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the choice. The first one being that
we want Gaela to be a Family oriented sim and not have the rules
against wanting to have children. If
there are intimate situations, there
will be pregnancy and children –
they are the natural result of that,
no matter the race. There’s also the
fact that two of the other founders
and I have child avies and we wanted a place for all our characters to
feel at home. Finally we felt that
people that wished to play needed
some leeway as far as race choice.
Most have so many stipulations
that all children usually end up human or some light creature, we did
not want that here. The only races
off-limits to children are ones that
are blatant in sexual content such
as the incubi.”
What do you do to prevent the
misuse of these avatars? “We have
strict rules set in place for the players and watch the ones who choose
to be children. There is discussion in
the works about having those who
are not regular child players, being
required to submit an adult character first, so the admins can get to
know the players in question. There
is also a one strike rule for those
that break any of the stipulations
regarding children. We do NOT tolerate their abuses.”
What steps do you take if/when
you discover a player has misused
a child avatar? “Investigation to ensure that the accusation is true, logs
and pictures required. If the person
is indeed misusing the privilege to
be a child here they will be removed
from all groups and forced to start
over. If the offense is major they
will be banned and reported to
LL.”
How many children exist in the
role-play at this time and how
do they benefit the story-lines
going on in play currently? “We
currently have six children playing on a regular basis in Gaela.
War, a half demon/half elf, he’s
the mecha owner and worker
until an adult can be found to
take over and also the adopted
son to the local baker. He is also
my character. There is Zephyros,
a runner for the local newspaper.
He is played by an admin named
Anil. Arabre, a young half celestial/half fae healer that works in
the hospital alongside our local
doctor. Scritch a mute fae vinedog that scares people in the
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