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hexennacht mods. [userpic]



If everyone knew 1984 was when everything was going to happen, why was no one prepared?
Hexennacht is an alternate universe MWPP game set in 1985; a world where Gellert Grindelwald is now the Minister of Magic for all of Europe, and Muggleborn wizards live in fear of the Black Caps, Grindelwald's personal army, charged with keeping the Muggles and wizards alike in line. Hexennacht begins with the latest decree restricting magic allowed by Muggleborn wizards to the simplest forms of magic, while the purebloods are allowed to get away with murder. With the Death Eaters on the run, Voldemort in Azkaban with no hope of getting out, and the Order in hiding, along with the remains of their single ally, a former terrorist organization, is there any hope of restoring Europe to a land of tolerance?

Full information can be found in the moderator's info.

Game can be found here.

Wanted Characters: Death Eaters (Rosier, Karkaroff, Crabbe, Nott, Selwyn, et al.) Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, The Weasleys, Prewetts, Bones, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Malfalda Hopkirk, Sturgis Podmore, Severus Snape, Heathcote Barbary, Merton Graves, Orsino Thruston, Donaghan Tremlett, Gideon Crumb, and others.

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As has been explained, I believe, while JKR did draw these parallels, she was very careful to keep those parallels in the realm of fantasy. She never once referenced actual real life events, dates, groups or anything else. She kept them as just parallels. Your game has gone beyond parallels by appropriating a real life event into a fantasy setting.

And now, if what you're saying is true, that the game isn't even completely modeled after that event, why is the name so important? If it's not necessary to the game, and a large number of people are upset and offended and you've all stated repeatedly you don't want them to be... why keep the name? Other than out of stubbornness and spite?

Do you see where I'm coming from?

I honestly can't speak for the name itself because the mods chose it before I was even in it, you know? I don't know what's going on there, but I can defend the parallels and that they have not been mirrored to actual events... even in a way I would consider as remotely close. I do understand your point and various others and I do thank you for approaching it maturely, but I can only speak from what I know as a player in the game.

That's fine, I totally understand that. And as I said in other comments, I don't think anyone could fault the game for going with parallels that exist in the game. It isn't the parallels people have a problem with, it's the fact that the name of the game takes it further than parallels and links it tangibly to real life horrors.

If there had been an IC event that had it's own name not linked to anything in RL but that paralleled the Night of Breaking Glass, and the game had used that as the name, I doubt anyone would have said anything.