Religious Mapping?
WaffleSpoon
Join Date: 2002-01-30 Member: 133Members
Join Date: 2002-01-30 Member: 133Members
<div class="IPBDescription">An issue?</div> Well, I was mapping along and just got a sweet idea... It is about the marine spawn. But as I made this idea of mine an reality so that I can try it out and tweak it until near perfection... I realized something...
To make you understand my problem better, I have to tell you the entire map-story from the beginning and you will soon understand.
<i>A squad of TSA specials have infiltrated the space mining colony ns_reptilian (this is only a working project name, I have not checked to see if the name is taken already, but take notice that this is NOT the name it will have upon eventual completion! I apologize if I have taken anybodys name and can rename my project if the person in question so likes) but was soon cut off from reinforcements and were driven further and further back into the station. They were pushed back so far that they had to take shelter in a very odd place. The chapell. And it is not god who watch over this place. No, these eyes are far more organic...</i>
This is where the players enter the game fromt he readyroom. A large door slightly open represents the way the TSA marines came from and the red warning lights can be seen as well as a scene of turretfiring, kharaa screams and some explosions will take place. Then it will go silent and all that is heard is the alarm.. This alarm will die out after a short while as well. (to prevent irritation) That is meant to symbolize aliens taking out the last line of defence the TSA specialists had, but the door was jammed luckily. Now, inside this MS there are..as of now.. three diferrent sized and colored christian crosses. The CC is located in the preasts(sp?) "chair", you know, where he sings and speaks to the people.
Now to my problem. I do not at all want to offend anyone, and I was wondering if having christian crosses at the marine spawn would in fact offend anyone. Religion is a strange thing. I am, myself, not a christian, I believe in the wiccan belief and as such, am not representative for the christian belief.
Comments?
To make you understand my problem better, I have to tell you the entire map-story from the beginning and you will soon understand.
<i>A squad of TSA specials have infiltrated the space mining colony ns_reptilian (this is only a working project name, I have not checked to see if the name is taken already, but take notice that this is NOT the name it will have upon eventual completion! I apologize if I have taken anybodys name and can rename my project if the person in question so likes) but was soon cut off from reinforcements and were driven further and further back into the station. They were pushed back so far that they had to take shelter in a very odd place. The chapell. And it is not god who watch over this place. No, these eyes are far more organic...</i>
This is where the players enter the game fromt he readyroom. A large door slightly open represents the way the TSA marines came from and the red warning lights can be seen as well as a scene of turretfiring, kharaa screams and some explosions will take place. Then it will go silent and all that is heard is the alarm.. This alarm will die out after a short while as well. (to prevent irritation) That is meant to symbolize aliens taking out the last line of defence the TSA specialists had, but the door was jammed luckily. Now, inside this MS there are..as of now.. three diferrent sized and colored christian crosses. The CC is located in the preasts(sp?) "chair", you know, where he sings and speaks to the people.
Now to my problem. I do not at all want to offend anyone, and I was wondering if having christian crosses at the marine spawn would in fact offend anyone. Religion is a strange thing. I am, myself, not a christian, I believe in the wiccan belief and as such, am not representative for the christian belief.
Comments?
Comments
And I believe the proper term for that area is the pulpit... but I could be wrong...
I'd have to look it up to tell ya for sure, but that was the first word that had popped into my head after reading through your description.
What would be cool (In my opinion) would be if there was an organ that played some creepy organ music when used... especially if it would be triggered in the maner of a switch, because then a skulk could parasite it, and freak the marines out...
Also, parasiting doors and buttons overall gave me a hard laugh in NS1.0, but it stopped working for me in NS2.0 though, no idea why =/
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I'll note that I've not seen either of thier postings... and you're badly off topic... (at least ya couda put in your opinion on the topic at hand)
and I just looked it up, it is pulpit
1) An elevated platform, lectern, or stand used in preaching or conducting a religious service.
2a) Clerics considered as a group.
2b) The ministry of preaching.
3) An elevated metal guardrail extending around the bow or stern of a yacht or other small vessel.
4) An elevated platform, such as one used by harpooners in a whaling boat.
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I only thought it'd give an interesting and different approach. The room is actually like most other ns rooms, only three crosses live there <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
Thnx for the comment m8.
Although I would not find it offensive myself (then again, i have odd self-formulated semi-christian psuedo-holistic partly-pagan beliefs) i know there are a number of strongly christian forum members. I doubt they would take offense (and of course if they do, they should simply not d/l the map), but i can't really speak for them.
Might I suggest that you use a technique of implying, rather than stating. by placing some pews/seats, adding the pulpit, maybe a stained glass effect of some sort, you will instantly conjure the ideals of a chapel into your map, without having to reinforce this with crosses or other actual religious symbols. I'd suggest you don't have the chapel in a state of too much disarray either, as to some it might suggest desecration.
also, without showing any particular religious symbol, you show no bias to any faith. after all a cosmopolitan space station would likely have staff/inhabitants of many different religions, and due to real-estate being at a premium in an enclosed environment, not enough room for a mosque/synagogue/chapel for each religion. thus a universal chapel would be more likely, with either no symbols, or ones that could be packed away and exchanged depending on the worship taking place.
But when I remove my discreet (sp?) crosses, it gets so empty.. well, time to make up a station-specific symbol I guess. thnx for comment m8.
But it's not like you're disgracing anything by having crosses in there, the only way I could forsee someone getting offended is someone asking why their religious symbol isn't there.
yeah, take that to the next level!
Have the crosses be like on screens... and a button on the pulpit changes the symbol to the next on the list...
of course... it may take it a tad over on the texture limit... but who knows till it's tried...
Thank you for your comment.
BTW... I'm from Sweden too...
Please, feel free to comment more, the more the merrier they say.
Thank you for your comment.
Ofcourse one should worry about other peoples feelings, other people is what makes this mod, so it would be foolish to ignore that. After all, I am dependant on other people to play my map eventually, regardless of religion, sex and ability to talk trash about the map itself ^^
thank you for your comment m8.
ns_next is a pretty freaky map, actually :o