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LBGT Gamers Nerfed
Jan. 30th, 2006 07:44 am(cross-posted with my my 1up.com blog)
...according to In News Weekly.
So what do you do when you're praised by several gay gaming groups, and the noticablepresence of hundreds-strong LGBT-positive player groups, developer Blizzard has decided the presence of out gay subscribers would "allow for discussion that we feel has no place in our game".
Blizzard officially responds via Caydiem, a community manager on the forums in the US. Sadly, this verifies that this action wasn't due to some over-zealous Game Master, but that it's official policy to forbid any dicssion or metnion of "topics related to sensitive real-world subjects -- such as religious, sexual, or political preference" in-game.
OIf course, what many people are failing to realize is thatt this policy bans any talk of straight relationships, partners and so on as well.
Blizzard had better enforce both sides of this ban on any mention of sexuality, or this truly is a discrimanatory policy.
...according to In News Weekly.
So what do you do when you're praised by several gay gaming groups, and the noticablepresence of hundreds-strong LGBT-positive player groups, developer Blizzard has decided the presence of out gay subscribers would "allow for discussion that we feel has no place in our game".
Blizzard officially responds via Caydiem, a community manager on the forums in the US. Sadly, this verifies that this action wasn't due to some over-zealous Game Master, but that it's official policy to forbid any dicssion or metnion of "topics related to sensitive real-world subjects -- such as religious, sexual, or political preference" in-game.
OIf course, what many people are failing to realize is thatt this policy bans any talk of straight relationships, partners and so on as well.
Blizzard had better enforce both sides of this ban on any mention of sexuality, or this truly is a discrimanatory policy.
