I have a toon on Shadowmoon lvl 10 Warlock in the OZ guild.

Don’t have time to play the little toon
So spend my time on Skywall

The guild I am in now is very GLBT frendly but I am 
thinking very serious about starting OZ on Skywall if the guild name
is available.

I am Lesbian

Give me a wisper on my toons and lets chat about starting a GLBT guild
on Skywall

We are not alone!

More than your absolutely FLAWLESS knowledge of Blizzard and it’s claims, I’m impressed at your ability to debate. You’re a (dare I say it?) “master debater.”

I have to say, Tyler, that your perception of gays as aggressive attention hogs is shared by many, and I have to say, some gays are exactly that way. However, who are you to brand _anyone_ you don’t know with that label? All the GLBT-friendly guilds mentioned are exactly that–GLBT friendly. They do not in ANY way force their views on any players (except, perhaps, on those who wish to shield themselves from gays in all ways, and, frankly, screw them), and what’s wrong with seeking to play with other players who share their interests (namely, being gay)? It’s a very common tactic used in guild advertising.

Jason, all the power to you, and again, nice work!

Brian, *GAY* (oh, wait, does that offend you, Tyler?) WoW player

I think it’s pretty funny that you write, “Nobody will miss you, and more players will play longer in your absense [sic] making blizzard more rich; and last of all, can I have your stuff? I guess that last one is irrelevant since you haven’t played yet.”

First, learn to spell.

Second, learn to read. I signed the post using my character names and WoW server info. You might have done better to realize this before accusing me of never having played the game. If you meant these accusations for the “other” blog, then fine… but try to understand, if you’re able to, that they don’t apply to me.

Third, I am astonished that you are still so agitated about something that happened so long ago. But very well, suit yourself. Who’s the one who is making a big deal of things now?

I think it might help to point out that I, personally, approved your comment this evening just after I logged off of the evening’s session with my… same-sex spouse who plays right along with me.

As to your claim that “the environment of World of Warcraft is one where sexual orientation is not to be discussed in any way shape or form,” it’s false.

People still use anti-gay language all the time; they still talk about sex — straight, gay, and far stranger things — in the channels. And no one ever gets banned for it. So if this is Blizzard’s policy, they’ve sure got a funny way of enforcing it. I’m almost tempted to wonder whether you ever play the game — I mean, how can you fail to notice the nearly constant sexual banter that goes on in guilds and channels?

But anyway, I don’t let it get to me. I said what I believed above, and then I found a guild that was friendly and accepting. And that’s that. I’m happy.

WoW has been a constant hobby of mine both before and after writing this post. But if you can’t understand what I’ve written above except by chalking it up to “anti-gamer” prejudice, then… well, how seriously should I take your opinion, when it’s clear you haven’t even considered what I’ve written?

Blizzard banned the guild because the environment of World of Warcraft is one where sexual orientation is not to be discussed in any way shape or form. I agree that EULA’s are rediculous, but it is stated several times in the EULA not to make any references about sexual oriention in character names, guild names, and chat. Not a stupid move on their part, since it will keep this GLBT guild from creating more controversy and issues around themselves.

I like gay people. I have several gay friends that are pretty cool. But I do not support this “look-at-me-i’m-gay” mentality that so many gay people have adopted in recent years. They simply try to create an issue in an attempt to appear righteous. Let’s not get into the fact that your article generalizes against gaming companies, and game players. You are insulting an entire class of people who have probably dealt with an unfair ammount of insults from Oprah, Hillary Clinton, etc. Feel free to stay on the mainstream bandwagon, just leave us gamers alone to compete with one another and have fun.

As for ‘race’ in WoW. They might as well have called it ’species’, especially since the opinionated irrational elite go into seizures at the mention of the word ‘race’. Choosing between races in WoW is not a matter so much of racial preference, but a matter of playing with your friends, looking cool, and creating a race/class combination that augments your combat abilities.

A great many individuals complain like you do and threaten to leave, or bask in their glory as they choose not to play WoW and deprive blizzard of a small peice of coin on top of their millions. There are common sayings to people like yourself that flaunt their ‘customer’s rights’ within the WoW community. We tell them blizzard won’t miss one player, especially one that raises a fuss; Nobody will miss you, and more players will play longer in your absense making blizzard more rich; and last of all, can I have your stuff? I guess that last one is irrelevant since you haven’t played yet, but if you can’t return the game to Amazon, send me your game discs, I have friends that would want it. Oh wait, this is postdated, can I still have your stuff?

I’m not a WoW fanboy. I can’t stand what Blizzard has done in the sense that they have made a game that requires an improper ammount of gameplay to even begin to enjoy upper level pvp content. I am all againt the rpg levelling system, and all for a renewable, non repetitive experience. In many ways, I wish Blizzard would make a better MMORPG than WoW. However, even my dislike of blizzard wouldn’t provoke me to turn against the truth that your article is misinformed, prejudiced, and childish.

As a guild officer of one of these “gay-friendly” raiding guilds on a European server, I wholeheartedly support our American friends in this.

While RPPVP (and I imagine, RP) servers tend to suffer less from juvenile taunting like this, it’s not entirely absent, and it has been nice to create a place where this is strictly not permitted. We didn’t set out to make our guild gay-friendly, it just happened that way with only about 15% of the members being gay themselves, with varying degrees of openness. But those of us who are gay appreciate being able to say things like “My husband just me a lovely dinner” without having to play the pronoun game.

Don’t let them make assumptions, don’t let them react without thinking it through properly.

Well done.

I know nothing at all about racism on your server, but violence is just a part of World of Warcraft, especially in PvP mode. For me, it’s not a good day if I haven’t hacked at least a couple dozen of my fellow gamers to bits.

“Bite the curb” seems pretty tame by comparison. (And is this necessarily a racist phrase? I don’t think it is, but I may be wrong on this.)

As to sexism and racism, I do agree with you, though. That’s why I have joined a guild (on Gul’Dan) with friends of mine who are not sexist, not racist, and not homophobic.

I play the character “Gustave,” and if you want a guild invite, we’d be happy to have you. Priests are preferred at this point, but anything goes (except for rogues, we’ve got too many of em as it is).

I know this has nothing to do with the subject here, except that maybe you could direct me where to complain, an email or snail mail address to someone at BLizzard.

I’m also sick of the constant sexist comments and racist jokes in general chat…is there any recourse at all?

Thanks

D&D probably led to my love of comic books. I first became enamoured of mythology from the characters I saw in the “Deities and Demigods” D&D book. I was fascinated how they took those concepts and integrated them into the game. Then I saw that Marvel did the same thing (before D&D) with Thor. And they did a pretty credible job of staying close to the Myth (with some artistic license changes).

One of the guilds that I play with has some problems with gay slurs. I try to gently correct.