tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post8045638563031171034..comments2023-10-17T08:35:27.492-07:00Comments on Ixobelle (archived): Where Ixo RPs Being BlackRichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01024497755617725448noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-81723728129808216342010-05-18T11:09:47.614-07:002010-05-18T11:09:47.614-07:00"""""" "The mos..."""""" "The most recent trend I have noticed is people talking about god and religion blah blah. And then the anti religious who talk shit back. Its annoying."<br /><br />Perhaps they talk back because religious talk to them feels offensive? E.g some of them might think that people who believe in imaginary friends are not quite OK or something similar.<br /><br /><br />There are stupid people all over the world, no matter the race, religion, skin color, sex or age. Relative anonymousness of internet just makes them feel safer to express their stupidity in various ways. I've been called lots of things but I've not taken anything personally because I feel there is no need for it. Why should I care what some random person on the net tells me?<br /><br /><br /><br />Also, when talking about racism I find it quite funny how you seem to think all the people talking crap in wow and other public places are white instead of any other race. Hypocrite much? :) """""<br /><br /><br />- That's the most intelligent comment I saw on this. Makes perfect sense.<br /><br /><br />"""There are stupid people all over the world, no matter the race, religion, skin color, sex or age. Relative anonymousness of internet just makes them feel safer to express their stupidity in various ways. I've been called lots of things but I've not taken anything personally because I feel there is no need for it. Why should I care what some random person on the net tells me?"""<br />= Perfect observation of this kind of shit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-91856474307773468292009-07-28T16:19:46.066-07:002009-07-28T16:19:46.066-07:00Great post, and all too true and common in any onl...Great post, and all too true and common in any online community. :( Sadly, from a purely financial standpoint it makes COMPLETE sense to not ban racist people.<br /><br />If Blizzard bans someone for being racist, they lose a customer. Chances are said racist is enraged and offended someone would "censor" him/her and they don't come back.<br /><br />If Blizzard doesn't ban the racist person, they MIGHT lose a customer. But chances are, the person complaining doesn't quit and instead just files it under the "resigned resentment" category. Sum loss to Blizzard: Zero.<br /><br />Now if the opposite was true, and being racist actually COST Blizzard money...then I think we'd see some results.Radeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07258438792268722044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-71235497484560511272009-07-13T03:14:25.650-07:002009-07-13T03:14:25.650-07:00They don't do anything because you're allo...They don't do anything because you're allowed to say whatever you want in this country even if it is racist nonsense like what Moxxi said. He's allowed to call people niggers just like you're allowed to post racist generalizations like:<br /><br />"when white people get on the internet, they use the internet cloaking field in a unique way"<br /><br />Moxxi is an idiot and clearly offensive. But I'm sure he offends many white people as well with these comments. Racist assholes (be they white, black, Asian or whatever) are part of the reason I stopped playing WoW.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00202758082220714922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-7393341727678309772009-06-30T10:28:38.616-07:002009-06-30T10:28:38.616-07:00Well as much as I detest this kind of behavior, we...Well as much as I detest this kind of behavior, we should think do we really want Blizzard to censor people like this. I mean he was an ass, but really, giving them the go ahead to do that seems like a bad idea to me.Cocalochnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-59428045608389571392009-06-29T07:26:25.818-07:002009-06-29T07:26:25.818-07:00My husband sent me this post and I thought it was ...My husband sent me this post and I thought it was very interesting and totally spot on. I've seen similar comments in WoW about ethnic and religious minorities and about women. It's all such a turn off to what is otherwise a fun game. <br /><br />I've often wondered if the source is as you suggest, anonymity and a desire to demonstrate one's "whiteness" or if it is a basic assumption on the part of these individuals that all other gamers are white, Christian, and male.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-71295756653871436052009-06-28T21:49:58.354-07:002009-06-28T21:49:58.354-07:00I came to this post by way of Brokentoys. Fantasti...I came to this post by way of Brokentoys. Fantastic post -- I've seen so many cases of this and, as you say, Blizzard doesn't want to lose their $15. (No-one in the US business world seems to understand the value of having a reputation any more.)<br /><br />Well said.Toniohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14415968649466168326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-68616104653077669212009-06-19T09:27:29.284-07:002009-06-19T09:27:29.284-07:00I can't believe that a post regarding racism p...I can't believe that a post regarding racism practically opens up with it. <br /><br />"he's just a white guy, and when white people get on the internet, they use the internet cloaking field in a unique way... they become anonymous, but they insist on letting everyone know they're anonymous WHITE PEOPLE, and proceed to drag themselves back and forth in the shit trough of Trade, trying to outdo each other in complete and utter foulness."<br /><br />I'm not excusing the behavior of these offenders by any means. But you need to hold yourself to the same standard you put on people when you get on a soapbox.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-87171644135885699612009-06-18T08:49:22.506-07:002009-06-18T08:49:22.506-07:00just as a followup:
Moxxi is still doing just fin...just as a followup:<br /><br />Moxxi is still doing just fine, so no action (or at least nothing permanent) came of my ticket. <br /><br />GG Blizz.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01024497755617725448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-32628604812538421022009-06-17T14:33:16.086-07:002009-06-17T14:33:16.086-07:00halo 4 can't come soon enough. great writing -...halo 4 can't come soon enough. great writing - spreading it around.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13197656210895478313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-72629680466851827882009-06-17T08:23:59.170-07:002009-06-17T08:23:59.170-07:00WOW, I thought our trade chat was bad but that guy...WOW, I thought our trade chat was bad but that guy steals the A-hole of the year award! <br />I really couldn't even read the whole thing... it made me want to puke. When I log onto my character I become who she is..night elf not some white chick at a computer.. I thought that was the beauty of WoW. You don't know who the person is behind the character, and any stereotypes of the real world should drop away. As a woman, I have seen lots of crude, and offensive things on trade, and I try to chalk it up to teenagers that don't get enough attention from their parents. These people who spout this crap off are hungry for attention anyway they can get it. I think it would be interesting to see how long they would keep saying this crap if no one commented on it. They are like trade chat arsonists, they get off on lighting a spark and seeing how intense the fire gets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-87210715203917479262009-06-16T17:12:49.413-07:002009-06-16T17:12:49.413-07:00I think part of the problem is these kids don'...I think part of the problem is these kids don't realize "transgression" has ben done to death already. It's like they think there's actually something fresh or new about their boringly juvenile behavior.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11767877800287923608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-55401686992345471222009-06-15T13:54:15.181-07:002009-06-15T13:54:15.181-07:00"FFS, if you're worth more than the queen..."FFS, if you're worth more than the queen, you can bloody well hire a small crew to monitor the damn chat channels at all times and ban these fucktards back to the stone age.. Or maybe send them to the middle east, and they'll get stoned back to the ban age.."<br /><br /><br />That is just plain stupid. How many people does it take to monitor everything that is typed by 12 million players? 100k? Small? uh huh...<br /><br />And even then everything is subjective. What is offensive to one person is humor to another. If you see something offensive, report it. Blizzard is not your mom shielding you from the bullies.Warnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-50930975722792645482009-06-14T20:12:39.803-07:002009-06-14T20:12:39.803-07:00FFS, if you're worth more than the queen, you ...FFS, if you're worth more than the queen, you can bloody well hire a small crew to monitor the damn chat channels at all times and ban these fucktards back to the stone age.. Or maybe send them to the middle east, and they'll get stoned back to the ban age.. <br /><br />How about hiring some of the gold farmers? They obviously need money, and they work cheep.<br /><br />I just can't imagine, like you mentioned, someone playing their first MMO, the mighty WoW, Slayer of all MMO World Records, and the first thing they get to experience is the scum of humanity.. <br /><br />Shame on you, Blizzard. From a lesser game company, maybe some slack could be allowed, but when you're making 80 gigabillion a minute, there's just no excuse...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-19276112097155991582009-06-14T06:14:03.127-07:002009-06-14T06:14:03.127-07:00THIS JUST IN:
White people hate being reminded th...THIS JUST IN:<br /><br />White people hate being reminded that they're white.<br /><br />Film at eleven.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01024497755617725448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-63100104953051113892009-06-14T03:41:31.280-07:002009-06-14T03:41:31.280-07:00I'm aware that you are apparently not black so...I'm aware that you are apparently not black so this point following will seem moot, but in the spirit of RP, it really is not. To a lesser degree there is an awful lot of hypocrisy in your post. I just felt the need to point this out to you, no followup necessary.<br />"when white people get on the internet" "anonymous WHITE PEOPLE" "Internet Whiteboy Syndrome"Amantisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-91956190239960216772009-06-12T21:32:21.688-07:002009-06-12T21:32:21.688-07:00okay I agree with almost everything you said, wow ...okay I agree with almost everything you said, wow is a cesspool of racist and sexist twerps, but come-on, "just a white guy"?<br /><br />I'm a white guy and find what he said offensive, but just because there are some white people out there that are dickwads that's no excuse to label us all with the same brush.<br /><br />Being an asshat isn't a racial thing, its a human thing. I've met morons of every skin-tone that make me ashamed to be of the same species as them.tkiozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15365383133878335852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-75828071551588982682009-06-12T15:54:45.805-07:002009-06-12T15:54:45.805-07:00Do you really think these people are actually raci...Do you really think these people are actually racist? I would think it is more about attention whoring than anything else.Warnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-58164313997053101412009-06-12T10:46:22.271-07:002009-06-12T10:46:22.271-07:00This turns me off a game faster than anything else...This turns me off a game faster than anything else. <br /><br />For a while I played "Silk Road Online", an Asia based MMO where the ability to do "shout" or zone chat was available only as a real money purchase item. <br /><br />There has never been a game with as vile chat as that one and it was completely international so you'd have people bashing the Irish, the Azerbayjan, Kurds, and groups you'd need an atlas to locate. The violence and derogatory threats also had a particularly extreme tone. One player informed us that after beheading a particular ethnic players mother he would then rape her throat. And this was a particular money making feature for the game company! That was the last straw for me. <br /><br />You just don't get that kind of insane goodness here in the US.<br /><br />Sure, no company can monitor every bit of text in a game but by responding swiftly and strongly to harrassment reports from players, especially in the first few months, a norm can be established that empowers civility. No system is perfect but no system can work without taking player reporting seriously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-72723218780103361092009-06-11T16:51:10.916-07:002009-06-11T16:51:10.916-07:00Pardon my ignorance, but what the heck is a Jigabo...Pardon my ignorance, but what the heck is a Jigaboo?<br /><br />Also, unless something magic happened lately, there's still a rogue named Skagpunny on ravenholdt (Heroin pu**y) (checks armory)<br /><br />yep, still there. I got a warning for repeatedly appealing the name.Pellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-5672729873822556912009-06-10T14:15:33.552-07:002009-06-10T14:15:33.552-07:00Cross linked from Broken Toys,
Definately agree ...Cross linked from Broken Toys, <br /><br />Definately agree with you about the filth from trade chat. Something that would probably help would be if whenever an account got banned instead of sending a nice quiet email to the account holder instead they mailed a letter containing the offense, and the action taken.<br /><br />It might disuade some of these little monsters (who would probably not have anything to say to you in person) if someone else were to open the mail and read the things they were saying.<br /><br />I guess in short: to make them publiclly acountable for their actions.<br /><br />Halls of Shame for the banned are a great idea as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-65526103422889512242009-06-10T13:59:54.090-07:002009-06-10T13:59:54.090-07:00http://www.pennyarcademerch.com/pat070381.html
S...http://www.pennyarcademerch.com/pat070381.html<br /><br /><br />So true. <br /><br />There was a day when it was confined to just Barrens Chat....*sigh* those days are long gone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-55544367852012851802009-06-10T12:39:37.478-07:002009-06-10T12:39:37.478-07:00I used to run a LAN gaming center. Our main custo...I used to run a LAN gaming center. Our main customer base was 12-20 year old, middle-to-upper-class, foul-mouthed, testorerone-filled, highly caffienated white males.<br /><br />To this day, I cannot play World of Warcraft, Counter-strike, or Halo, just because I would rather not game with a community that is made up of people like my former customers. <br /><br />Much like Blizzard, however, I was more than happy to take their money and let them type smack-talk to each other all day long.<br /><br />Bottom Line: Find a game with a better community. There are tons out there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-65387192831644612352009-06-10T11:08:41.934-07:002009-06-10T11:08:41.934-07:00If you've ever checked out the Customer Servic...If you've ever checked out the Customer Service Forum for WoW, you can see Blue GM (it's GMs who work that forum) that post on how strongly they feel about hate speech. In most cases, it's NOT a 3 hour ban right away -- it's something worse. And there's a penalty volcano. Everytime that person is reported, they move up, until that account perma-banned.<br /><br />However, these reports have to be generated by the players. GMs aren't normally just chilling in chat. Report, report, report. Have your friends report. Sure, it's a pain, but if people keep reporting these awful, awful people, Blizzard DOES take action. You just have to initiate it.Phaedranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-21644822153006526192009-06-10T10:37:42.117-07:002009-06-10T10:37:42.117-07:00Out him on the server forums, along with the scree...Out him on the server forums, along with the screenshot of his talk. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.Tholalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13602552885840666836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-88842573879960197802009-06-10T10:09:26.978-07:002009-06-10T10:09:26.978-07:00I play on an RP server. I keep Trade and General ...I play on an RP server. I keep Trade and General turned off at all times, because this behavior is quite common despite the 'RP' tag next to the server name.<br /><br />Except that in addition to racism, misogyny, and general idiocy, we also get long arguments about what is and isn't 'real' roleplaying.isildurhttp://haven.thratchen.comnoreply@blogger.com