Heh, well, I'm bi myself, so that's why I have no problem role-playing a queer relationship. I give the true hats off to my straight husband, who not only is man enough not to care what gender his character is, but is supportive of me when I get angry about bigotry.
Well, as half of the abovementioned heterosexual-in-real-life couple playing a same-sex couple in WoW, I'm amused that this little anecdote made it all the way to Slashdot.
Honestly, my husband and I didn't have any political intentions with our characters. We never had a pretend wedding. We just both happened to be playing female night elves (my husband wasn't interested in playing The Incredible Purple Hulk), and since we occasionally joke around in a semi-flirtateous manner, decided they were a couple. We never had a problem with other players on our RP server. We just acted like we do in real life anyway, none of those emoted snogging sessions in Stormwind that appear popular with a number of hetero couples (gaak).
I admit that I got pretty riled up when I heard about the gay guild getting a warning, and Blizzard's wussy response to the issue. Our guild, which is gay-friendly and has a number of not-straight members, started contacting GMs to get clarification about what the new policy would mean for LGBT players, both those who might mention their real life same sex partners and those who might role-play a same-sex relationship. The conversation linked above was between one of my guildmates and a GM... he used our characters as an example.
Right now, I suspect that Blizzard is consulting with their Lawyerbots on TOS changes. I am curious what those changes will be, and I'm holding back on cancelling for now. If I have to agree to a TOS that allows open hetero identity but not open homo identity among players, I'm just saying no and cancelling. I may be in a straight relationship, but I'm not putting up with that kind of bull.
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Heh, well, I'm bi myself, so that's why I have no problem role-playing a queer relationship. I give the true hats off to my straight husband, who not only is man enough not to care what gender his character is, but is supportive of me when I get angry about bigotry.
Well, as half of the abovementioned heterosexual-in-real-life couple playing a same-sex couple in WoW, I'm amused that this little anecdote made it all the way to Slashdot.
Honestly, my husband and I didn't have any political intentions with our characters. We never had a pretend wedding. We just both happened to be playing female night elves (my husband wasn't interested in playing The Incredible Purple Hulk), and since we occasionally joke around in a semi-flirtateous manner, decided they were a couple. We never had a problem with other players on our RP server. We just acted like we do in real life anyway, none of those emoted snogging sessions in Stormwind that appear popular with a number of hetero couples (gaak).
I admit that I got pretty riled up when I heard about the gay guild getting a warning, and Blizzard's wussy response to the issue. Our guild, which is gay-friendly and has a number of not-straight members, started contacting GMs to get clarification about what the new policy would mean for LGBT players, both those who might mention their real life same sex partners and those who might role-play a same-sex relationship. The conversation linked above was between one of my guildmates and a GM... he used our characters as an example.
Right now, I suspect that Blizzard is consulting with their Lawyerbots on TOS changes. I am curious what those changes will be, and I'm holding back on cancelling for now. If I have to agree to a TOS that allows open hetero identity but not open homo identity among players, I'm just saying no and cancelling. I may be in a straight relationship, but I'm not putting up with that kind of bull.