Against the rules?

[Hollenhexer]

Is it against Blizzard's rules on WoW if you ask someone to be your BF or GF? I'm not wanting to do this but it has to do with a strange encounter I had with another player.

[kall]

Apparently, mentioning that you HAVE a 'BF', and are Male, is against the ToU, because it stirs up the kiddies into a homophobic rage.

Asking someone wouldn't be, unless it became harassing.

[Hollenhexer]

Well I was considering both male and female thus I said BF or GF. I'm straight. Well I encountered a female Troll Shaman player being a male Orc Warlock. She accused me of sending her hate mail, when I never met her before. She said she would only believe me if I became her BF on WoW. Of course for all I know she could be a guy online play as a female. You never know these days. I just don't want to be the source of her banning, if she's banned for asking me.

[Valas Azuviir]

Sounds like that one needs a banning though.

[Hollenhexer]

Me or her?

[IRPander]

Me or her?

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say her.

[dwarfenhelm]

sounds like some fatal atraction wierd freak. just laugh at her next time she says anything and put her on your ignore list

[Mincemaker]

Well I was considering both male and female thus I said BF or GF. I'm straight. Well I encountered a female Troll Shaman player being a male Orc Warlock. She accused me of sending her hate mail, when I never met her before. She said she would only believe me if I became her BF on WoW. Of course for all I know she could be a guy online play as a female. You never know these days. I just don't want to be the source of her banning, if she's banned for asking me.

She can get banned for that, since, well, that is harassment.

[Clavina]

This is what ignore lists are for. If no such mails exist then you won't be banned.

[Stigg]

Although this situation is different, I see "boyfriends" and "girlfriends" possibly being viable and fruitful on an RP realm.

We all know that players that are dating/married play...I doubt there would be too much of a problem for their characters (IG) to be dating.

It's all fun and games until your wife comes home one night and catches you talking ot that hawt Belf female.

And I also highly doubt Blizz would be discriminatory against homosexuals. If somebody complains about it, it is there problem.

[MapleBarb]

Well I was considering both male and female thus I said BF or GF. I'm straight. Well I encountered a female Troll Shaman player being a male Orc Warlock. She accused me of sending her hate mail, when I never met her before. She said she would only believe me if I became her BF on WoW. Of course for all I know she could be a guy online play as a female. You never know these days. I just don't want to be the source of her banning, if she's banned for asking me.sounds like a scam he's doing. real females wouldnt advertise their gender to people they dont know. after all whats the need of letting others know we're females? we're there to play the game, and being female doesnt bring us any advantage in defeating the monsters.

re char gender: that means nothing as well. After all a friend of mine, who's a guy, has a female paladin whereas one of my 2 chars is a male. But our choices were mostly because he thought female blood elfs looked cute, whereas I thought female orcs looked like big foot and males looked a bit less insulting to look at :grin:

[xujimorisawa]

bunny boiler anyone?

:D

[Eratia]

And I also highly doubt Blizz would be discriminatory against homosexuals.

Errmm... they have a bit of a history there.

Have a look here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4700754.stm

[Stigg]

Errmm... they have a bit of a history there.

Have a look here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4700754.stm

Thats different. That is exclusion..which is what is of course, frowned upon by all parties. What I am referring to is simply not caring whether in game, characters posess hetero or homosexual tendencies....so long as it does not disrupt gameplay.

[Daidoji Sagara]

re char gender: that means nothing as well. After all a friend of mine, who's a guy, has a female paladin whereas one of my 2 chars is a male. But our choices were mostly because he thought female blood elfs looked cute, whereas I thought female orcs looked like big foot and males looked a bit less insulting to look at :grin:

Interesting note: I've witnessed male players pretending being femeale actually receive (small) gifts from all sorts of players. This shows you just how desperate lonely male can be *cough*

[Eratia]

Thats different. That is exclusion..which is what is of course, frowned upon by all parties.

Ah, yes. That's why I never see all Finnish guilds or all Swedish guilds on my server. Because that would be exclusion. Waiiitttt a second...

By the way, the original example wasn't exclusion because it was a 'gay-friendly' guild, which means gay people and their friends. Perfectly possible for straight people to play in the guild. The only people that would be excluded would be homophobes, which, well, should be excluded from the whole game as far as I'm concerned.

Sorry to go off-topic, btw. Someone posted a really 'hilarious' experiment recently where someone deliberately intended to act the way your troll is acting. The idea was basically to get people to agree to a WoW relationship and then see how much gold they would give for being someone's boyfriend online. She/he got warned for abuse/harrassment I think.

[mesonm]

Is it against Blizzard's rules on WoW if you ask someone to be your BF or GF? I'm not wanting to do this but it has to do with a strange encounter I had with another player.

huh?

I sure hope you don't become the supposed BF or GF over a game, without actually...you know...MEETING them....

It is really a bunch more fun when you can actually be in the same room once in awhile....

:thumbsup:

[Stigg]

Ah, yes. That's why I never see all Finnish guilds or all Swedish guilds on my server. Because that would be exclusion. Waiiitttt a second...

/shrug. I know that you can not create guilds that recruit purely on religous and sexual orientation standards.

[Hollenhexer]

This is what ignore lists are for.
But I'm too much of a nice guy even though I'm an Orc.

sounds like a scam he's doing. real females wouldnt advertise their gender to people they dont know. after all whats the need of letting others know we're females? we're there to play the game, and being female doesnt bring us any advantage in defeating the monsters.
Actually I assumed her being female, using things such as *sobs* in her conversations.

Someone posted a really 'hilarious' experiment recently where someone deliberately intended to act the way your troll is acting. The idea was basically to get people to agree to a WoW relationship and then see how much gold they would give for being someone's boyfriend online.
I maybe a nice guy and will help others with quests I've done before but I'm not very generous.

As for Homosexuals. I have no problem with their kind. I don't see it as an act of evil like a lot religious loonies do. The only type of people I have a problem with are vegetarians and PETA.

[Valas Azuviir]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say her.

Right on the nose, I'd consider this a case of harrassment myself and I'd be wielding the baka hammer of banning/smiting +5, if I were a GM, to eliminate the problem.

And let's not start the whole gay-friendly thing again.. Was enough flaming in that thread to have warrented a lot of temp bans.

Anyway, GMs have been sent on a .... sensitivity.. course.. Not quite sure what else to call it, mind is currently drawing blanks. ah well.. So, this should not be an issue any longer.

Oh and Hollenhexer. There's being a nice person, and then there's being a doormat.. I like helping folks as well (and I've pointed out a lot of things to mostly younger players, mostly with regards to rush less, think more, you'll live longer), but if a person proves to be a pain in my backside, then onto the ignore list they go. Got better things to do than to deal with their drama sessions, plus some folks just don't want to be taught.

Fine.. Whatever, got enough to do as is. That's not being heartless or mean. Just realistic.

[satineeftw]

sounds like a scam he's doing. real females wouldnt advertise their gender to people they dont know. after all whats the need of letting others know we're females? we're there to play the game, and being female doesnt bring us any advantage in defeating the monsters.

re char gender: that means nothing as well. After all a friend of mine, who's a guy, has a female paladin whereas one of my 2 chars is a male. But our choices were mostly because he thought female blood elfs looked cute, whereas I thought female orcs looked like big foot and males looked a bit less insulting to look at :grin:

I am female and I play male too

But I don't care. Everyone I play with knows I'm a female. Not so I can get an edge or anything, but because I really don't want someone thinking of me as some hulking man behind the screen. :tongue: That and with vent I think with my high pitch girly voice I would have some explaining to do if they thought of me as a dude lol

Ah, yes. That's why I never see all Finnish guilds or all Swedish guilds on my server. Because that would be exclusion.
.

I'm in an all portuguese speaking guild

[poopsmcgee]

i'm a 35 yr old bald fat guy and i have 5 high lvl toons already. i wanted to start a blood elf and i did my first female rpg character and i gotta say i like it. of course the obvious fact that its nicer to stare at the backside of a female blood elf than some org butt all the time, i have noticed some other things too. i am only up to lvl 25 atm, but i have been getting alot more chatter and help in general that i have with my other toons. i guess just a hot bloodelf by the name hawtpants gets more attention lol.

[Valas Azuviir]

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[Sumatra]

i'm a 35 yr old bald fat guy and i have 5 high lvl toons already. i wanted to start a blood elf and i did my first female rpg character and i gotta say i like it. of course the obvious fact that its nicer to stare at the backside of a female blood elf than some org butt all the time, i have noticed some other things too. i am only up to lvl 25 atm, but i have been getting alot more chatter and help in general that i have with my other toons. i guess just a hot bloodelf by the name hawtpants gets more attention lol.

HAHA...yep...I hide my cloak cos I do find my pixellated butt cheeks hypnotic!! :laugh:

[poopsmcgee]

LOL i have never done that in the past, but now i don't show my cloak and hoods mess up my hair. but actually i have been getting into trouble not watching where i am going. i'll have the camera view with hawtpants running right at me and i'll run into all kinds of mobs. i'll let u figure out why i like that view.

[Sumatra]

LOL i have never done that in the past, but now i don't show my cloak and hoods mess up my hair. but actually i have been getting into trouble not watching where i am going. i'll have the camera view with hawtpants running right at me and i'll run into all kinds of mobs. i'll let u figure out why i like that view.

hehe..I'll hazard a guess..
Personally I'm just a vain wench, thats tickled at having a char thats got the same bod as myself...

Never have to worry about my RL + 10 pvc hotpants of the goff not looking great anyhoo..:laugh:

[kall]

*edit*

Whoops, didn't see Valez' comment above.

(side note: Not even Gold Pals can delete their posts it would appear).

[Hollenhexer]

I have a question about the homosexual part. Say a person were to be of that orientation and whould happen to mention it on WoW, would they get banned?

[Mincemaker]

I have a question about the homosexual part. Say a person were to be of that orientation and whould happen to mention it on WoW, would they get banned?

I doubt it is a problem, since, well, it is merely mentioning. It is not like there's harassment or stuff going on.

[poopsmcgee]

well i wouldn't think u'd wanna go talking about it in /2 chat or anything. but i don't think its advised to go around talking bout how heterosexual you are in /2 either.

[Valas Azuviir]

I have a question about the homosexual part. Say a person were to be of that orientation and whould happen to mention it on WoW, would they get banned?

If it's along the lines of.. Sorry got to go, the BF is home and wants some loving? Nope.

If, it's along the lines of.. I want your .. insert various descriptive mentioning of body parts.. etc etc. Then yes. Then again, same would apply to a female gamer saying that to a male or the male equivalent to a female as well. Side note all of this would be roughly equivalent to what the one, who is bugging you, is doing, by the by.

a) They'd get nailed on the language.
b) There is the issue of a kid being on the other line, and then you run into the whole "grooming" aspect and the RL laws governing that.

Hence, why I said that you should stick said person on ignore.
If, you are feeling mean, report, and mention that you let your 9 year old play a character on your account as well (only works, if you're old enough to have a 9 year old), and that you're worried that this person will start hassling them as well with similar comments as you were given.

[Eratia]

I have a question about the homosexual part. Say a person were to be of that orientation and whould happen to mention it on WoW, would they get banned?

No. But the very evil part of me is always tempted to make an innocent, passing reference and see how many people I can get banned for the subsequent abuse.

Most of the gay guys I know either guild together or play on RP realms where people aren't so curious about your real life. Just easier that way.

[Exalted Warlock]

sounds like some fatal atraction wierd freak. just laugh at her next time she says anything and put her on your ignore list

Best bet with those neurotic types is to just ignore them.
Put them on ignore list, and if they continue to mail you,
report them for harassment, but do NOT respond to them -
that only stirs them up and makes them more hateful,
more aggressive, more nuts!

No. But the very evil part of me is always tempted to make an innocent, passing reference and see how many people I can get banned for the subsequent abuse.

Most of the gay guys I know either guild together or play on RP realms where people aren't so curious about your real life. Just easier that way.

Gay, Straight, bi - geez why does blizzard even care?
as long as someone is not harassing anyone,
their orientation is their own business.

If someone can't handle knowing that a in RL a male player is gay,
then they need to grow up, or better yet, stop RL type Bf/Gf/fliriting in the first place!

[SLUGFly]

lmao... I had a co-worker once who met her husband playing Diablo2 (they met in game and ended up marrying). And the coolest part is Blizzard gave them each a computer as a wedding gift!!! No joke! And apparently they're still happily married (they had been married a couple years when I worked with her, but that was about 4 years ago...)

[satineeftw]

As for Homosexuals. I have no problem with their kind. I don't see it as an act of evil like a lot religious loonies do. The only type of people I have a problem with are vegetarians and PETA.


Should I go hide. I'm vegan.

[moopy]

Hey, surely us tree hugging meat-eschewing types are far less weird than elves who turn into trees anyway? :)

[satineeftw]

Hey, surely us tree hugging meat-eschewing types are far less weird than elves who turn into trees anyway? :)

doubly whammy with a nelf druid alt here :laughing:

[Sumatra]

lmao... I had a co-worker once who met her husband playing Diablo2 (they met in game and ended up marrying). And the coolest part is Blizzard gave them each a computer as a wedding gift!!! No joke! And apparently they're still happily married (they had been married a couple years when I worked with her, but that was about 4 years ago...)


:shocked:
Could do with an upgrade...HAHAHA!

/me goes back to staring at log in screen wistfully...:hanky:

[Hollenhexer]

Should I go hide. I'm vegan.

Hey, surely us tree hugging meat-eschewing types are far less weird than elves who turn into trees anyway? :)
Oh don't worry I have friends who are vegans. I just tell them to go listen to Meat by Denis Leary.

Well might as come out and say this. If you haven't figured it out already, I am in fact not straight.

[SwervinCL]

Interesting note: I've witnessed male players pretending being femeale actually receive (small) gifts from all sorts of players. This shows you just how desperate lonely male can be *cough*

I know it.. I have all male toons except for my newest one, which is a female BE warlock. I notice people are generally nicer to me. I find it quite funny.

[Wazzaja]

I know it.. I have all male toons except for my newest one, which is a female BE warlock. I notice people are generally nicer to me. I find it quite funny.

That's because a male character is either played by a male or a female that wants to avoid being noticed, so there's exactly 0% of anything interesting happening.

A female character has a .01% chance of being played by a female within which there's a .001% chance that she's a sexy babe that lives near you who is desperate for attention.

It may only be a .00001% chance, but for a lot of WoW players that's better than their usual odds.

[majorwarrior]

I feel fer you buddy it sounds like your new friend could be needing some company awfully bad .... if I were you I would <ignore> and fer sure do report such blackmail behavior.

[malphisto]

Sounds to me like those Date-Line probs that fight petaphilia has made its way to wow

[satineeftw]

Oh don't worry I have friends who are vegans. I just tell them to go listen to Meat by Denis Leary.

Well might as come out and say this. If you haven't figured it out already, I am in fact not straight.

BLAH. I don't stereotype silly. :smiley: