[Egil]

The history tab is not an IC source of information by default, and there is a wonderful invention that allows people to figure out what can and can't be discerned through research and what have you called asking.

If I have to ask what can and can't be known from someone's history tab because they didn't list it in such a way that such information was easily gleamed, they fucked up.

In other words, the history tab does not promote metagame; it's the idiots who think they can get away with using info their character wouldn't know that promote metagame. The idiots can be weeded out.

I know you already said you were willing to ban most of the server since most people knew of the trade-to-yourself loopholes and never reported them, but since you never actually followed through on that, I'd hope that you're not cancerous enough to actually ban most of the server for their everyday metagame (which only got worse because of things like the history tab).

Also, I fail to see how having a 'mysterious past' makes anyone more approachable. You can have the most fucked-up backstory that never approaches edgelord territory and would be made into a game by Telltale if they got their hands on it, but if I find your character unbearable/awful, I won't even try to see what their past is like.

I'm not trying to be approachable. Not every character should be easily approachable or 'nice'; that'd be a shitty roleplay environment.

Moreso when some characters aren't completely fleshed-out badasses out of the gate. Some people start off as fresh-off-the-boat adventurers that are looking to add weight to their name and history.

I don't know if this is a jab at me, but my main didn't start off as a 'completely fleshed-out badass', but you wouldn't know that since you ignore characters that are 'unbearable' and 'awful'. Elitism must feel great for so many people to be elitists- and if you're a fresh-off-the-boat adventurer, then the history tab should be empty for you. So:

FUCK THE HISTORY TAB