I would speak with your Uncle then and ask him how he would react if someone in the street shouts F*G! at him or his partner. Someone shouting that in a game is a similar situation, when you are trying to live your life and someone says horrible things about you in a blatantly nasty manner its a jarring horrible experience.

I have had it a few times in the street, I have even been attacked for holding a boyfriends hand in the street so sometimes if I ask reasonably that people try to understand what it can be like for a gay person to live openly I would hope they would. I am glad that the majority in this thread understand and have stood with me either in giving tacit support to the sentiment of the thread or even liking mine and others posts.

I like to think of playing games as a fun pastime, but if I come in for abuse from someone for being myself, I am who I am after all ;-) then meh I'll mute them and mock them in open channel and report them if they send me hateful messages, then move on to the next round.

Maybe you are correct about the term 'political correctness' though its too loaded a term for knuckle dragging numptys who read and listen to too much right wing media. I'll call it something else then...


How about 'not being a prick'?


Good luck in college, may it open your mind a bit more.

It's a goddamn shame. I wish people wouldn't act like a child. SO what if people's gay? That's there's liking. That's like me not liking carrots as a snack, but liking grapes. It's a choice.

my uncle doesn't care about insults, he knows that people cant harm him by words. its called maturity.

im may come off as a prick but its not my problem. don't like my attitude, don't care.

If you mail me those players names, I will go out of my way to wreck these so called players.

Whatever happened to just let things be? If someone has a different sexual orientation, than let them. It's not hurting anyone. Like seriously, put yourself in there shoes. Then how would you feel?

http://youtu.be/hlVBg7_08n0

Watch this^^^

All was fine till, after a while, he's noticed a large some of the community ( with in game) and with in the corp of some words going around. He doesnt like people screaming F.A.G. in an unfavorable term. As in, you get killed and hear "F'ing F.A.G.". Let me repeat, with in game, he hears people scream this and is getting offended by this. Even from this corp I spoke of earlier.

I am not quite sure why your friend is taking this personel?, its clearly used as a generic term as a "AW CRAP" word and not directed at a gay person?

Good clans/corps have..

Rules & Regulations that include Sexual Harassment Policy

"Failure of any member to follow the rules and regulations, regardless of rank, title or tenure, can result in various levels of corrective action by Community leadership. This action can include verbal or written counseling, warning level increase, loss of rank or title, suspension and dishonorable discharge..."

I have nothing to say on this subject that hasn't been said already, but its important, and I'm glad it's being discussed.

Alright. THIS wasn't directed TO me, but I was witness to this, and I would call these "KIDS" out, but in all, it would just harm the victim more. But this is something I want to bring to you, the adult side of this community.

I got a friend into this game who is gay. Now, I'm not saying cartwheels, rainbows coming from his arse, but he does enjoy the company of men.

WELL, hes stayed with the game, and enjoyed it properly. Got him self, now, i think close to 12m SP. So, yes, invested some time into this, got him into " my corp" ( I use this term loosely now) and have had some great time.

All was fine till, after a while, he's noticed a large some of the community ( with in game) and with in the corp of some words going around. He doesnt like people screaming F.A.G. in an unfavorable term. As in, you get killed and hear "F'ing F.A.G.". Let me repeat, with in game, he hears people scream this and is getting offended by this. Even from this corp I spoke of earlier.

A town hall meeting has come up and I brought this up. The response "He should learn to HTFU and learn to get over it", to as far as "This is how I talk. If he doesn't like this, he should leave"
My response to this was immediately, "You are justifying being an a-hole. You don't want to change how you talk around this guy, but would much rather continue the way you talk, not in regard to how you might actually offend this guy"

Well, you can see how long he stayed with in the corp. I even left friends and family to even follow him on his journey in being blue. And guess what, this wasn't just there, even in other corps, but it did do something.

The previous corp, the group caught wind of why he left, and it had others spool up and raise their hands saying "this also offends me"

One of them was black. I then received a message outside of game saying "F'ng 'n' ( yes, the n-bomb) should learn to grow up, and HTFU because life is unfair, people ingeneral, in the real world are going to talk to him like that and he should just learn to adjust"

This continued back and forth down to it ending in being called a "n-bomb lover" ( please replace n-bomb for a more or less, 6 letter word starting with n, a few g's, and a 'R')

Well, the corp soon got them selves a holding cell for new players, to teach and mold new players. Cohoerted my friend to rejoin, under new management, and rather a good guy did talk him back in, including the black guy from before.

Long story short, someone in that first corp told me they are now planing on closing this previous corp because they let both of these two in, because of how they left this first corp ( which I seen them leave under the terms of "I'm tired of hearing my sexuality being constantly used in a negative text, and treatment of race ( including N-bombing) is not acceptable as an adult."

So, I come to you guys, he doesnt know the corp he is in, is going to nuke, and take out some rather good names from the corp as...as far as I can tell, because of being a child.

So I ask you, was anyone being in the wrong here? Should I make this corp public ( I won't but I gotta ask)

I'm just left baffled, that someone can confront another, asking them to quit and they can just "I don't want to change, it is YOU that has to change"

I felt I needed to share and start making this public.

TL;DR crowd

Calling that red dot that gunned you down a "gay" can offend people in your squad. And has, and has escalated to an almost ridiculous point that, I want this a little out there.

Call 'em out.

They have no problem voicing their opinion to one of us, why not everyone?
They should be just as proud of who they are in their bigotry.

Ha, but doesn't the OP describe 92 percent of the corporations in New Eden?