I'm curious how everyone feels about this since the allowance of this since is a relatively recent change and I believe this is the first time or if not then one of the first of problems being brought up. Should we branch out the censorship into whether something is said in a derogatory manner or not could possibly be a worthy discussion. At the end of the day though, what is being demanded for here would require broader restrictions than the rules we currently have, which reaches into a completely different playing field.   Yes the second example can be seen as derogatory, to me it's just a saying, this is just one example how this can reach into shaky territory since not everyone will have the same views as others on what is derogatory or not. Though what if someone started a gang called "n*gga clan" would that still be okay, or only be okay if the word was used by people of that skin color only? Would the word "R4P3" be treated far more severely? Where context doesn't matter for that but does matter for the n word?   What I'm trying to understand is where the standard is supposed to be. The current rule, as I understand it, is primarily about directing offensive language at other players. That's a fairly clear line: don't harass people, don't call people slurs, don't target individuals, done deal. What is being suggested here is broader than that. it's about whether names, jokes, references, or words that some players find offensive should be prohibited. It expands moderation beyond preventing harassment and into regulating general expression.    Personally, I'd rather see rules focus on whether players are actually being targeted, harassed, or made unwelcome by another player's actions rather than continually expanding the list of words, jokes, or themes that aren't allowed. Judging whether something is derogatory reaches into a shaky field relaying back to what I said earlier. I'd rather see players resolve disagreements through conversation/compromise, or reporting genuine harassment when it occurs, rather than creating increasingly broad restrictions on what people are allowed to name their gangs, jobs, or groups. To me personally, the goal of moderation in a Gmod server should be preventing players from being targeted, not preventing anyone from ever encountering something they find offensive.     About my point on rather seeing players resolve conflicts by conversing, I couldn't help but notice this approach was not taken here. Nobody reached out to me directly to say they found the names offensive or to explain their perspective. I could care less about having such as my gang name/job name, people here know I'm not that kind of person and I would've changed them. Instead, I was getting RDMed followed by the issue being immediately raised through a report. I don't hold any resentment toward anyone for doing that, but I don't think it's the right approach for every situation and it's not what I want to see in how this server deals with situations like these in the future.

I personally don't feel it's okay for people to be in a gang called "Rape Clan" (stylised as "R4P3 KL4N"), or have a custom job called "Niggas Mad". The latter is derogatory, but the former - while not derogatory - should not be okay either.

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Suggestion: Remove the diving equipment overlay How will this improve the quality of Aether?: Obscures giant outer part of your screen.... Very annoying

I don't see why not, this will be in on restart.