Should Politics be in our Video Games?

[Xrailax]

So, if you haven't heard, Blizzard is in a sh*t storm right now. The state of California is suing the poop out of them for discrimination and sexual harassment.

Since then, one guild on our server (Horde side) decided to do a sit in protest in game.

I'll keep my thoughts on that to myself for the start of this, but... polling time!

[Xrailax]

Also, feel free to enlighten as too why in the thread itself.

I am to the point where I am getting tired of all the Politics that are IMO affecting way to much. Olympics/Video Games just about damn near everywhere. If CA sues Activision/Blizzard I say this because only what a handful of OG Blizz guys are left all others are Activision Dickwads. But back to CA sueing them that should be handled internally and those doing the harrasment should be canned and replaced. I get on to the game to block out all the BS in the world for the bit that I can.

Being Native American I honestly do not feel any sympathy for any of the racial politics as my people have gotten the sh*t end of the stick from get go.

Now the sexual crap yes that needs to be addressed and if people want to do a Oribos sit in that is them and their game time/money. But if it crashes servers etc or lags the crap out of doing anything Oribos that now affects my game time/money. And yeah not good.

[Xrailax]

For the sexual harassment stuff, I can say this. In early 2004, when I joined SOE, I saw this stuff happening. One of the reasons I no longer work for SOE (other than they were bought out) is because a woman named me as a witness to her sexual harassment, and instead of prosecuting that claim, Sony found the easiest and quickest way to terminate the employee who stalker her, herself, and anyone she named as a witness.

I don't know if I believe in the cube crawl stuff though. Thats where the male workers got super drunk and crawled through the desk spaces hitting on the women. The only reason I have a hard time believing that is that, in todays age of everyone has a cell phone and a camera, no video or pictures of that ever came out? That is a hard thing to hide these days.

Also, the news about the woman who committed suicide at a Blizzard function was misleading. They claimed she was there with a male co-worker at a work function (they were). And that the co-worker brought sex toys with him (he did), and that she felt uncomfortable and killed herself. Here is the other side of that.

She WAS at a work function with her co-worker who brought sex toys. Who she was dating and sharing the same room with. A number of months earlier, a picture of her private area was circulated to 34 male members of her work place. Not sure how that happened, and if it happened in any other reason than her showing them herself, it shouldn't have happened. Period.

And she DID kill herself at that work function. However, she left no note, and no one ever was told why she did it.

So, on this one ladies and gents, if you are interested, do your research. You can read the charging documents on the internets.

[Xrailax]

and thank you Kat for moving this into the correct ooc area =D

[۞ KAT ۞ AKA Red Viper]

Jul 28, 2021 13:42:36 GMT -5 Xrailax said:

and thank you Kat for moving this into the correct ooc area =D

It was in a good place before, just thought i'd move it to make it open to guests if anyone wanted to chime in since it is their game too, right?

And the thing about the media... they never post the whole story.  Only what is eye catching and worth the most talk will be published, or even talked about.   Share only the barest "facts" that could be the easiest to misconstrue and let the public twist to their imaginations delight.

X I agree whole heartedly that at times thing definantly do not see as they truly are. And really only those that are privy to it know what happened. I see that here in the Army a lot. E3 hottiegirl, gets with E8 old man should E8 old man be messing with E3 Hottigirl absolutely not. But when E3 wants E8 man to marry her he says no. I have seen it a lot she claims the r word. Hell one time my buddy E5 dude was dating E5 girl. She was telling everyone he was her husband already and they were going to have 5 kids. Dude was 24 he said he was not ready to get married and girl was super clingy so he broke it off. Next day she was claiming date R word. Dudes career down the toilet. I have also seen legit r word cases. But those few cases where it was just spiteful makes it hard to believe anything else. I guess when teenage girls in my HS bragged about getting out of a speeding ticket cause they blew a cop adds into the factor.

Damn did not know you were canned for that that sucks and just as a witness.