Nah man its just that NA and EU are different cultures and we should all respect that. NA was fine with these silly banners, none of which btw were "huge pink penises", and some EU players dont understand why because they are not a part of our NA crpg culture just like how some NA players dont understand why some EU players want the game to be completely realistic.
A vague rule like the banner rule should be enforced differently in NA than in EU because we are not the same people.
Just because a server is based in NA or in EU doesn't mean people who don't live in the same continent cannot play on it, thus CRPGs dev written rules should not be based on server locations, plus that only adds to this NA vs EU bullshit. The rules were not made based on culture, they were made by the devs at the time because they didn't want silly banners, that's all there is to it. It's obvious some of the NA guys seem to think it's EU oppressing them and it's EU's fault and so on, when these are just rules for EVERY player, regardless of where on earth you are shitting and sleeping.
Personally I couldn't care less about the banner rules, I prefer the more immersive banners but would not be against silly/joke banners, the thing is no one in here is presenting a proper argument for a rule change, most are just bashing an entire continent because their crappy banner got removed ( when they were lucky to have it for as long as they did in the first place ). Want a rule change? make a poll without the EU vs NA bullshit, people can vote for softened banner rules OR to keep current banner rules ( nudity and gore will obviously always be disallowed. ) If the poll is done properly and voted on by many, then maybe the devs will revise the rules, but not just for your continent, for the entire mod, because that's how rules work.
