Blizzard Responds To Gay Guild Debate

Edge Online reports that Blizzard has responded to the issues raised by a gay guild trying to recruit in public chat. From the article: "We encourage community building among our players with others of similar interests, and we understand that guilds are one of the primary ways to forge these communities. However, topics related to sensitive real-world subjects -- such as religious, sexual, or political preference, for example -- have had a tendency to result in communication between players that often breaks down into harassment." We discussed this story when it first came up last week.

Re:Bullcrap.

[TripMaster Monkey]

I see tons of pro-Christian conversations and Guild named all night long when I play.

You mean like these people? [landoverbaptist.org]...

From their website:

"I think the reason so many people are open to hearing about Jesus in the World of Warcraft is because the majority of people who play the game are lonely kids who don't have any friends. I doubt any of them play sports [landoverbaptist.org] so you can pretty much guess that there are lots of gay boys [landoverbaptist.org] and fat little pale-faced Wiccan girls [landoverbaptist.org] on the servers who hate themselves and escape into virtual characters so they don't have to deal with their pathetic lives. When they hear that someone loves them, even if it is just the Lord Jesus Christ, they always want to hear more!"

If you think that was funny, try checking out the links!

Do do you know that site's a spoof, right?

[Channard]

And anyway... I can understand Blizzard's positon. I mean, you wouldn't be able to use 'camping fag' as an insult anymore, and that could cause the world of online gaming to grind to a halt.

Missing the point ..

[geekpolitico]

Everyone is missing the point. The real concern is that a group of WoW'ers will form a lesbian guild. In a few months when they discover that every member is actually a man playing with a female avatar, they will become enraged and destroy Blizzard HQ for making them face their deep-seated fear of being gay.

Re:Sexuality double-standard

[halivar]

On the other hand, if god forbid a male player mentions that he has a boyfriend, he can get a warning for revealing that he's gay

But every day, thousands of gamers on WoW openly broadcast the fact that they are gay.

They do so by playing paladins. *ba-dum-bum-CHHHHH*

Re:I agree with Blizzard

[lawpoop]

"Do you really want to see a guild war between the Pro Lifes and the Pro Choices?"

Hell, Yes!

In fact, I am in favor of decided *all* political issues in MMORPGs.

The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth!

Re:I agree with Blizzard

[Anonymous Coward]

Maybe not.

But let me assure you the Guild of Indestructable vi will totally destroy the Guild of Flower-Picking emacs.

Re:A small difference

[lju]

That sounds like a spin on the soviet russia joke...

Re:Bullcrap.

[Cl1mh4224rd]

If you penetrate the crap ...

I'm trying to think of a witty response to this, butt...