model is an iconic old school model that we have voted to keep in the past. This is exactly the type of graphical update you said you'd poll.
- Diverse citizens
Running about it looks like you've changed the gender and race of some guards, mostly in the F2P area.
Perhaps it's because I'm used to the way it was before but it feels weird. Why would a medieval society have an even split between the gender of it's guards? Most settlements have dominant races so are the new guards from other towns?
On the flip side I'm annoyed you've not committed all the way. You've only added a few tokens in the major hubs, which really draws your attention to the hollowness of the change.
Finally a non D&I change.
The Rat catchers changes are a prime example of why the polling character has started to fail. This is clearly a rework to existing content and should be polled however you just slap on the 'Quality of Life' label to force it through.
I don't doubt that it would pass, even with the needless threshold change, but it's annoying that you're immediately abusing the new system.
Overall I'd say this update is quite frustrating. The D&I changes are rooted in a noble cause however I can't see how most the changes actually help. Some feel like a hinderance and others are completely against the new polling charter. RIP Forums
Finally we have signatures in the surprise forum update. I'm Lewis, I play Old School & I've been playing since 2005.
09-Nov-2022 12:39:12
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