Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3293219-20150511230631/@comment-17114085-20150512182122

Ok, lets get one thing straight first. This discussion is not about whether to have this policy or not. This is happening. Graphic sex scenes are banned. That is not debatable. Not only is that not supposed to be here in the first place but there have been numerous users complaining. We also had incidents like the TNK incident that clearly crossed a line. So there is no if, ands or buts about this. This is a new policy.

Now before you go raging and post below, shut the hell up and keep reading. Something people don't realize that this policy doesn't mean sex scenes are banned. That is not true, they can still happen. We are banning graphic sex scenes (aka pornography). Below I will show an example of how a sex scene can or can't be described.

Scene: Aldaril and Anirne kiss, then have sex.

How to write it normally: Aldaril looked into Anirne's eyes. As they exchanged looks they both leaned in and exchanged a passionate kiss. They pulled away for a few seconds and undressed each other. Aldaril grabbed Anirne and took her to the bed a foot away from them. He set her down and their bodies soon intertwined in the passion of lovemaking.

How to write it graphically: Aldaril looked into Anirne's eyes. He ached to be with her. As they exchanged looks of lust they both leaned in and locked lips. Aldaril gropped Anirne's left bosom as they exchanged passionate kisses. They pulled away for a few seconds and they started to take off their clothes. As Aldaril looked upon Anirne's naked body he felt his manhood harden. He grabbed her and took her over to the bed a foot way. As he laid her down and looked into her eyes, standing over her, he saw the lust in her eyes. He felt the warmness comming off her moist.... (Ok, I think that is enough. I think you get it.)

You can clearly tell the difference between the two descriptions. As you can see the graphic description has no benefic to the normal description. Absolutely none. So everyone claiming that this policy would harm their characters or story is spewing BS. If you want to write a sex scene you can. There is no need to fade to black. Writing something like we'd see in Mass Effect of at most Witcher is acceptable. But you can't write porn, under no circumstance.

If you are still unhappy then I am sorry but the Sandbox is not the place for you. Like it was mentioned before you will have to head to another forum to write/read graphic sex scenes.