Are you kidding?
There is a new push to arrest those who make vocal faux pars in-game. Video game companies are actually working with local police to locate troublemakers in-game, particularly those who SAY the wrong thing. Yes, lol, you read that correctly.
UBISOFT are joining with the police to stop “extreme in-game speech.”
I’ve tried very hard not to lose my shit – either fuming or laughing until I cry because it’s utterly ridiculous. The announcement saw the gaming company say they wanted to arrest people who have issued credible threats of violence and to combat “harmful online interactions.” Straight away, it sounds quite fair. If there is a credible threat to human life, no one wants that running rampant…but what is a credible threat?
If they applied this rule to those people who doxxes someone or gets a rival gamer swatted then maybe those problems would reduce but no… expect it, read between the lines: snowflakes are going to report others for anything that offends them and will see people and online IDS put on naughty lists. The PTB are going ot use it as yet another bastion to control.
What is extreme? Seems to me that word applies to anything a certain type of individual finds intimidating or even just a little offensive. Like so many others now, the word doesn’t mean what it actually means anymore. And when referring to speech, it’s a joke to me. There is no such thing as HATE SPEECH.
** There is no such thing. There is no such thing. There is no such thing. **
If we erase the in-game part, it’s literally a task force formed to police free speech, in one of the places where it is the freest because it’s between peers and is potentially world-wide. There are already measures in place that work to uncover terrorist plans and cells for those who may use the gaming communities for nefarious reasons.
You are not a terrorist. You are a fat, neckbeard gamer that is eating Doritos right now wondering when the next Destiny expansion update is going to drop.
They are coming for your free speech on any platform they can. The agreement/announcement is telling you that they are going to be listening to you while you and your friends are online messing around and playing.a.game. in a fictional setting with or against other people you will probably never interact with again.
Playing online lately, I’ve noticed a lot more snowflakes. Kids/teens/adults who can’t take any sort of adversity or icky feelings. Sometimes I’ll get another gamer tell me I suck, and it will be unfair and stupid, untrue and sometimes in front of other gamers behind their tags so for some, maybe that’s embarassing. I’ve seen people tell others they suck and the person it was aimed at, whinge and send a message saying that the offending party was being reported for inappropriate speech or bullying.
I grew up in the birth of online gaming.
I lived in the lobby or saferoom spawn points of various classic team games and FPS missions.
I can take your smacktalk shit. And I can give it back to you even better so that you go OHHHHHHH! and actually become my friend because my comeback was so good as I wipe it off your forehead that you’ve got to give props where due.
And it’s online, words on a screen no one will see again. So, I usually don’t care. Banter is a bit of fun that makes the competition better imo
I’m also a female and I’ve noticed commentary from women saying that gaming is “toxic.” I’ve never experienced any sexist remarks…and if I did, I generally find that kind of stuff funny and sometimes even join in taking the piss out of myself.
It’s about perspective, in my estimation. You’re playing in a virtual world that means nothing once you unplug the computer and go to bed, and if it doesn’t – that is on you to fix your mental health and how much emotional investment you are making in pixels on a screen.
edit: I made a short EVER SOMETHING TO SAY episode about it, a few days after this blog post.
HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9PrJg7sRMk&t=2s
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