I should probablly preface this by saying that this isn't the first time we've recieved a complaint about Sindome, but it is the first time one's been brought against us by an offical agency of this nature.
The complaint was that people were accessing our site, and being overwraught by the disturbing imagery portrayed in out world; that acts of a sexual nature are abundant; that descriptions of gory violent acts were regularlly carried out in graphic detail, but no warnings of explicit adult material are posted, nor any aptempt made to secure the site from minors, and that this was a clear offence of state and federal regulations.
We discussed at length what would be required to bring our site in line with said regulations… how we do have warnings saying that the game is of an adult nature, and that no one under the age of 18 is allowed to play, but here we ran into a bit of a snag.
You see, federal law requires you to obtain proof of age in a form which can be documented and kept on file. Normally for sites this isn't a problem: They require you to sign up with a credit card, which can be tied back to a person.
Of course, this will never work for Sindome. The fact that we don't charge for our service simply means that we have to either find another way to record proof of age, OR remove the offensive material.
Obviously we can't exactly start asking for people's credit cards, so after a fair bit of debate and a few hours of furious coding by Johnny and I, we've arrived at a solution which will allow us to continue to operate while still maintaining 'legal' status.
From hence-forth on, any pose, emote, shout, say, description, action, post, or any other output will automatically be run through our new AutoCensor. The AutoCensor is specifically designed to remove any and all material which might be deemed offensive, sexual, obscene, or not appropiate for minors. To let you know that a piece of content has been censored by the AutoCensor, it will be replaced by the rather distinctive <CENSORED> tag. This includes, but is not limited to depections of any act of sex, violence, cuss words, insults, belittling, rudeness, thievery, acts unbecoming of a lady (for female characters), <CENSORED>, or anything else which might be deemed offensive.
We of course appreaciate your cooperation and understanding as we move forward with this awakard change, but the alternitive was unacceptable to us, so we chose to make this compromise.
Again, we thank you all for your continued support. Happy gaming, and <CENSORED> the <CENSORED>. -Kevlar
