Racism and homophobia in gaming: Hate speech corrodes online video game experiences

[BRP]

Players trade racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic insults so frequently that game makers are taking steps to tone down the rhetoric.

The job of a game maker isn't to censor people, it is to make games. Stupid nigger faggot jews.

Hope I didn't insult any jewish homosexual black men who happen to be in the audience!!!

Political correctness is a plague on the intelligence. The more a black, gay, or semitic person concerns himself with it the dumber he will become. Or maybe he is only concerned with it because he is dumb? I donno.

EDIT: I never really trash talk people online. Maybe call my teammates idiots and stupid...

which isn't fair! What if they were born that way!? Maybe they came from an improvised household with parents who didn't push them enough in school! They could have ADHD! Man I am such a jerk.

EDIT: Is God sexist for making women bad at videogames?

[FriemOcin]

When I spout off all of those profanities. I am not thinking of any hatred for said enemy players nor anything bigot. It's just fucking words I am spouting off. Someone fucking headshot me across the map with a god damn Pistol your damn right I'm gonna start spouting off some random amount of bad words. I don't say it be a racist or a bigot I just say it because HOLY FUCK THIS SON OF A BITCH ASS NIGGER FUCKING HEADSHOT ME ACROSS THE MOTHERFUCKING MAP WITH A PISTOL. SON OF A CUNT ASS FUCKER (Hope you get the picture.) If people are so easily offended by this shit, there is a mute button available to you (Lord knows this does not work though.)

Honestly, people getting butthurt over some fucking words.

I don't think you can expect everyone to get that you, in fact, are not racist or prejudiced towards any group what-so-ever when you're naming off every slur you can think of. And besides, what will screaming when you lose do? It's a much better plan to look at how they beat you and then find a way to beat them. http://images.bluegartr.com/forum/im...ons/icon14.gif

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EDIT: I never really trash talk people online. Maybe call my teammates idiots and stupid...

which isn't fair! What if they were born that way!? Maybe they came from an improvised household with parents who didn't push them enough in school! They could have ADHD! Man I am such a jerk.

That's...

that's just silly.

[samalis]

I don't think you can expect everyone to get that you, in fact, are not racist or prejudiced towards any group what-so-ever when you're naming off every slur you can think of. And besides, what will screaming when you lose do? It's a much better plan to look at how they beat you and then find a way to beat them. http://images.bluegartr.com/forum/im...ons/icon14.gif

I'm pretty sure screaming nigger jew faggot cock increases your skills in FPS. Correct me if I'm wrong though.

[person2007]

Something that stood out to me:

"This article is filth. People have been doing this ever since you could play multiplayer games online. Why would you write an article about it now? It is a GAME, so grow a pair and deal with it"

So after 15+ years(maybe more?) of Internet gaming they finally think its too much? lol

[Antithesis]

I don't think you can expect everyone to get that you, in fact, are not racist or prejudiced towards any group what-so-ever when you're naming off every slur you can think of. And besides, what will screaming when you lose do? It's a much better plan to look at how they beat you and then find a way to beat them.

Spouting slurs != Screaming.

[Rhyis.]

Something that stood out to me:

"This article is filth. People have been doing this ever since you could play multiplayer games online. Why would you write an article about it now? It is a GAME, so grow a pair and deal with it"

So after 15+ years(maybe more?) of Internet gaming they finally think its too much? lol

Too be honest, there wasn't much trash talking back in the Quake days. Not to the extent that it's like now anyway.

[FriemOcin]

Spouting slurs != Screaming.

Okay, then what will spouting slurs when you lose do?

[Antithesis]

MAKES ME FEEL BETTER. THATS WHAT

[Kuya]

Interestingly, most insults are directed at anything but white heterosexual men. There are plenty of insults for women, blacks, asians, hispanics, gays, lesbians, and yet there are few if not none for white heterosexual men.

[Lucavi]

When I spout off all of those profanities. I am not thinking of any hatred for said enemy players nor anything bigot. It's just fucking words I am spouting off. Someone fucking headshot me across the map with a god damn Pistol your damn right I'm gonna start spouting off some random amount of bad words. I don't say it be a racist or a bigot I just say it because HOLY FUCK THIS SON OF A BITCH ASS NIGGER FUCKING HEADSHOT ME ACROSS THE MOTHERFUCKING MAP WITH A PISTOL. SON OF A CUNT ASS FUCKER (Hope you get the picture.) If people are so easily offended by this shit, there is a mute button available to you (Lord knows this does not work though.)

Honestly, people getting butthurt over some fucking words.

Its not butthurt, its just annoying. I don't mind a fuck, but who needs to spew out niggerjew every time they fail at something, and only spout it there because they know they cant' say it outside.

You want real talk? Do that shit in your office, youtube it, and show it to us. That's real talk.

@Kuya: think about who the majority is that is spewing out the tripe. You think they'd knock their own race? Willingly?

[FriemOcin]

MAKES ME FEEL BETTER. THATS WHAT

You should wear gloves with excessive amounts of rubber inside. That way, you could squeeze your controller like a stress ball whenever you get shot from all the way across the map with a pistol. :D

[Rhyis.]

Interestingly, most insults are directed at anything but white heterosexual men. There are plenty of insults for women, blacks, asians, hispanics, gays, lesbians, and yet there are few if not none for white heterosexual men.

Cracker, Honky Hillbilly, Redneck, etc.

[Antithesis]

You want real talk? Do that shit in your office, youtube it, and show it to us. That's real talk.

Brb

You should wear gloves with excessive amounts of rubber inside. That way, you could squeeze your controller like a stress ball whenever you get shot from all the way across the map with a pistol. :D

not the same qq

[dejet]

It happens, but its not like every other word is it... I mean maybe once every night, in a game someone might say "fuck off you nig" Played MW2 a few days back m not one person said stuff like this. Then played mag last night and a guy in death talk said "gay ass camping behind that bunker"

I just dont see it as much as this makes it sound... It happens but shit I could care less call me anything you want, means im kicking your ass.

[Thulius]

Cracker, Honky Hillbilly, Redneck, etc.

I don't think he's saying that the words don't exist; just that they're never, ever shouted out of frustration.

[dejet]

I don't think he's saying that the words don't exist; just that they're never, ever shouted out of frustration.

wait >.> iv been called a honky... lol thats what I get called the most next to "some form of "fag"

[Thulius]

Which is why I said "out of frustration." Of course if someone is directly addressing you they're going to pick an insult that's relevant, but those aren't words that people just start shouting when they get killed by something they deem as "cheap," for instance. At least, I've never heard any of them used that way.

[Lucavi]

Brb

Oh I know you're good on it - that's why I called you out. Do it!

Edit: Thulius, they're also never said with the express intent to troll, because those words aren't anywhere nears as "powerful" as nigger/jew/ect. You won't get much of a rise out of someone from calling them a honky or a hillbilly, nor will anyone really chastise you at all.

[Kuya]

Cracker, Honky Hillbilly, Redneck, etc.

Are those words used as often as all the others?

[Lucavi]

^ Not in the slightest, nor do they incur the ire of anyone.