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The Million-Gnome March
This past Friday a sea of Gnomish fury swept over the chilly vale of Dun Morogh. The reason? Their character class isn't balanced. AFK Gamer has details on this outpouring of tiny fury, with liveblogging from the event itself and pictures of the naked gnome march from later in the weekend. Despite GM crackdowns and general apathy towards the Warrior cause, they appear to have gotten some sort of response from a developer (even though the response has nothing to do with the march). Terra Nova has picked up the topic and poses it as a question about the right to assemble in virtual spaces.
.. i just have to say, i can't believe its come to this. online protests, because of 'balance issues'?
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what the hell people. 'rights to protest'? ITS A GAME FOR FREAKS SAKE!!! YOU PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING LIVES, NOT 'PROTESTING' OVER VIDEO GAMES!!
"oh no, we have a right, everyone has a right, as consumers, to 'enjoy' themselves..." its a trap, i say, a TOTAL WASTE OF YOUR TIME!
the fat lazy game-addicted people are trapped worse than the cows they eat, coz nobody gonna pay for they're fatty corpse when they're gone
sheesh, what a waste of good life. and i say that, lovingly, as an old War2 hack
; -- the corruption of government starts with its secrets. a truly free people keep no secrets. --
Wrong. :)
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EULA's have been proven to be invalid after you pay for a product. Now since most people bought the game, pre-payed by Credit card, then got the EULA, there are some real legal questions about this type of EULA.
Now, the EULA also doesnt cover your legal rights, you dont give them away with the EULA, you never loose your legal rights on an EULA, its not the same as a standard contract, no matter what the slashdot lawyers say.
And by the way contracts can be challanged and overturned on wording or lack of wording, or intent. Anyone who says contracts are binding, dont have the legal muscle normally to fight one.
Now, No where in the EULA does it say you must stop playing the game if Blizzard asks, it does say they can change the EULA at any time, so they could add that at a later time.
If 200 people want to protest, it only takes 5 to start the class action lawsuit. Yes, its over the top for a game, but when you start banning people and still charging their credit cards, you enter some very murky legal problems, not providing service after payment.
I'm sure a good set of lawyers for the tabacco company could keep blizzard in court for years...
Law is blind, the best lawyers win, the law doesnt.
COMMUNIST!
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While I Slow Down Cowboy!, here's a selection from the Racial Slur Database to bide the time:
Donkey Irish It was cheaper to hire an irishman than a donkey in the pennsylvania coal minning days of the 1800's
Donkey Kong Blacks Donkey Kong was a large ape.
Dootie Blacks Refers to their dootie-brown skin.
Doozers Whites Used to describe white college students who do nothing but party and pull 2.0 GPAs.
Dorito Blacks Blacks have a fondness for Doritos.
Dot Knot Indians Dot (red dot on forehead) Knot (turbins on Punjabs)
Dot/Dot-Head Indians Refers to the "bindi" (dot) on their foreheads. The dot's significance relates to the marital status of an indian female. Red dot: married; Black dot: single.
Dottie Indians Indians are the smart ones that put the "dot" in ".com"
Double A Blacks Shorter version of 'African American.'
Double D Arabs Desert Darky
Double Dip Blacks Used for extra-dark Blacks, appearing as if they were dipped in chocolate twice.
Dozer Hispanics They always work on in the field of construction, thats were Bull "Dozer" comes into play.
DP Polish "Dumb Polish," pronounced "deepee." After World War II, displaced refugees of Eastern European origin were referred as Displaced Persons, however, it stuck around even today to describe Polish immigrants.
Drac Romanians Short for "Dracula" who is from a town in Transylvania which makes up a good deal of modern Romania.
Dreads Jamaicans Hair style.
Dreidl Jews Jewish toy
Dried Shit Whites Shit turns white after being left alone
Drongo Australians A drongo is a very Australian word for an idiot
Drunk Irish Irish are stereotypically drunks.
Dryback Canadians Canadian cross the border on land mostly unlike many Mexicans who do so via the Rio Grande (see Wetback)
Drywaller Hispanics Hispanics do a lot of construction work and are usually paid very little or nothing.
Dub Ukrainians Dumb Ukrainian Bastard.
Dubya Americans The not-so-bright president
Duck Vietnamese Based on noises made by Vietnamese people speaking in their native tongue, everything comes out sounding like "duk-duk-duk". Also in reference to how old women walk.
Duke Nukem Americans Used the first Atomic bomb.
Dumb Wet Hispanics Variation of Wet-Back, as used on an episode of X-Files.
Dumb-inican Dominicans People from Domincan Republic
Dune Coon Arabs Comes from 'coon' (Blacks) of the 'dunes' (sand dunes) in the Middle East. Also just Dunecoon
Dune Nigger Arabs Same ideas as Doon Coon and Sand Nigger.
Dusty Nuts Arabs It comes from Arabs living in the desert.
DWO Asians Driving While Oriental. Based on the idea that being Asian and driving is just as dangerous as being intoxicated and driving.
Dyke Dutch The country owes its existence to the many dikes that were used to reclaim land from the sea, also from the story of the Dutch boy who used his finger to plug a leaking dike to save his town. Van Dyk/Dijk/Dyke is also a very distinctive Dutch last name.
Dyke-Jumper Dutch Because of all the dykes in Holland, Dutch farmers used to use long wooden poles to pole-vault from one section of farmland to another.
Easy-Bake Nigger Jews WWII reference.
Egg Whites White males that try to really get into East Asian culture and date Asian women. White on the outside, yellow on the inside (opposite of banana).
Egghead Asians Asians, especially Koreans, have large heads.
Egglet Blacks Black Children -- "little eggplant."
Eggot Blacks Tagalog word for black (Phillipines)
Eggplant Blacks Slur used mainly by Italians. See: Moolie.
Eggroll Asians Refers to Asian babies who would be wrapped in blankets.
Ehlipe Blacks [?]
Eight Ball Blacks Color of the eight ball