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It's a game. People play it to have fun. Racist, sexist, insulting comments are not my idea of fun.

hgs3 3y ago
People also play games to appeal to their darker aggressive more primitive mind - their "Id" as Freud would put it. It is why games like Grand Theft Auto are best sellers. Even in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 you participate in a mass shooting at a Russian airport. The sequence is a simulated act of terrorism. So I agree with OP that it is ethically inconsistent for the developers to draw the line at spoken words.
- valianteffort 3y ago
  I have fond memories of playing MW2 and Halo 3 in highschool with all of my friends. I don't think "racism" was on anyones mind in those days and it was an extremely diverse group. There wasn't a racial epitath we weren't throwing around, yet no one ever took things personally and I would never describe any of those people as racist. People these days are way too soft and incapable of dissemenating between real hate and momentary anger.
  - Cypher 3y ago
    Under new age anti-racism ideology, all white people are born racist. It's a useful tool to supress anyone unwilling to go along with this new age thinking.
    - peterashford 3y ago
      Incorrect. And self-pitying.
Cypher 3y ago
So says the fun police.
- peterashford 3y ago
  You can't have fun without racism and sexism? Really?
snailmailman 3y ago
This. Games aren’t fun when I’m getting called slurs. It’s just sad. I play a lot of rocket league. I always have a rainbow flag on my car. Every year during pride month I always play several games where I get lots of homophobic comments from my opponents. People using slurs, ranting about how “people like me” are ruining the game. I mute and block, and report these people, but it makes me sad anyway. Why do people go into the game with the intent to ruin it for others? I only ever get those comments during pride month. There’s a reason I play with voice chat disabled if I’m playing with randos, even if it would legitimately help to communicate with teammates. And I wouldn’t even say rocket league is particularly toxic? I encounter teammates that throw games, and smurf accounts, way more than players that say toxic things in chat. I don’t play FPS games but from what I’ve seen they seem way worse, as voice chat is crucial. I feel only slightly better the next day, when I get a notification about how my report got a player banned for toxicity.

hgs3 3y ago

People also play games to appeal to their darker aggressive more primitive mind - their "Id" as Freud would put it. It is why games like Grand Theft Auto are best sellers. Even in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 you participate in a mass shooting at a Russian airport. The sequence is a simulated act of terrorism. So I agree with OP that it is ethically inconsistent for the developers to draw the line at spoken words.

valianteffort 3y ago
I have fond memories of playing MW2 and Halo 3 in highschool with all of my friends. I don't think "racism" was on anyones mind in those days and it was an extremely diverse group. There wasn't a racial epitath we weren't throwing around, yet no one ever took things personally and I would never describe any of those people as racist. People these days are way too soft and incapable of dissemenating between real hate and momentary anger.
- Cypher 3y ago
  Under new age anti-racism ideology, all white people are born racist. It's a useful tool to supress anyone unwilling to go along with this new age thinking.
  - peterashford 3y ago
    Incorrect. And self-pitying.

Cypher 3y ago

So says the fun police.

peterashford 3y ago
You can't have fun without racism and sexism? Really?

snailmailman 3y ago

This. Games aren’t fun when I’m getting called slurs. It’s just sad. I play a lot of rocket league. I always have a rainbow flag on my car. Every year during pride month I always play several games where I get lots of homophobic comments from my opponents. People using slurs, ranting about how “people like me” are ruining the game. I mute and block, and report these people, but it makes me sad anyway. Why do people go into the game with the intent to ruin it for others? I only ever get those comments during pride month. There’s a reason I play with voice chat disabled if I’m playing with randos, even if it would legitimately help to communicate with teammates. And I wouldn’t even say rocket league is particularly toxic? I encounter teammates that throw games, and smurf accounts, way more than players that say toxic things in chat. I don’t play FPS games but from what I’ve seen they seem way worse, as voice chat is crucial. I feel only slightly better the next day, when I get a notification about how my report got a player banned for toxicity.