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MMO Bans Men Playing As Women

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wed Sep 26, 2007 12:16 PM
from the nice-legs-bob dept.

jkcity writes "In a bizarre move Aurora Technology the owners of the King of the World MMORPG has taken the unusual step of banning men who play women characters but the ban itself does not stretch to women playing men. If you want to play as a woman now in game you have to prove you are a women via web cam. This is something that people ask for in many mmorpgs I myself have seen people say people who play women in EVE online as being some kind of degenerate but how long can a policy of verification by web cam last since its so easy to get around it doesn't seem to solve much and is an insult to many."

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So that means... (Score:5, Insightful)

by fistfullast33l (819270) on Wednesday September 26 2007, @12:17PM (#20756451) Homepage Journal

no role playing in a Role Playing Game?
- Re:So that means... (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by djdavetrouble (442175) on Wednesday September 26 2007, @12:18PM (#20756475) Homepage
  
  That means one of the admins found out his online girlfriend was a 50 year old guy from Brooklyn.
  
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  - Re:So that means... (Score:5, Funny)
    
    by Kazymyr (190114) on Wednesday September 26 2007, @12:25PM (#20756599) Journal
    
    50-year-old guys from Brooklyn can be pretty tasty.
    
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  - Re:So that means... (Score:5, Funny)
    
    by Spy der Mann (805235) <spydermann.slashdotNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Wednesday September 26 2007, @12:34PM (#20756727) Homepage Journal
    
    That means one of the admins found out his online girlfriend was a 50 year old guy from Brooklyn.
    
    Hey c'mon, how was I supposed to know that Slutzilla was a man!?
    
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- Re:So that means... (Score:5, Insightful)
  
  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 26 2007, @12:28PM (#20756657)
  
  No powergamers either. Min/maxers pick girl characters (assuming no stat drop) because:
  
  *You can get free stuff with minimal effort.
  *You don't spend 30+ hours a week staring at the cartoon picture of a guy's ass.
  
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- Re:So that means... (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by icyslush (1162497) on Wednesday September 26 2007, @12:36PM (#20756777)
  
  ...and in related news, Blizzard has announced that players will now have to prove they are Orcs before being allowed to play one in World of Warcraft.
  
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There's only one solution to this... (Score:5, Funny)

by Hanners1979 (959741) on Wednesday September 26 2007, @12:19PM (#20756485) Homepage

Time to become a transsexual.
- Re:There's only one solution to this... (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 26 2007, @12:25PM (#20756603)
  
  Let us know if you pull it off.
  
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  - Re:There's only one solution to this... (Score:5, Funny)
    
    by Hanners1979 (959741) on Wednesday September 26 2007, @12:30PM (#20756675) Homepage
    
    I've been told it's a little more complicated than just doing that.
    
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Why? (Score:5, Insightful)

by corsec67 (627446) on Wednesday September 26 2007, @12:19PM (#20756493) Homepage Journal

If I am playing a MMORPG, I am going to be spending a lot of time looking at my avatar. Why can't my avatar be something I like looking at?
Interesting excuse ... (Score:5, Insightful)

by miller60 (554835) on Wednesday September 26 2007, @12:19PM (#20756495) Homepage

... for the Aurora guys to look at gamer girls on their webcams.
- Re:Interesting excuse ... (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by Dunbal (464142) on Wednesday September 26 2007, @12:23PM (#20756567) Homepage
  
  [excuse] for the Aurora guys to look at gamer girls on their webcams.
  
  what gamer girls? :)
  
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- Re:Interesting excuse ... (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by jandrese (485) <kensama@vt.edu> on Wednesday September 26 2007, @12:24PM (#20756587) Homepage Journal
  
  I think that plan might backfire when they realize a great many "gamer girls" are hambeasts. Seriously, were they expecting their own private version of GamerGirlz or whatever?
  
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- Re:Interesting excuse ... (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by fyoder (857358) on Wednesday September 26 2007, @12:25PM (#20756595) Homepage Journal
  
  Seriously, that does sound a bit pervy. "Ok, now, take off your shirt and bra, we need to be sure they're real. Ok, now stand up and take off the rest, then turn about real slow like... yah, that's it, yes, we are becoming convinced."
  
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Ridiculous (Score:5, Insightful)

by bahwi (43111) <incoming@QUOTEjo ... .com minus punct> on Wednesday September 26 2007, @12:19PM (#20756503) Homepage

I've played male and female chars in mmo's and have had no problems. It depends on the person playing, if they are going to cause trouble they are going to cause trouble no matter what gender.

Also, no matter how hard you beg the developer, that hot elven chick just won't be that way in real life. And this step doesn't get you closer to that.
Just watch... (Score:5, Insightful)

by The Orange Mage (1057436) on Wednesday September 26 2007, @12:20PM (#20756513) Homepage

...as suddenly, the in-game populations turn to about 80% male, 20% female.

And that's a conservative guess...I bet most would skew it even more towards male players.
- Re:Just watch... (Score:5, Insightful)
  
  by Culture20 (968837) on Wednesday September 26 2007, @12:31PM (#20756689)
  
  I would guess it will trend toward 99.999% male. What geek-girl that you know of would go through the hassle of letting some anonymous geek-admin see her real face just to have the honor of logging in with a female avatar, then becoming the target of cyber-sexual harassment because the perps _know_ you're female? They'd be better off just removing female avatars.
  
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Mom is a woman! Easy fix... (Score:5, Insightful)

by dontspitconfetti (1153473) on Wednesday September 26 2007, @12:21PM (#20756521) Homepage

If it's just a one-time webcam thing, the people who are really desperate can have their mom or sister appear on the webcam for them. Even Grandma Nana counts as a woman!
Perverted admins (Score:5, Funny)

by eln (21727) * on Wednesday September 26 2007, @12:21PM (#20756535) Homepage

Yah sure, they want webcams for all the female characters to "verify their gender". What you missed in your article is the fine print:

Webcam rules:

1.) Webcam image quality must be sufficient to see subject clearly.
2.) No objects should be placed so as to obstruct at least the top half of the body.
3.) Subject should be nude.
4.) No fatties.
- Re:Perverted admins (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by Culture20 (968837) on Wednesday September 26 2007, @12:36PM (#20756767)
  
  Is #4 to defeat the man-8oobs issue?
  
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Oh man, now I can't fake being smart (Score:5, Interesting)

by stewbacca (1033764) on Wednesday September 26 2007, @12:22PM (#20756559)

So can I not be a 400 year-old wise mage, when I'm neither old, nor wise?
Greater crowds than ever... (Score:5, Insightful)

by Jugalator (259273) on Wednesday September 26 2007, @12:22PM (#20756561) Journal

And all of a sudden, female avatars started gathering more male players than ever before trying to get them into their multiplayer party, and harass them with guild recruitments. :-p
It does get kind of creepy (Score:5, Funny)

by Flipao (903929) on Wednesday September 26 2007, @12:28PM (#20756655)

When Sexybabe88, the Night Elf Priestess, gets on vent and sounds like the guy from "Saw"... my heart breaks a little every time it happens :(
Hey look... (Score:5, Insightful)

by Sheik Yerbouti (96423) on Wednesday September 26 2007, @12:30PM (#20756683) Homepage

A little known MMO that I have never heard of has pulled a publicity stunt and gotten some free coverage from Slashdot. What what what? Slashdot is there target demographic. Congratulations sirs PT Barnum would be proud.
- Re:Doesn't work... (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by Soporific (595477) on Wednesday September 26 2007, @12:24PM (#20756579)
  
  How bad is the PR going to be when they peg an ugly woman for a guy? ;)
  
  ~S
  
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