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Online Game Event Sparks Player Riot
Grimwell Online is carrying a story entitled When does an Online Game go too far?. It details a post to a news group about a world event in the newly released A Tale in the Desert 2. The online game, which simulates an ancient Egyptian culture, was full of angry players after a developer-run event used openly discriminatory language against the female gender. Details on the event can be found at the ATITD2 Wiki, and commentary can be found on TerraNova.
Scott Lockwood and K5 admins censor ad discussions that are critical of the ads.
When Scott Lockwood posted an advertisement for his "web hosting company", he clicked the checkbox to enable comments on the advertisement. However, after receiving several comments harshly critical of his service, the discussion on the advertisement mysteriously vanished, as if commenting on the advertisement had never been turned on. How coincidental -- is the Kuro5hin administration in the habit of censoring advertisement discussions if the advertisement draws critical or negative comments? Isn't the purpose of ad comments to allow critical discussion and debate about the merits of the thing being advertised, regardless of whether the opinions are positive or negative? Is any advertisement which receives critical comments going to have its comments turned off, or is this censorship only going to be available at the request of the advertiser?
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You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. --Winston Churchill
After all, any older and you normally have a life
Lemme guess. You're the guy on theonion.com that threw his tv set out too, because it's a waste of life?
I'm sick of people bitchin' because they don't feel a certain activity is "life".
p.s. I'm older (30s) and game as well. I, like everyone else you'll ever meet, have a "life".
Karnal
The point is that any trader, even a foreign one, in Ancient Egypt who wouldn't deal with women probably wouldn't have sold much of anything, since the men probably wouldn't have dealt with him.
Jesus, I didn't realize that I was browsing fark today.
Peter: As we all know, Christmas is that mystical time of year when the ghost of Jesus rises from the grave to feast on the flesh of the living! So we all sing Christmas Carols to lull him back to sleep.
Bob: Outrageous, How dare he say such blasphemy. I've got to do something.
Man #1: Bob there's nothing you can do.
Bob: Well I guess I'll just have to develop a sense of humour