No Same Sex Marriages in World of Warcraft on Slashdot
Caught this story over on /. yesterday… People are getting into a tisy over Blizzard not allowing people to activly recruit and advertise Gay and Lesbian guilds in the World of Warcraft game. Furthermore Blizzard refuses to allow same sex marriages between players…
While the lines are drawn between “Damn Right!” and “That’s so unfair…”, I think there are some deepers issues here. First of all, sex is not a part of the game, nor does gender play a role in the how the character develops. Furthermore, marriages are not supported for anyone. Male gnomes cannot marry female elves, etc… So the big question for me is… WHY THE HELL DID ANY OF THIS EVER COME UP IN THE FIRST PLACE???
The scary answer is that people are actually projecting their real lives into these games… This is becoming their reality…
The not so scary answer is that these people are simply looking for attention or some other source of validation for their view points. My hunch is that this is the more common case.
Bottom line is, people pay $15 / m to rent space on Blizzard’s servers. If they don’t like the name you choose for a character they can (and will) ban you from playing. It’s their property. If you don’t like it, don’t play their game. It’s not a democracy, and the constitution or declaration of rights do not apply. YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO ANYTHING EXCEPT ACCESS TO THEIR SERVERS when you pay your monthly fee.
It’s a weird world we live in… Not even games can be “fun” anymore. Some fool with an axe to grind must always show up and make an issue out of something that isn’t even possible in an online world… And before anyone posts it, I don’t want to hear about meaningful online relationships… Or “But my online wife and I connected over a mouse and key board…” Give me a break… If you are reading this and are angry, you need to turn off your computer and go outside…
Mikael Gueck wrote:
Some people seem to disagree with you about what plays a role in character development, and on what grounds can a proprietor select their customers.
Apparently there are no more “Whites Only” signs hanging around in bars or buses?
Posted on 07-Feb-06 at 7:24 am | Permalink
Ripley wrote:
EULA’s End User License Agreements. Each player has to agree to it when they sign up. The EULA basically says that Blizzard can do whatever they want.
And your racism comment is completely off target and inappropriate.
Posted on 07-Feb-06 at 3:14 pm | Permalink
Shawn Oster wrote:
I think they should just make everyone in the game a eunch with asexual features. If gender doesn’t play a role other than a different model then who needs it in there anyway? Having genders just invites the scary types to anthropomorphize with their characters. It wouldn’t change the game play one bit, people could still grind away at the system all day collecting virtual items for their virtual blobs using their real time.
Posted on 28-Mar-06 at 11:23 am | Permalink
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Posted on 13-Jun-07 at 6:10 am | Permalink