Remember Blizzard banning the gay guilds in WoW?

Post by **MKJ** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:34 pm

they revised their terms of agreement and 'allowed' them to stay

just as well, too

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4700754.stm

Post by **Mr.Magnetichead** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:55 pm

Damm angry dykes.

Post by **Doombrain** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:00 pm

lol, thats funny

Post by **Turbine** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:04 pm

why did they ban them in the first place?
Now we can wage war on them.

Post by **DooMer** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:51 pm

lol, gaymers.

Blizzard is fucking bullshit. They bitch at you for the stupidest shit. Even saying the word "sex" would probably get you a warning.

Post by **BlueGene** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 1:25 am

Technically a human rights violation.

Post by **jester!** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:12 am

Hardly.

Human rights violation in a video game...

Post by **Transient** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:35 am

BlueGene wrote:Technically a human rights violation.

Maybe if the game was public property.

Post by **Jackal** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:37 am

Good for them actually. If you read about what happened you'd know it was one GM acting unilaterally that threatened the ban and since that GM "represents" Blizzard as a whole the caught a lot of flack. Good for them for being apologetic.

Post by **Clauz** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 3:18 am

Gay people ruin my immersion in the virtual world of Azeroth.

Post by **Wizard .3** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 4:57 am

Clauz wrote:Gay people ruin my immersion in the virtual world of Azeroth.

Post by **Eraser** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 8:37 am

I can see the reasoning of Blizzard to not allow gay only guilds, but if they don't allow that, then they should disallow every ".... only" guild.

It's pretty much against the law to exclude any group of people from participation based on religion, race or gender.

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 8:44 am

fun trivia, the guild she was running was gay friendly, not gay only. as in, everyone's welcome, as long as you dont crack gayjokes and gay offensive language.
blizzard thought this was unacceptable, yet they allowed the christian only (i'll say it again, ONLY) guild to stay

Post by **Eraser** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:02 am

I was playing devil's advocate a bit in the last post, because I do find it rather hypocrite for Blizzard to not allow gay only guilds while they do allow christian only guilds.