[Egil]

Why should rules be made for the sake of anyone's feelings? If Dev is going to feel partially responsible in those instances, then that's an issue that he needs to address on a personal level. The same goes for everyone. If I happened to be bothered by use of the word 'retard' and someone used it around me, I wouldn't call for the word to be banned in IC or report the person- I'd just move away from that person or log off, because it's my problem, not the game's problem.

Furthermore, you're not wrong in thinking that allowing or disallowing account sharing isn't a huge deal. It isn't. The point is, however, that it's an arbitrary rule that, as you admit, doesn't enhance roleplay experience or effectively stop the mentioned abuse. It just gives Dev piece of mind.

To the larger community, those sorts of rules are useless. We need rules that make the game better, and not pointless restrictions born from emotion.