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Marriages and alike

• Friendship rings
  
  Suggestion:
  Allow two or more players to get a friendship ring. The ring was in most of the suggestions supposed to have the same features as the marriage ring does (a channel to talk to others).
  
  Denied because:
  We added marriage and have no intention to add anything that (more or less) duplicates the idea. As far as channels are concerned, we feel that players already have enough access to public ways of communicating. Granted, most are not private except for tell and tell costs mental. But that is the way we wanted it to work and we don't plan on anything that will add more free ways to (privately) talks to others.
  
  
• Same-sex marriages
  
  Suggestion:
  Allow two players of the same gender to get married.
  
  Denied because:
  The reason for denying this is somewhat complicated. In no way do we intend to convey the message that marriage between two people of the same gender would be a bad thing. But because of the controversies surrounding the subject and because it in fact is far, far removed from our medieval theme, we feel these marriages should not be added. Within MS everybody has full freedom as to their beliefs, but we do not try to stir up things that in real life cause so many (heated) arguments. That is not what this game was intended for.
  
  
• Shared bank accounts for married couples
  
  Suggestion:
  Married couples have several benefits. They share houses and other things, why not also make their bank accounts shared between them?
  
  Denied because:
  We feel this is too likely to cause problems in the future (just like in RL *grin*), when people separate and one ends up running away with all the money. Again, this is an issue where we feel that it could only hurt the friendly atmosphere we want to create. Besides, it is also a difficult issue to deal with codewise.