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Posted - 2014.03.26 11:54:00 -
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Alright, I have given up on trying to catch up with this one. Sorry, I just don't have the stamina to read 120-odd pages of forum nonsense posted in less than a day. Nevertheless, I will have my say.
I can't really claim to know Erotica 1 well, but I have chatted with him from time to time and always found him to be friendly and helpful. I have never sat in on a bonus room round, mainly because I know them to be 2-4 hour ordeals, and my game time is so limited that I prefer to spend it blapping people's imaginary spaceships. I have listened to snippets of recorded bonus rounds, and chuckled at them, comfortable in the knowledge that everyone involved is a consenting adult.
The alleged "victims" can simply choose to shut down the computer and go outside for some fresh air and exercise at any point. I know that's what I would do in their shoes. If they do choose to participate, they have nothing to lose but a few hours of their time, and a bit of imaginary play money. If they choose to stick it out, and aren't afraid to be a little silly, they can even potentially win a large sum of equally worthless imaginary Spacebucks.
I will say this about Erotica 1. He has never called me the n-word, nor any other racial, ethnic, or religious slur. Nor has any other member of the Minerbumping or Belligerent Undesirables communities. Nor has Erotica 1 ever threatened to hunt me down in real life, or to hunt down members of my family. From my acquaintance with him, I don't believe that it would ever occur to him that it might be acceptable to do these things.
Yet since I made the decision about a year ago to play this role-playing game as a criminal character, and took up suicide ganking, scamming, miner extortion, wardecs, and corporate infiltration, I have been called racial, ethnic, religious, and homophobic slurs almost daily. I have been called names that would not be acceptable in any context, except perhaps a *** rally. My life and that of my family has been threatened on several occasions. And who are the people engaging in this appalling behavior? Not I, not Erotica 1, not any in-game scoundrel who enjoys blapping carebears. No, it is the carebears themselves, a number of whom have even posted damning personal attacks in this thread, as if they had any moral high ground to stand on.
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