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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.
Teppy aka Andrew Tepper has actually referred to the game as a grand social experiment on a few occasions, and has been quoted doing so in interviews and such. It really is a social experiment of sorts. No combat, no PvP, nothing but social interaction. We write our own laws, develop our own ingame currency, etc... How is that not a social experiment, especially when the developers throw in trials and tests that test people's ethics and morals. I personally think it's amazing.
"The next generation of interesting software will be made on a Macintosh, not an IBM PC." -Bill Gates
Apparently he just wanted to bring out the fact that in ancient egypt, the role of women wasn't exactly like it is today,
How is it different than the role of women in most Muslim (and particularly Arab) countries now?
This is what drives me crazy about feminists. They'll rant and rave about a model making $50K for appearing in a swimsuit in a beer ad being "exploited", but are *silent* about the so-dehuminizing-its-absurd treatment of women in most Islamic socities, including those subgroups in the U.S.
What gives? You'd think that they'd be barricading every Arab embassy, demanding civil rights for women.
Then DO YOUR PART to INVESTIGATE what you PURCHASE before you BITCH about SOMETHING YOU'VE ALREADY SUPPORTED.
Seriously. If it's a subscription game, just cancel your account, quit buying carpet and sending it to them and buy a pair of shoes.
I was wondering when MMORPGs started reflecting the reality that people are shitty and we're all closet rascists, sexists, anti-homosexuals, or whatever your particular bigotry happens to be.
frankly i'm surprised this doesn't happen too often. I guess it's a testament to the speed and effectiveness of the admins of the corporate MMORPGs (ie sony) to quash the speech of such undesirables.
see this is why everyone should just play FPS games. everyone's a racist so just kill them.
frankly i'm surprised that there were actually enough women playing this game to riot. what is this world coming too? don't they have better things to do?
playing games should be relegated to the stupider gender. I thought women read books, helped others, and generally made a useful contribution to society.
leave the stupid shit like computer games, monster truck rallies, football, and the like to men. it suits our intelligence level.
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Me and my girlfriend stopped playing ATITD1 because of the idiotic row over the player name "douchebag". Some females playing ATITD really need to get a life since they seem to get upset over just about anything.
it's in my head