Lux Nocturna, The LGBT Friendly LS

Hello All Former Mysidia/Istory Players and Current Gungnir Residence! Here is a little info about our LS Lux Nocturna!

So Who Are We?

We are a social/event LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans) friendly LS (but we accept straight folks too!), whose goal is to create a friendly, happy, and fun atmosphere. We are dedicated to helping our members and assisting in personal goals as a group. Our LS hosts a wide variety of events, everything from grinding, to help night, to end-game content. We often donate items to dedicated crafters on request, help boost lower ranked member's ranks, and all in all, do what we can to push each other. Of course, things like donating items to crafters and such are voluntary, nothing is absolutely required of you accept your presence in the ls. Idle chat can be more important at times then showing up for events or donating items. All in all, we just want everyone to enjoy their time in-game and to have fun. Please note that our language can get NC17 at times, with lots of sexual innuendos and jokes, often graphic in nature. If you feel this may be offensive to you, this LS may not be for you...

Ways We Communicate!

We have several ways we communicate. First and foremost, I urge you to sign-up on our website, and utilize our LS roster and forums. Our frontpage will have urgent information, whereas the forums will have updates, discussions, polls, and often becomes the place where important decisions are made (apart from in game of course). We also have a twitter account and a facebook account where automatic posts are made for reminders to events. Another HUGE form of communication is Teamspeak. We often use teamspeak for idle conversation, but it is required of everyone to be on TS for events (even of only listening).

Also, feel free to read our Rules and Code of Conduct prior to signing up.

Thanks for reading! And if you ever have any questions, please feel free to ask any of our officers (can be viewed on our Roster). We are here to help! ^.^

Words cannot express how much I love my Luxxers. <3<3

Hey I'm Azure Xanh from the BNYC currently on Istory, I just wanted to express that this is a great idea of a shell :o

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Originally Posted by Pulseczar

Words cannot express how much I love my Luxxers. <3<3

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Ditto! <3

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Originally Posted by MiNuN

Hey I'm Azure Xanh from the BNYC currently on Istory, I just wanted to express that this is a great idea of a shell :o

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Thanks! We've been around since launch and have been going strong, so I feel it was a fantastic choice for a LS, too! =^.^=

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Originally Posted by Pulseczar

Words cannot express how much I love my Luxxers. <3<3

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I've always had much love for all my Luxxers! <3333

*clap clap* Go go Lux! May our AFK corners forever be adjacent.

I'm so happy to call Lux My home on Mysidia. Looking forward to our move to
Gungnir and the great times will have there.

From a straight married male;

All the power to you!

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Lux are good folks, best of luck on Gungir guys/gals/trans!

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Originally Posted by DoctorMog

From a straight married male;

All the power to you!

^.^

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I'm a straight (for the most part), married gal and I'm co-founder of the ls with my straight husband (wrap your head around that one lol) ^.^

We have a pretty even mix of straight/gay members.

Small update, we've had alot of new recruits lately, and we may be closing our open enrollment soon! So be sure to register ASAP if you are interested in joining us! <3 <3 <3

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Neko_Yanagi

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You wouldn't happen to be from Siren in XI would you? :)

We had a linkshell just like this on our server.

Nope, I was Pusiwillow on Bismarck ^.^

We are @ 77 members, will be capping it off @ 85 members. Please register on our website to reserve your spot!

Not gay myself but I like this idea. One of my friends is trans and hes one of the kindest people I know.

I'm gonna make a LS for straight people! (but we accept gay folks too!)

Oh wait.

What the fuck is this nonsense. You guys act as if gays aren't human and they're from another planet. Delete this stupid thread!

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Originally Posted by Irzibe

I'm gonna make a LS for straight people! (but we accept gay folks too!)

Oh wait.

What the fuck is this nonsense. You guys act as if gays aren't human and they're from another planet. Delete this stupid thread!

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Thank you for displaying a prime example of why we have our shell.

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Originally Posted by Irzibe

I'm gonna make a LS for straight people! (but we accept gay folks too!)

Oh wait.

What the fuck is this nonsense. You guys act as if gays aren't human and they're from another planet. Delete this stupid thread!

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1) you aren't even from our server, so why are you in here??
2) We created this shell for folks to be themselves and feel 100% comfortable with talking about themselves. I know a handful of people on my server that can't talk about themselves personally in their shells, because they would be criticized for being gay. And don't try to tell me that hate isn't out there... I see it all too often.
3) Why would this thread be deleted? It's a recruitment thread just like any other from this server.
4) Good job bumping my recruitment thread!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/33818362/pic...cb6f8f301c.gif

Crass as he was, the man's got a point: why specify "LGBT-friendly?" Are you implicitly straight-unfriendly?

Does gender/orientation affect one's ability to stab/nuke in the game?

Are your members' sexual orientations that important to your LS activities and interactions? If so, wouldn't that be less "LGBT" and more "RP?" Or, again, is there a bias towards LGBT-themed RPing?

Being welcoming of members regardless of gender/orientation/whatever is one thing. Wearing it on your sleeve is something else.

(Hell, it's something someone running a linkshell full of "lesbian manthras" would say...)

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Originally Posted by Ziyyigo-Tipyigo

Does gender/orientation affect one's ability to stab/nuke in the game?

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We are a tight-knit shell and talk about our personal lives a lot. That's not something we can really do in other shells due to fear of being kicked or ridiculed—which has happened on several occasions.

A big THANK YOU to our supporters. :)

@Neko_Yanagi

*Looks at gif* But I don't want a slow sarcastic clap. I don't want it! ;_;

@Pulseczar

Does that really happen? That seems mean to kick people for that =(

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Originally Posted by Ziyyigo-Tipyigo

Crass as he was, the man's got a point: why specify "LGBT-friendly?" Are you implicitly straight-unfriendly?

Does gender/orientation affect one's ability to stab/nuke in the game?

Are your members' sexual orientations that important to your LS activities and interactions? If so, wouldn't that be less "LGBT" and more "RP?" Or, again, is there a bias towards LGBT-themed RPing?

Being welcoming of members regardless of gender/orientation/whatever is one thing. Wearing it on your sleeve is something else.

(Hell, it's something someone running a linkshell full of "lesbian manthras" would say...)

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Here is the problem we run into in our society. Straight is always acceptable, and doesn't make anyone uncomfortable, and very rarely does anyone hold prejudice against them. Homosexual/Transexual/Transgender individuals are not always as accepted. Because of people who do not understand them, or are prejudice, it's hard for a player to be completely open and honest about who they are when they don't know folks personal views on their orientation. It does not affect their ability to stab/nuke, but it does affect moral and our family atmosphere when everyone knows that everyone in the shell completely accept each other, no matter who they are.

When it comes to RPing, a role-player may not feel very comfortable with us because we are very honest about who we are irl, and we play as that person. Our conversations do often turn to our real lives, our families, our jobs, our loved ones. We like to think of each other as friends irl, even if only through our digital interactions.

I wish I could say "We accept everyone!" But we do not accept trolls, racists, or those who use prejudice language. If you took a look at our rules, it's obvious who we want in our shell. We also only accept those who are comfortable with LBGT folks being 100% open about their sexuality. That, sadly, does not include everyone.

We are welcome of all genders/orientations/whatever but we also want people who are accepting of all genders/orentations/whatever. Sometimes the only way to get the message out is a short but effective manner. To simply say we are LGBT friendly.

I am a straight married female running the shell, and felt strongly enough to decide to run a LGBT-friendly LS because I really wanted a LS environment where everyone can love one another for who they are and can be themselves. It's just that simple ^.^

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Originally Posted by Pulseczar

A big THANK YOU to our supporters. :)

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Yes, thanks to all the other LS leaders and friends of Lux who have showed their support and have even stood up for us. It means alot to us to have such valuable friends ^.^

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Originally Posted by insaneshadow

@Neko_Yanagi

*Looks at gif* But I don't want a slow sarcastic clap. I don't want it! ;_;

@Pulseczar

Does that really happen? That seems mean to kick people for that =(

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It does happen, either because a player will "act" gay, or because they are gay. I know people that are forced to not talk about their real lives in LS chat in other shells because they are gay and they don't want "gay" talk in their shell.

We also receive a stigma as a LGBT-friendly shell. Even tho we are 50/50 straight to LGBT, we get called a LS full of "f*gs" and things of that nature. It does seem to some that maybe, we bring this upon ourselves, but we'd all rather be where we are in Lux Nocturna, than in a shell that has folks so severely intolerant of others.

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Originally Posted by Neko_Yanagi

Here is the problem we run into in our society.

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Ah, you have a political axe to grind, trails to blaze, paradigms to shift, etc.

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I am a straight married female

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I never asked.

/meh

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Originally Posted by Ziyyigo-Tipyigo

Ah, you have a political axe to grind, trails to blaze, paradigms to shift, etc.

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I'm just trying to run a LS here buddy. And I was just answering your question, in the case that possible recruits were curious. Because this is a RECRUITMENT thread afterall. And I'm still unsure as to why there are so many people from other servers posting in my recruitment thread >.>

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Originally Posted by Ziyyigo-Tipyigo

I never asked.

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You asked if we were straight-unfriendly, I figured that would answer your question.

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Originally Posted by Pulseczar

Thank you for displaying a prime example of why we have our shell.

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I was actually supporting you guys and not attacking you, not sure how YOU comprehended my post.

I'm a straight male looking for LS, a military veteran and FFXI veteran. Still single and looking :P I looking to join, please take care of me ^^*

I presume through this recruitment you can tell who the mature players are from the "kiddos" or mentally challenged or those lacking experience or common sense. Everyday online or IRL is a battle of wits and patience. I'm glad to see the leaders of a LS can take a hit and keep putting out their best! That's the kind of people I want to interact with, socialize and play with.

Understanding/ knowing your LS is the beginning of a great experience.

I need things to do in this game while I wait for parties, so I decided that I'll start following you guys around the world when I run into you. Yep, that's what I'm doing from now on...if I'm not lazy =P

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Originally Posted by insaneshadow

I need things to do in this game while I wait for parties, so I decided that I'll start following you guys around the world when I run into you. Yep, that's what I'm doing from now on...if I'm not lazy =P

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Or you can also check our calendar on our website, you don't have to be signed up or anything to see it. It can change a little week to week, and for the "help night" if someone has said they are going to need help, I change that to what we are planning to do ^.^

If we are ever going to be doing something you need or something you want to help out with, just let us know ^.^

Thanks =)
Though, I meant that in a stalkerish way. Thanks for giving me other ways to know what you guys are doing. *Evil grin*

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Originally Posted by insaneshadow

Thanks =)
Though, I meant that in a stalkerish way. Thanks for giving me other ways to know what you guys are doing. *Evil grin*

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LOL np ^.^ and I love stalkers, just ask Chick Norris....