Dude, can you not read? from theresa's comment on the Terra Nova link:
From the article quote posted above, it sounded like the discrimination was wide-spread, and player based. According to the wiki description (which, granted, may or may not be complete), it was one character refusing to trade with women, or desiring to trade for women as slaves.
From the article, the discrimination SOUNDED widespread and player-based. But it WAS NOT. It was ONE GM-controlled NPC as part of an event.
And there's a significant difference between racial slurs and sexual discrimination. The only time racial slurs were involved was when a black female player was offended by the NPC talking about masters and slaves, and that's stretching it in my book.
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What I want to know is - are any of the virtual girls *completely* modeled on a real person?
Maybe we can get rid of those pesky Playboy girls once and for all, and just start up a Hef's Mansion MMO.
from theresa's comment on the Terra Nova link:
From the article, the discrimination SOUNDED widespread and player-based. But it WAS NOT. It was ONE GM-controlled NPC as part of an event.
And there's a significant difference between racial slurs and sexual discrimination. The only time racial slurs were involved was when a black female player was offended by the NPC talking about masters and slaves, and that's stretching it in my book.