MMO Bans Men Playing As Women 616
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."
Re:So that means... (Score:5, Funny)
There's only one solution to this... (Score:5, Funny)
Punctuation is your friend (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe the mods are to blame for that, but wow.
Perverted admins (Score:5, Funny)
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:Interesting excuse ... (Score:5, Funny)
what gamer girls?
Re:Doesn't work... (Score:5, Funny)
~S
Re:Mom is a woman! Easy fix... (Score:0, Funny)
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I get this all the time... (Score:1, Funny)
Sheesh!
Street Fighter (Score:4, Funny)
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However, since I know I've met a good deal of people whose gender I couldn't determine, I'm wondering just what one needs to show on a web cam. Perhaps this is really a way for the Aurora guys to find dates who aren't 45 year old divorced males.
Is this not a ripe opportunity for a "special" quote from SNL's Pat?
It does get kind of creepy (Score:5, Funny)
Re:There's only one solution to this... (Score:5, Funny)
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Hey c'mon, how was I supposed to know that Slutzilla was a man!?
Hobgoblins: "Let's Talk Women" (Score:4, Funny)
[clips of Hobgoblins, with Amy and Daphne in them]
Crow T. Robot:
[a clip of Mike Nelson biting into a sandwich,]
Crow T. Robot:
[A black and white, Bigfoot-like photo of a large woman in a forest]
Crow T. Robot: The longer hair, the gentle and nurturing demeanor are typical of how witnesses describe their supposed encounters with women. This footprint...
[Crow stands beside a clay model of a huge Bigfoot-sized footprint]
Crow T. Robot:
Mustachioed Crow T. Robot: Then... uh... this woman - I think it was a woman... she... uh... married me.
Crow T. Robot: [off-screen as interviewer] Did you have any children, sir?
Mustachioed Crow T. Robot: I don't remember!
Crow T. Robot: Some day perhaps, an actual woman will emerge, and they will no longer exist only in the realm of myth and maybe. Thank You.
Re:Perverted admins (Score:5, Funny)
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Will have to veryify via webcam (Score:5, Funny)
"But you're a guy"
"How dare you sir!"
"But you have a beard"
"And I'm a little sensitive about it. I'd rather you didn't mention it"
"And a deep voice"
"Yes. A lot of people comment on that."
"I'm not convinced you're a woman"
"I'll strip naked for you to prove it if you prefer"
"Yikes! No. That won't be neccesary. Thankyou for verifying you gender. Have a nice day, maam".
Re:Street Fighter (Score:2, Funny)
Re:So that means... (Score:5, Funny)
More proposed rules:
- only black people may have black avatars
- only elves may play elves
- if you want STR over 10 you have to bench press 100lbs on webcam
- if you wish your character to speak another language, you must submit a request in writing, in that language, to the admins
- if your CHA is over 15 you can pretty much do what you want, after you seduce one of our admins
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That's not it (Score:4, Funny)
"TITS OR GTFO"
Re:Why? (Score:3, Funny)
If the game were first-person, and if the game were immersive, I'd pick an avatar that represented myself. But WOW isn't first-person (well, ok, you can set it to a first-person view, but that's a huge disadvantage for targeting monsters and I doubt anybody seriously plays that way), and it's definitely not immersive, what with the massive amounts of clipping errors and moronic 13-year-olds telling Chuck Norris jokes, so it doesn't meet my standards.
I do, however, have to make the occasional kid sad when they ask to cyber(or make some obscene suggestions), and I reveal my gender.
I usually take the SomethingAwful.com course and try to string them along for as much in-game money as possible before crushing their hopes and dreams. I've gotten at least 120g from WOW this way.
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We are geeks (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Mom is a woman! Easy fix... (Score:3, Funny)
New Business Opportunity (Score:5, Funny)
I remember one time... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Interesting excuse ... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:So that means... (Score:5, Funny)
That shouldn't be hard for about half of them.
Re:So that means... (Score:5, Funny)
I'd think that playing female characters in RPGs would be a good enough deterrent.
Re:So that means... (Score:4, Funny)
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Re:It's.. PAT (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Will have to veryify via webcam (Score:3, Funny)
"But you're a guy"
"How dare you sir!"
"But you have a beard"
"And I'm a little sensitive about it. I'd rather you didn't mention it"
"And a deep voice"
"Yes. A lot of people comment on that."
"I'm not convinced you're a woman"
"I'll strip naked for you to prove it if you prefer"
"Yikes! No. That won't be neccesary. Thankyou for verifying you gender. Have a nice day, maam".
...male butts, of course! (Score:2, Funny)
Bash.org (Score:1, Funny)
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> the game. I don't have one and I see no reason to buy one!
Given your appearence, I see no reason for you to buy one, either.
Oh man (Score:4, Funny)
"Ok, we're having a problem here."
'What? I thought you said my webcam is working?'
"Yeeeah. The problem is that we still can't tell if you're a woman."
This won't end well.
Re:Why? (Score:2, Funny)
Have you considered switching to Second Life instead?
Re:Punctuation is your friend (Score:1, Funny)
-mcgrew [kuro5hin.org]
Re:So that means... (Score:4, Funny)
I think you are seriously under estimating geekdom if you think that writing a letter in elf/orc/dwarf is going to hold back many mmo players.
Degenerates for the win! (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Just watch... (Score:1, Funny)
uhhh.. how about the kind that are attention whores? Which are most of them.
Re:So that means... (Score:5, Funny)
Who doesn't?!?
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