We interpreted this particular mod as breaking those rules of conduct, however it would appear that the comments surrounding the mod, rather than the mod itself, were the biggest problem. 'We have a few rules of conduct that have been in effect for the better part of a decade where racial slurs, among other things, are not allowed. Paradox COO Susana Meza Graham later clarified the studio's rules of conduct on Twitlonger. 'We embrace the idea that players mod the game to best represent how they want to play, we do NOT however wish to enable discriminatory practices.' 'We shipped the game originally with an accurate representation of humans, that is to say diverse in both ethnicity and personality,' said the rep. Speaking to Eurogamer, a separate Paradox representative said the studio supports mods developed to support unique play styles, but it draws the line at discrimination. This is why we removed some political proclamations being made in the description field on our workshop page.' Our job is to make computer games, not push political agendas. This particular mod had several disturbing elements in it's public description which we do not want to have clearly displayed on our product page however. In response to comments, the community manager added: 'There are several mods that will allow you to role-play in most of the different ways I've seen you suggest in here.

We decided it was a step too far and removed it.'

'Then the creator of the mod decided to update the description of the mod to promote an 'agenda' not related to computer games at all, and this was being clearly displayed on our product page.

'We saw the mod, thought it wasn't in very good taste, but let it remain,' the post said. However, when the mod's developer began using its description to push an agenda, Paradox decided to step in and remove it. A fan-made mod for Stellaris that makes all its characters white has been removed from Steam Workshop by the game's developer, Paradox Interactive.Īccording to a Reddit post by a Paradox community manager, the studio initially left the European Phenotype and Names Only (White Humans) mod on Steam, despite personal objections to its purpose and content.

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